Reviews and Endorsements

Awakening goes where no book has gone before, taking readers on a journey around the world in a powerful exploration of the most widespread cultural reckoning around women’s rights in history. In chronicling the global impact of the #MeToo movement, Meighan Stone and Rachel Vogelstein capture the speed and scale of women-led organizing in the digital age, as well as the social, economic, and legal progress that’s possible when we come together to demand change. Inspiring, insightful, and profoundly moving, this book is a must-read for women and men alike.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Awakening champions the stories of women from Nigeria to Pakistan fighting for equality in schools, workplaces, courts, and government. Through their reporting and research, Meighan Stone and Rachel Vogelstein bring us closer to a new generation of women who are using digital activism to achieve change.

Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Awakening is a must-read for anyone thinking about the social and political consequences of #MeToo. This book provides critical insight into the movement’s global impact and the future of equality for women around the world.

Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger

Dynamically told and sharply written, Awakening is the global #MeToo book we’ve been waiting for. This connective, powerful book widens the frame and pans away from the U.S., transporting readers over borders and across cultures so we can see what women fighting for freedom everywhere have long known: that stories are world-changing and sisterhood is powerful.

Jill Filipovic, journalist and author of OK Boomer, Let’s Talk and The H-Spot