Read by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
45 minutes
Published 2014 by Fourth Estate
Publisher's Summary:
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay-adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what it means to be a woman now-and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
My Thoughts:
- Why has it taken me 10 years to read this? Especially given that I've owned it for at least half of that time and it's only 45 minutes long in audio version (to be fair, I had no idea it was quite that short, but still).
- I'm very glad that I own a copy of this one because I will definitely be rereading it. But I highly recommend listening to it.
- I may very well put a copy of this into all of my children's hands. Not that any of them need the lesson, but it's nice to have for ammunition when someone tries to say that we don't need to worry about feminism.
- A big piece of that is Adichie's statement that to argue only for "human rights" is to deny the very specific problems of gender.
- Adichie challenges all men to recognize that the problems women face actually limit all people.
- Despite some very heavy examples, Adichie also manages to work in some humor.
- Adichie includes a lot of examples from her home of Nigeria, but the reader will recognize that these same problems occur in the United States - world wild, in fact.
Feminist: a person who believes in feminism, and tries to achieve change that helps women to get equal opportunities and treatment.
Feminism: belief in and advocacy of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
Given those definitions, wouldn't you agree with Adichie that we should all be feminists?
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