--- 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 > Sponsored content. 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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). ## Transcript I want men to take up this mantel. So that their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice. But also, so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too. Reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned. And in doing so. 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