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We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Everyone - all genders, feminists, non-feminists - should read this. It is a short essay that can be read in under an hour. Honestly, I spent more time writing this review because I want to convince you to read it!
Many of the author’s anecdotes are from her experiences in Nigeria, but these mistreatments, misjudgments, and prejudices also happen to womxn in the US. We may not always realize it when it happens because gender discrimination is so incredibly socialized and internalized. As she went through her stories, I thought of countless similar stories experienced by myself and/or my female friends. I know that these experiences are only more complex and so much deeper for Black women.
A fantastic and necessary educational piece on how feminism should be defined. It’s straightforward and eloquent, with the right amount of emotion, and doesn’t need to preach in order to be convincing.
My only negative point is that a lot of the language is cisnormative where it could be more inclusive.
Many of the author’s anecdotes are from her experiences in Nigeria, but these mistreatments, misjudgments, and prejudices also happen to womxn in the US. We may not always realize it when it happens because gender discrimination is so incredibly socialized and internalized. As she went through her stories, I thought of countless similar stories experienced by myself and/or my female friends. I know that these experiences are only more complex and so much deeper for Black women.
A fantastic and necessary educational piece on how feminism should be defined. It’s straightforward and eloquent, with the right amount of emotion, and doesn’t need to preach in order to be convincing.
My only negative point is that a lot of the language is cisnormative where it could be more inclusive.