Available November 10, 2026

A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women

20 Steps to Find Your Purpose and Power in a World On Fire

A manifesto and practical playbook for readers who dare to dream big, use their voice, and build a better future amid chaos, disinformation, and gaslighting.

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  • 272 pages
  • Tarcher / Penguin Random House

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Inside the book

Creative power for a world that keeps trying to shrink you.

  1. Embrace your intuition and stop outsourcing your authority.
  2. Commit to staying human when cruelty is treated as strength.
  3. Use self-care as an act of resistance, not retreat.
  4. Practice radical empathy without surrendering your boundaries.
  5. Remember that your courage is the best revenge.

Readers who know a better world is possible.

Women building businesses and creative lives.

Organizers, artists, and community leaders.

Readers fighting disinformation and authoritarianism.

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Media & Research

Go deeper than the headlines.

Explore Andrea Chalupa’s journalism, research, interviews, and public commentary on authoritarianism, propaganda, Orwell, Stalin and Hitler, democracy, and the history shaping our present moment.

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A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women

For women ready to build what comes next — without waiting for permission.