Set in East Rockport, Texas, a tiny town where life revolves around high school football, (Jennifer) Mathieu's 2017 novel centers on Vivian Carter, a 16-year-old student whose patience for her school's rampant racism and misogyny has finally worn thin. Tired of being assaulted in the hallways, ranked on lists of the "most f*ckable" girls in school, and sent home for dress code violations, Viv — who has always been nice and quiet and has never made waves — takes a page out of her Riot Grrrl mother, Lisa's, book and starts an anonymous 'zine, titled Moxie, for her fellow girls. ~ by K.W. Colyard in Bustle; March 1, 2021
