The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty
Is feminism still a dirty
word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what
being a feminist in 2015 means to them.
We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge
(award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old activist),
Laura Pankhurst, great-great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and an activist
in her own right, comedian Sofie Hagen, engineer Naomi Mitchison and Louise
O'Neill, author of the award-winning feminist Young Adult novel Only Ever Yours.
Writing about a huge variety of subjects, we have Martha Mosse and Alice Stride
on how they became feminists, Amy Annette addressing the body politic, Samira
Shackle on having her eyes opened in a hostel for survivors of acid attacks
in Islamabad, while Maysa Haque thinks about the way Islam has informed her
feminism and Isabel Adomakoh Young insists that women don't have to be perfect.
There are twelve other performers, politicians and writers who include Jade
Anouka, Emily Benn, Abigail Matson-Phippard, Hajar J. Woodland and Jinan Younis.
Is the word feminist still to be shunned? Is feminism still thought of as
anti-men rather than pro-human? Is this generation of feminists - outspoken,
funny and focused - the best we've had for long while? Has the internet given
them a voice and power previously unknown?
Rachel Holmes' most recent book is Eleanor Marx: A Life; Victoria Pepe is
a literary scout; Amy Annette is a comedy producer currently working on festivals
including Latitude; Alice Stride works for Women's Aid and Martha Mosse is a
freelance producer and artist.
Twenty-five girls and women under thirty tell us why they call themselves
feminists. Punchy, bold, urgent. A book for our times.
Verlag: Virago Press
Seiten: 288 S. Erscheinungsjahr: 2015 Ausführung: Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
