The inspiration I gain after reading (and re-reading) those 52 pages is limitless, and beautiful, and makes me want to do crazy things like open a bookstore and save the world. We worry about hurting men's feelings more so that engaging in dialogue with them. This leads into her larger thoughts on social language, or how we talk about things differently when it involves women versus men, even in the same situations.Ĭhimamanda Ngozi Adichie is sounding the call, and reminding us that there is quite a bit of work left to be done. To me, it has always had an air of chaos, where neither the man nor woman in the situation would want to relay harm, but both are entangled in some sort of figurative form of combat. Michelle Obama recently said something similar: 'It's like the problem in the world today is we love our boys, and we raise our girls.')Īdichie stole my heart when she said that we should do away with the word emasculation.

She talks about changing the culture around the way we shame girls and how we need to place equal attention on raising feminist boys. We Should All Be Feminists is a true embodiment of my goals as a woman, and as an ally to other women. You can check out We Should All Be Feminists at the Charles City Public Library – call 64 or stop in today to reserve our copy.What I loved most about this book is the idea that saving the world will start with saving women. For such a short piece, she covers a tremendous amount of ground as she unpacks the word “feminist” – what it means, its baggage, and why we should all be one – as a step toward recognizing and removing the gender divide. While many of these experiences come from outside of the United States, her points are universal and artfully nuanced as she covers both blatant discrimination and other, better-disguised behaviors that continue to marginalize women. A well-written, fast-paced read, it was adapted from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s successful TEDx Talk of the same name.Īdichie has great personal anecdotes throughout: she knows female colleagues who have to wear wedding rings to be taken seriously, she knows women who pretended to like cleaning until they got married, and she knows people who’ve called her feminist as an insult. One of the shortest additions to our collection, We Should All Be Feminists is a succinct essay on how we define women and their roles in the modern world – and how traditional gender expectations hurt everyone. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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