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

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If we're going to be good feminists, then I think we have a responsibility to nurture not only ourselves, but the future men who are going to stand alongside future women.

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. It's no secret that I love Jameela Jamil, and her piece "Tell Him" advocates wonderfully for teaching young boys how to be feminists. Feminists Don’t Wear Pink carries such a valuable sentiment; it’s a fairly decent crash course in feminism; it’s so energetic. They had an extreme and quite scary tolerance for pain, and were distracting and beguiling for men ( Tell Him - Jameela Jamil, p.When I came across a couple such essays in a row, I started to get bored and almost gave up on the book. There are incidents that I actually felt perpetuated some stereotypes, and others that functioned only as filler material. CWs: misogyny/sexism, mentions of rape, mentions of transphobia, description of genital mutilation, racism. Feminists truly believe that if we lived in a world without gender-based oppression, we'd all be so much happier - so, even if you're only joining for purely selfish reasons, we'd love to have you as part of the gang! 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.

At a time when we are too often reminded of what divides us, there is common ground to be found when we share our stories. So…to then come away and criticise the large majority of a book that over 50 women worked towards…honestly it feels like blasphemy. I was eager to learn anything new, to hear about things that are generally pushed aside by the media and society as a whole.Because periods don’t affect men and we live in a deeply patriarchal world, they are shrouded in shame and apology. However, I strongly believe that the reason behind ending (for example) period poverty, should not be "because periods are magical and make us women". The proof is only around 60 pages so I finished it within an hour BUT in those 60 pages there is so much information on feminism and personal experiences that’s it’s easy to mistake it for a much larger book.

I want it to be illegal to discriminate, and legislation to be put in place that makes it pointless to discriminate. Seven hours after your fight with life and death, seven hours after your body breaks open, and bloody, screaming life comes out.For example, feminists (and women in general) do talk to their sons about sexism - perhaps now more than ever.