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

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The older I get the more I discover the depths, the more I realise sexism is a carefully architected system that might take longer than we think to truly decode; that fact alone makes me aware that I am, at twenty-nine, still a feminist with training wheels.

In addition, this book also provided statistics (the advantages of equality in women's education and work) and studies (on the colour pink! Feminists don’t wear pink covers a wide basis: gender equality, sexual abuse and harassment, ‘slut’ and body-shaming, economic inequality, gender wage gap, workplace inequality, objectification, domestic abuse, child marriage, sexual slavery and prostitution, disability, ‘likeability’ and underrepresentation, particularly in politics, just to name a few. As pointed out in the introduction, Feminists Don't Wear Pink isn't an academic collection of feminist essays, but a collection of essays, thoughts, poetry, etc.She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. 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.

Stigma itulah yang coba untuk dikupas dan dibahas oleh beberapa aktivis kesetaraan gender dalam buku ini. Tapi, dalam tulisan di buku ini, dijelaskan pula, memangnya mengapa sih kok wanita bisa sampai mendapatkan upah yang tidak sama dengan pria. This was a great book as it brought together essays from a number of women from diverse backgrounds, with an acknowledgment of experiences of intersectional feminism; black feminism/identity, ableism, trans-women.As much as I adore Saoirse Ronan as an actor, having her piece as the opener was incredibly underwhelming. That being said, with there being so many women included…I feel like this was just not put together too well.

It's easy to digest in short sittings or all at once, and the number of big names in it--Karen Gillan, Keira Knightley, and Saoirse Ronan, to name a few--is certainly an attractive feature. I’m so thankful for the relative diversity of experience – it’s a decent specimen of intersectional feminism.I've seen a lot of reviews from feminists saying that they realised after they started reading it that they realised they weren't the target audience for this book - but who is the target audience for this book? Aside from a few good pieces that deserved much more space than they were given, this book's feminist content was at best fine and at worst several decades out of date. As well as all this we hear from doctors, journalists, comedians, authors, designers, models and founders of successful enterprises. Dalam kompilasi tulisan ini, Curtis membaginya menjadi beberapa bagian menurut efek yang mereka terima ketika mengenal kata "feminisme": Epiphany, Anger, Joy, Poetry Break, Action, dan Education.