The novel is filled with several moments like this and each time, you as a reader develop an alliance with the girls taking a stand. When Claudia reports the event to the principal, he tells Claudia that perhaps she should take the advance as a compliment and think about it over spring break. For example, in one scene, Mitchel attempts to rape Vivian’s best friend Claudia. There were so many moments where Mitchel, the main male antagonist, would do something that infuriated the reader that anger is further fueled by the lack of action from the school administrators. She does an excellent job of portraying how sexist high school can be and how, in many cases, the school officials blame female students for the bad behavior of boys. With every sentence, the reader is left with wanting to throw their fist in the air and stand in solidarity with Vivian and the other female classmates in her school. Mathieu’s writing is powerful throughout this novel. Eventually, the zines take off and with the help of a rising number of female classmates who are also tired of the sexism, develop a powerful resistance against the school’s toxic masculinity. Inspired by her mother’s punk rock days, Vivian decides to take a stand and begins distributing zines anonymously as a call to action. Moxie tells the story of Vivian, a high school sophomore, who is tired of the sexist behavior from her high school’s football team and the school officials turning a blind eye.
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