--- title: Here's How to Join Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club description: Emma Watson's feminist book club now has a name and is open to anyone who wants to join. canonical: https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-08T16:05:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:45.964Z og:title: Here's How to Join Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club og:description: It's open to everyone og:url: https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How to Join Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club twitter:description: It's open to everyone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's How to Join Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club ## Video: Emma Watson - He For She - Speech [Watch (HLS stream): Emma Watson - He For She - Speech](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0clamGjK.m3u8) (0:23)  _Published 2014-09-22. Emma Watson -He For She- Speech_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 8, 2016 4:05 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 8, 2016 4:05 PM UTC Emma Watson’s [feminist](http://time.com/4132059/emma-watson-feminism-heforshe-united-nations/) book club [now has a name](http://time.com/4170105/emma-watson-feminist-book-club/) and is open to anyone who wants to join. The [UN Women Goodwill](http://time.com/4052334/emma-watson-hollywood-sexism/) ambassador announced the club will be called “Our Shared Shelf” and meetings will be conducted through a [group on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179584-our-shared-shelf). > [](https://twitter.com/EmWatson/status/685246433491025922) To become a member, all you need to do is register for an account and join on the group’s page. More than 37,000 people have already signed up at this time, with well-known names such as [Abby Wambach](https://twitter.com/AbbyWambach?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), [Sophia Bush](https://twitter.com/SophiaBush) and [Kate Voegele](https://twitter.com/katevoegele) tweeting about their interest in the project. So what’s first on the list? Watson revealed that she has chosen Gloria Steinem’s latest memoir, [_My Life on the Road_](http://time.com/4085396/gloria-steinem-amy-schumer-playboy-book/), as the inaugural book. > [](https://twitter.com/EmWatson/status/685092731736199168) > [](https://twitter.com/GloriaSteinem/status/685190347589304320) The 25-year-old actress explained her inspiration for the club in an introductory message on the group page. “As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading as many books and essays about equality as I can get my hands on,” she wrote. “There is so much amazing stuff out there! Funny, inspiring, sad, thought-provoking, empowering!” Excuse us while we head over to [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179584-our-shared-shelf). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/"},"headline":"Here's How to Join Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club","datePublished":"2016-01-08T16:05:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:45.964Z","description":"It's open to everyone","url":"https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/","keywords":["Newsfeed","feminism","celebrities","Books","Gloria Steinem","Emma Watson","Abby Wambach"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/","name":"Here's How to Join Emma Watson's Feminist Book Club"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Emma Watson - He For She - Speech","description":"Emma Watson -He For She- Speech","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0clamGjK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-22T11:27:02.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0clamGjK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/","duration":"PT23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```