Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and Other Lies)

Saccharine and Fluffy

Key take home messages include “teach your boys to watch porn” and “plastic surgery is empowering” and “men have periods too” (but also “if men had periods tampons would be free”, and somehow these two points don’t contradict each other?)

The worst take might be to teach boys if they ask for consent they’ll be a “legend” amongst the girls because she’ll tell all her friends. Or maybe the worse take is the entire chapter about being kind to boys, protecting boys, and if we are nice enough to boys they won’t rape or kill women when they’re older because women will remind them of their kind mothers. Presumably, this means the mothers of rapists are to blame for their actions?

Anyway, if you can overlook these anti feminist and regressive key points repeated in various chapters, Keira Knightley’s piece on childbirth is beautiful and powerful, some of the poetry is enjoyable enough, and some of the pieces on more serious issues, like FGM and period poverty, are valuable and insightful.

Overall, saccharine, reads like angsty teenage spoken word, but is a relatively sweet introduction into liberal feminism.

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This book makes you think in a different way and analyse things more. Listened to it in 2 days loved it.

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very inspiring, interesting read

A book that gives you lots to think about. It's so great to hear all the different view of feminists and what the movement means to them or just what it means to be a woman.

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a really accessible insight to feminism today

easy read, insightful view on modern feminism from well-known names, got through it in a day!

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Fantastic collection

Brilliant collection of tales, leaves you hungry for more! After listening I will be buying a paper copy to give to all of my friends!

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Brilliant and Thought Provoking

I loved this book and thought it was excellent as an audiobook. It is a collection of essays from different women discussing what feminism means to them. I've never considered myself a feminist, thinking that men often suffered at the expense of women gaining power. However, I now realise this was misguided and everyone should be equal from the beginning and if women didn't have to fight for it then it wouldn't appear that men are suffering. These women don't just talk about women's rights but equality for ALL.

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INCREDIBLE

I couldn't stop once I started! Powerful, educational, laugh out loud funny and then the next chapter reaching for tissues. A sensational collection of similar yet very different perspectives by some pretty bad ass women. LOVED it.

Everyone should read this book.

We should ALL be feminists. This book was my first deep dive into the world of human rights, and I can't wait to keep learning. Stay empowered.

Feminist as FUCK.

This book is life changing - I wasn’t entirely sure why and what made me explore my feminist, but this has opened my eyes about why it is still so important

Yes Yes Yes

We need our brothers,fathers and any other men in our lives to read this. An inclusive approach to feminism!