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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
“My own definition of a feminist is a man or a woman who says, ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better.”
I was required to read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s, Purple Hibiscus in my junior year high school IB English class, and while I appreciated the text, I really loved her talk titled, “The Danger of the Single Story,” which honestly, I still think of from time to time.
This essay was a great short read on Adichie’s personal experiences and the particular problem of gender. Without feeling preachy and without pointing blame, it discusses modern feminism and why we should all be feminists.
I was required to read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s, Purple Hibiscus in my junior year high school IB English class, and while I appreciated the text, I really loved her talk titled, “The Danger of the Single Story,” which honestly, I still think of from time to time.
This essay was a great short read on Adichie’s personal experiences and the particular problem of gender. Without feeling preachy and without pointing blame, it discusses modern feminism and why we should all be feminists.
I'm struggling, y'all. I looked up the author while listening to the audiobook, and learned she has made transphobic statements. There were aspects of the essay that already seemed cisnormative, and that just further soured my reading. In the words of Flavia Dzodan, "my feminism will be intersectional, or it will be bullshit." I may be a cis woman, but I am not here for the invalidation of my trans sisters supposedly in the name of my own rights. Trans women are women.
Ultimately, I don't feel comfortable giving this essay a rating.
Ultimately, I don't feel comfortable giving this essay a rating.
emotional
inspiring
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medium-paced
It was a very short read, but there are some powerful ideas that are very well explained. There are some problematic elements (re: hetero/cis focus), but in general, it's mostly an agreeable essay that suggests a better way to raise children to counter the gender norms that still persist today.
Lectura totalmente obligada para cualquier persona, hombre o mujer, de esta sociedad. “La definición que doy yo es que feminista es todo aquel hombre o mujer que dice «Sí, hay un problema con la situación de género hoy en día y tenemos que solucionarlo, tenemos que mejorar las cosas».
Y tenemos que mejorarlas entre todos, hombres y mujeres.”
Y tenemos que mejorarlas entre todos, hombres y mujeres.”
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Fantastic essay, but incredibly sad. It’s crazy how things are still so archaic and issues like this one are so divisive.
A stunning essay starting with the personal reclamation of the word feminist at different points/from different people in her life, and using those examples as mirrors to larger reckonings in the world, as well as issuing challenges to why we should all be feminists. The audiobook is read by the narrator, which I highly recommend.
Everybody should read this short transcription of her TED talk