Maybe it needed curating some more, or even just spread out in a slightly different way…but it quickly became a tad monotonous, which breaks my heart to say. It is a very intersectional read and included experiences from so many different women and I loved that about it. I think that this book is a great introduction to feminism and if you're looking to read more on that topic, it's a good place to start! And maybe that’s more to do with my own thoughts than anything the book said, but it did really push the idea of not criticising women.

This book is told in the perspective of MANY different celebrities and their journeys to feminism, what feminism means to them and things you should know along the way etc. All the women and Scarlett are inspiring and give such insight into feminism and society in ways I had not thought of before.

This week's episode was recorded live at one of Scarlett's favourite places on earth - Latitude Festival!

This podcast contains some strong opinions, very honest discussions and women who could change your life. It starts by never taking for granted how poisonous society can be to the male psyche, and protecting boys from the onslaught of misinformation everywhere" ( p. But I loved about this book and I loved it for the total lack of any of that stuff that I just can't relate to.So this is for people who already identify as feminists" ( A playlists for Feminists in any situation - Akilah Hughes, p.

Many topics are covered here, such as sexism, the history of the waves of feminism, misogyny, the patriarchy and one I found to be most interesting, periods.But it's very much Feminism 101, and even though I fully believe being an inclusive feminist is an ongoing process, this book was a little too basic for me at times. Show it to your daughters, yes, but also to your husbands, sons, brothers, fathers, and everyone who should know how it is to be a woman in this day and age. The older I get the more I discover the depths, the more I realise sexism is a carefully architected system that might take longer than we think to truly decode; that fact alone makes me aware that I am, at twenty-nine, still a feminist with training wheels. It's true that people do have different experiences and needs under feminism (that's why we have intersectional feminism). may have celebrated 100 years since British women were given the right to vote, but the fight for equality is far from over.

Dalam kompilasi tulisan ini, Curtis membaginya menjadi beberapa bagian menurut efek yang mereka terima ketika mengenal kata "feminisme": Epiphany, Anger, Joy, Poetry Break, Action, dan Education. The language is accessible, the content agreeable (unless you’re a patriarchal monster) and the messages clear and informative.If you're going to speak from that place of authority, you should know what you're talking about and what you're contributing to the conversation ( especially if you're going to sell it for GBP 12. I don't believe 'at home mums' should feel ashamed or like they are somehow lesser women for not having full-blown careers and I don't want to walk around bra-less, wearing tampons as earrings. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. But overall, in the end, the ratio of high-quality content to filler was just not enough to satisfy me. It's about intersectionality, it covers the history of the waves of feminism (also pointing out the less beautiful aspects of the history of feminism, such as racism), it talks about periods, and about answering the most asked (and often dumb) questions about feminism by boys/men (in a very funny way I might add).