Jasmine and Chelsea go to a progressive high school in New York City where they study social justice. They are growing tired of the hypocrisy and double standards they see within their school that is supposed to be a model of inclusivity and intersectionality. When the after school clubs they are required to be a part of tries to pigeon hole them into the stereotypes the school supposedly doesn't adhere to, the girls respond by forming their own club to promote feminism, equality and justice.

I wanted to like this book. It just didn't work for me.

The first problem I had was with the school. I just didn't buy that the school had a complete "social justice" curriculum. The science class was "the science of social justice" and the math class was something similar but I can't remember the name of it. Also, was it a public school, a charter school? It never said so I just had a very hard time believing in a school like this one. The second problem I had with the school setting was why? Why was it set in a school like that? It would have been just as effective or perhaps more so, set in a regular public school setting. Were the authors afraid their readers wouldn't buy having the intersectionality of the school if it were public? They could have tackled the educational disparity as well as all the other things. I realize they wanted to focus on the feminism issues but those are in a regular public school too, perhaps even more.

My next issue was with the character of Chelsea. She was too much. She found issue with EVERYTHING and she was exhausting and demeaned those issues that should have really been focused on. She was too militant and almost a caricature.

I did enjoy the character of Jasmine and point of view. I like the way the issues of fat shaming were handled especially the issue with the t-shirts.

I also had difficulty with the fact that two girls (plus 2 friends but they played very minor roles) were trying to affect so much change and supposedly they were...but no one else joined their club. Where was the change in action? I only found it in words and promises. Perhaps that should have been enough for me but it wasn't. The book would also build up to big events and then the next chapter would be three weeks later. It was anti-climatic.

I really wanted this book to work but the more I read, the more issues I had to the point where I almost didn't finish it. I could see where it was going and how it was going to get there. But in the end I did finish it. I held out hope but was disappointed.