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I Call Myself a Feminist
I Call Myself a Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty | Victoria Pepe
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Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015 means to them.We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge (award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old activist), Laura Pankhurst, great-great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and an activist in her own right, comedian Sofie Hagen, engineer Naomi Mitchison and Louise O'Neill, author of the award-winning feminist Young Adult novel Only Ever Yours. Writing about a huge variety of subjects, we have Martha Mosse and Alice Stride on how they became feminists, Amy Annette addressing the body politic, Samira Shackle on having her eyes opened in a hostel for survivors of acid attacks in Islamabad, while Maysa Haque thinks about the way Islam has informed her feminism and Isabel Adomakoh Young insists that women don't have to be perfect. There are twelve other performers, politicians and writers who include Jade Anouka, Emily Benn, Abigail Matson-Phippard, Hajar Wright and Jinan Younis.Is the word feminist still to be shunned? Is feminism still thought of as anti-men rather than pro-human? Is this generation of feminists - outspoken, funny and focused - the best we've had for long while? Has the internet given them a voice and power previously unknown?Rachel Holmes' most recent book is Eleanor Marx: A Life; Victoria Pepe is a literary scout; Amy Annette is a comedy producer currently working on festivals including Latitude; Alice Stride works for Women's Aid and Martha Mosse is a freelance producer and artist.
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TrishB
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I get really sad when I realise that we‘re still fighting the same things I was fighting at 13....except I think probably worse as we now have the vile, toxic abuse on the internet!
But it was still really interesting reading what today‘s young women are trying to do in the name of feminism.

Suet624 I get really sad about it too. 4y
Kaila-ann We were just talking about this at work today in terms of maternity leave. It‘s pretty sad. 4y
TrishB @Suet624 we‘re standing still in some areas. 4y
TrishB @Kaila-ann it‘s very different across the world I know! 4y
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Today‘s in bed reading , no sleep last night and just couldn‘t get out of bed for work! A day in bed reading may help (well it definitely can‘t make it worse!)

Bookwormjillk I hope you get some rest today! 4y
Hooked_on_books Mental health days are 👍🏼 4y
Balibee146 Hope you get rested and recharged 😘 4y
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Kalalalatja Sometimes a day in bed is all you need 🙌 4y
Suet624 Good for you! I hope tonight brings you sleep. 4y
Nicos Give them the vote and look what happens 😀 4y
JennyM Hope you rested and have recharged as your body was telling you needed. Take care 😘 (edited) 4y
squirrelbrain Oh no, poor you. I had some kind of coldy thing last week, only just starting to feel human again! 4y
TrishB @squirrelbrain it can‘t seem to make its mind up what it is! Head ache, ear ache, sore throat....back ache!! 4y
Bookwomble I hope you don't see this until the morning, Trish, due to being asleep 😴 4y
tracey38 Hope you got some much needed rest and some good reading in and feel btter! 4y
arlenefinnigan Aw I'm sorry, hope you feel better soon. I'm phoning in sick myself today (neck spasms/trapped nerve), but I've told Andy "I CAN'T POSSIBLY GO TO WORK LEE SCORESBY JUST DIED LYRA WILL BE DEVASTATED ?" 4y
TrishB @Bookwomble @tracey38 thank you ❤️ 4y
TrishB @arlenefinnigan both of those are good enough reasons not to go in! 4y
Centique @arlenefinnigan I‘m just past this point in the Dark Material books as well and it‘s occupying most of my brain right now too! 😭😭😭 4y
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TrishB
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#weeklyforecast
WILL finish the Karen Rose one today, then finally onto Dutch House (been on the forecast last 3 weeks!), then some feminism and ending the reading week with a buddy read of Familiar Stranger with @charl08 . That‘s the plan anyway.

Cathythoughts Very good ! Reading Dutch House at the mo. Look forward to your thoughts on it .... 4y
charl08 Sounds good to me! 4y
Cinfhen Curious to hear your thoughts on Dutch House @TrishB @Cathythoughts 💜 4y
Cinfhen Good luck with your buddy read 😘 4y
TrishB @Cinfhen definitely next off the pile, and you know my track record with buddy reads! 4y
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tif
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On my lunch break and reading more of this. I want to take photos of almost every page and post them but I'm restraining myself. So far every contribution is amazing and the quotes in between are fabulous.

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tif
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Bargain book purchase of the day. There's an essay by Reni Eddo-Lodge which on its own makes it worth more than the $5 I paid! 😁

TrishB This looks good! 6y
tif @TrishB yes! Will also help me cross off the book riot read harder prompt 22 - an essay anthology! 6y
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alisiakae
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From the Women‘s March to #MeToo....the impact women have had this year in changing the conversation has been incredible.

Which is all the more reason I love that feminism is Merriam-Webster‘s Word of the Year.

If I could add anything, I would change it to intersectional feminism. 😊 #feminist #feminism #girlpower #fightlikeagirl

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 and agree totally. 6y
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jenniferw88
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This is why I needed to host the #giveaway! Books in the corner are new today & I've got 4 more coming in the post!

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a.shelf.life
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So proud of everyone today! #nastywoman

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Owlizabeth
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So, I do lots of Instagramming and I'm starting a new account that's gonna be pictures of food with feminist quotes and theory because they're my FAVORITES!! If you're into those things, follow me @ snackthepatriarchy 💁🏻🍕🍦👊🏼 (I'm also owlizabeth on IG, Tumblr and Twitter ☺️) #shamelessselfpromotion

Bibliogeekery Amazing! 7y
Ekkross This idea just made my day!!! Automatic follow! 7y
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Roos
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Manifesto for feminist intersectionality. #important

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LOVE THIS BOOK! It's full of great quotes about women and feminism but most importantly it's full of really great essays about feminism and what it means to be a woman today. A must read for EVERYONE! I had to stop myself from saying 'yaaasss preach' out loud...😹

arlenefinnigan Cool nail varnish ☺ 7y
arlenefinnigan Sorry that's not a very feminist thing to say is it 😉 7y
Juwi @arlenefinnigan Of course it is!!! Feminists can rock lipstick and nail polish so thank you! 😎 7y
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Juwi
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'We are taught that we must both blend in and stand out - a contradictory message indeed.' - Susie Orbach (Fat is a Feminist Issue)

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bookishteaparty
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I'm almost half way through and I really like this. It introduces so many different points of feminism, super interesting! #feministorchestra

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UnderTheRadarBooks
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While I found a few of these essays brilliant, overall the book felt like a jumping off point for feminism. 3 stars

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From June Eric-Udorie's article - my favourite so far.

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JeansThoughts
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I'm so excited to start reading this next week for the #feministorchestra it features 25 modern female voices on the importance of feminism today and what the word means to them. Hopefully a good one to begin with and will provide some inspiration!

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