Tori Dunlap who was always good with monty, as a kid, watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. According to her it’s not our fault, girls are siginificantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education and investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, in Financial Feminist giving a step-by-step guide to mindful spending, earning and investing- without the overwhelm, shame, or jargon. Your thoughts, feelings, and mindset dictate your daily relationship with money. And then our feelings about money are intentionally weaponised.

According to Tori Dunlap, “We girls are taught to restrain our spending. While boys are taught about investing and rewarded for pursuing wealth, In adulthood, women are hounded by the unfounded stereotype of the frivolous spenders whose lattes are to blame for wealth gap. When something like, say, a global pandemic happens, we’re the first to have jobs cut and the last to re-enter the workforce. It’s no wonder money is a source of anxiety and a barrier to equality for so many of us.

But what if money didn’t mean restriction, and instead choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organisations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it?

Tori founded her first $100k to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of shame and judgement-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation , and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum.

Tori Dunlap dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape and interviews with experts on everything from predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollars – and guide us to make your money work harder for you rather than the other way around.

Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap, Dey Street books, 306 pages £18.99