Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love—A Personal Finance Handbook for Women, Mindful Spending, and Financial Literacy

Tori Dunlap, a personal finance educator and creator of Her First $100K, offers a comprehensive money management guide for women covering debt management, investing, and conscious spending. Dunlap examines why financial literacy gaps exist between genders. Girls receive less holistic financial education than boys and are taught to restrict spending rather than build wealth. Women face stereotypes about frivolous spending and experience disproportionate job losses during economic disruptions. Money often becomes a source of anxiety and a barrier to equality. Dunlap reframes money as a tool for choice and freedom—enabling travel, career changes, charitable giving, and early retirement. Financial Feminist presents her shame-free approach to budgeting, debt repayment, mindful spending, saving, and beginner investing. The book includes exercises to examine your relationship with money and identify changes, guidance on setting and achieving investment goals, and salary negotiation strategies. It features journaling prompts, explorations of systemic financial issues including the racial wealth gap, expert interviews on topics like predatory lending, and information on voting with your dollars. The goal is to make your money work for you rather than against you.