Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies): Amazing women on what the F-word means to them

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That being said, with there being so many women included…I feel like this was just not put together too well.

Grouping discussions like this so closely together just made it sound repetitive, with similar thoughts and topics being covered within 20 pages over and over again.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Rating this book is pretty tough because I realized pretty fast that I had made a mistake : I was not the public targeted for that collection of essays on feminism. After reading this I am filled with an urgent desire to actually go out and do something about these wrongs!

But I do know one thing for sure: just because you identify as a feminist, does not mean your ideas are worth publishing. The writings were categorised into groups such as “epiphany” (discovering feminism), and I almost wish they weren’t. However, with the exception of the above, and a couple other highlights, this book was largely a let-down. Published in partnership with Girl Up, the UN women’s foundation, Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies) is an exhilaratingly empowering anthology of essays by 52 women written in response to the question: what does the F word mean to you? Tidak lupa, masih ada rekomendasi bacaan yang bisa dieksplor lebih jauh oleh pembaca yang tertarik mengenal "feminisme".

Published in partnership with Girl Up, the UN women's foundation, royalties will benefit this amazing charity. However, I question the choice of placing their essays next to those of cis women singing about the intrinsic connection between periods and womanhood, with absolutely no context or analysis.

However, if your feminism is solely motivated by how it benefits you then it's extremely fragile, as a) it only takes someone else with a conflicting experience to devalue it, and b) it makes you much more susceptible to acting only in favour of you and people like you, rather than recognising the challenges facing people who are different - challenges where you may actually be part of the problem.Not only are books much harder to engage with in terms of starting a dialogue (as opposed to online), but they also occupy a place of authority in society. Tapi, dalam tulisan di buku ini, dijelaskan pula, memangnya mengapa sih kok wanita bisa sampai mendapatkan upah yang tidak sama dengan pria. It's true that people do have different experiences and needs under feminism (that's why we have intersectional feminism). An urgent and inspirational collection of essays by a diverse group of celebrities, activists, and artists about what feminism means to them, with the goal of helping readers come to their own personal understanding of the word.