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

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It's no secret that I love Jameela Jamil, and her piece "Tell Him" advocates wonderfully for teaching young boys how to be feminists.

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. An urgent and empowering collection of writing from 52 different women from all walks of life including Hollywood, activism and the arts. Side note: this also confuses me as Jamil seems to be suggesting that years of sexism and oppression are mainly due to men being scared of periods? As 50 women contributed to this book, I wish some pieces had been longer, because they did feel a bit rushed at times, and I didn't get as much out of them as I did from others.Now don't get me wrong, it's in no way my intention to belittle these women or invalidate the experiences they share. Tentu, diberikan oleh Emma Watson, aktivis kesetaraan gender sekaligus sosok dibalik klub Our Shared Shelf.

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. In addition, this book also provided statistics (the advantages of equality in women's education and work) and studies (on the colour pink! I really hope that the message in this book will influence this new wave of feminism and I highly recommend this book for all girls, everywhere! As a disabled black woman, the conversation with Lena Dunham in particular reminded me why I’m wary of (and ultimately stopped) listening to feminist content by white women. may have celebrated 100 years since British women were given the right to vote, but the fight for equality is far from over.There are incidents that I actually felt perpetuated some stereotypes, and others that functioned only as filler material. Al ser tantos textos hubo algunos que me encantaron y otros que no me gustaron nada, pero en si el libro me parece interesante ojalá lo hubiera leído a los 18 años. Feminists don’t wear pink (and other lies): Amazing women on what the F-word means to them is a selection of thought pieces written by 50 very different women, discussing feminism on their own terms. Reading the words of such powerful feminist activists, ones who push for change everyday through their writing and their art, is as inspiring as it is important. I have to say that it did feel a bit repetitive at times, because the writings were organized in different collections, such as 'epiphany', 'anger', 'poetry break' and such (also I'm not a *huge* fan of poetry, but that's another matter altogether).

As a girl I went to a highly academic all-girls school in Oxford and I traversed my teenage years fed up of with feminism. Compiled of essays by women from a huge variety of backgrounds, from Hollywood actresses to teenage activists, writing about what being a woman means to them. My main issue with this book is the feminism espoused by many of the entries is extremely individualistic: how they have been impacted by sexism and how they've been liberated by feminism. This book also provided suggestions for further reading (a nod to "Our Shared Shelf") and your own personal writing space to focus on your own thought and think of your own journey with feminism. It would probably be a good introduction to feminism if you’re wanting to read more into it or discover people hoping to take on a more activist approach.

The 'girls are better than boys' and 'down with the patriarchy' -flavored spiel that underpinned on average at least two of our three weekly assemblies really didn't sit right with me - the men in my life were lovely and there was never any suggestion that I would be any less successful than my male counterparts so what was all the fuss about? i think this would be a wonderful book to have in school curriculums, to talk and share and discuss from a young age that it means to be a women or seen as feminin and why do many of those aspects are still seen as something negative and to be looked down upon instead of celebrated or at least simply accepted as something that’s okay to have/be. However, I strongly believe that the reason behind ending (for example) period poverty, should not be "because periods are magical and make us women". but i do have to say that this book didn’t do enough for me personally since all it did was share a short little moment of the person. The only reason i give this book 4 stars is because there were a couple of celeb’s feminism stories which were a little bit dragged out and digressed as such.

Apalagi mengingat terminologi "feminis" di Indonesia seringkali diasosiasikan dengn "social justice warrior" atau SJW.It is still the absolute last thing I would recommend to newbie feminists for the main reason that a lot of these women didn't seem to know what feminism is themselves.