Sabrina Fendrick’s new Memoir, Tokin’ Female Chronicles her Turbulent Rise in the New Legal Cannabis Landscape
A groundbreaking and honest new book, Tokin’ Female: Women, Weed and the War on Prohibition reveals the captivating true story of Sabrina Fendrick. She also focuses on the women who carved out their own space within the male-dominated marijuana legalization movement.
Tokin’ Female offers a small window into a crucial but often overlooked perspective on women who dared to challenge the status quo. Their contributions added to some of the most significant progress in marijuana law reform history.
Set against the backdrop of the late 2000s, as state and federal cannabis laws collided with a changing America, Tokin’ Female reveals secrets behind the nation’s oldest pot lobby—and the movement—during a transformative era in marijuana law reform history.
The book is a raw, unfiltered memoir that chronicles Fendrick’s journey from a global childhood to working for NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), and establishing the NORML Women’s Alliance (NWA)—the first nationwide initiative dedicated to mobilizing women in support of cannabis legalization.
In an era marked by entrenched stigma and limited platforms for women’s voices within cannabis activism- the cultural reckoning of #MeToo was still years away—the NWA shattered outdated stereotypes and mobilized a powerful, international grassroots army of women.
Fendrick’s fight to ensure women’s inclusion was far from simple or scandal-free. Tokin’ Female offers an intimate look at the unexpected and complex battles she faced, which ultimately lead to her own struggle to maintain control of the organization she built.
Tokin’ Female illuminates the power of grassroots organizing, the importance of female leadership in shaping social movements, and the unwavering determination required to dismantle deeply entrenched systems of oppression. With unflinching honesty, Ms. Fendrick reveals the personal sacrifices, the emotional toll, and the unwavering passion that fueled her fight to bring women into the cannabis movement.
