Financial Feminist

Overcome the Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

De: Tori Dunlap

Narrado por: Tori Dunlap, Samantha Tan, Shayna Small, Jaime Lamchick, Graham Halstead

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K, an inclusive guide to all things money—from managing debt to investing and voting with your dollars

Tori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. But she quickly discovered that her experience with money was pretty unusual, especially among her female friends.

It wasn’t our fault. Investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, Tori found that girls are significantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education; we’re taught to restrain our spending, while boys are taught about investing and rewarded for pursuing wealth. In adulthood, women are hounded by the unfounded stereotype of the frivolous spenders whose lattes are to blame for the wealth gap. And when something like, say, a global pandemic happens, we’re the first to have jobs cut and the last to re-enter the workforce. It's no wonder money is a source of anxiety and a barrier to equality for so many of us.

But what if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it?

Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation, and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum.

Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything money—from predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollars—Financial Feminist is the ultimate guide to making your money work harder for you (rather than the other way around.)

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

A realistic view into the financial world

Tori does a fantastic job in presenting the world of finance in a realistic way by doing the bare minimum of addressing the EXISTENCE of systemic oppression (a lot of other finance books already fail at this point) and outlining how systemic oppression manifests itself into financial struggles felt by marginalized groups.

She does a very important job of not blaming the financially struggling for having financial struggles. Such empathy is such a stark contrast of the dismissive “if you’re financially struggling it’s somehow ultimately your fault” rhetoric those who sit perched atop their gilded towers ignorant of other life experiences than their own love to spout out.

Good reminders, shifted perspectives, light on the self-work

With so many books around finance, it’s hard to say new things. I think Tori shared, or has found some new perspectives that are useful, especially if you are a woman looking to navigate the world of finance and feel very uncomfortable. There were some pieces that I found incredibly useful and hadn’t heard before. However, as with all the financial books, short shrift is given to the impact of the social scripts and psychological patterns that have to shift in order to shift behavior. Tori did a fair job by discussing these, but for me, I would love to hear the acknowledgment more often throughout the book of how hard this is to do. For example, keeping a journal for four weeks when you are an ostrich with your money, is not a realistic homework assignment unless you tackle what are you going to do when you miss a day, what sort of support do you need to help you accomplish this homework goal that I have given. Just looking for a little bit deeper acknowledgment of the self work necessary and the community necessary to healthy shifts happen.

Excellent Listening

I love this book! Very pertain to today’s socioeconomic times. A very insightful look at finances along with the input of other financial leaders. Culturally relevant in discussing the disparities of women, people of color and LGTBQ population.

I am a Financial Feminist

This is the exact book every young person should read! Bravo, Tori and thank you.

Loved it

Highly recommend. I loved the author and the stories that were added into the book to make it more relevant