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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah gives us this powerful statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response: fifteen invaluable suggestions--direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. Filled with compassionate guidance and advice, it gets right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century, and starts a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today. A Skimm Reads Pick ● An NPR Best Book of the Year
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This is very basic, like for someone who has never heard of feminism and needs the absolute most basic principles of women having equal humanity and rights to men.
Teach her that saying no when no feels right is something to be proud of.
As the mother of two young daughters, this book felt extra important to me. There were many moments of "yes, I'm doing this right!" but also moments of "this is something I could be doing a better job of. That I need to do a better job of."
Adichie does a phenomenal job of making me think long after I've read. Of making me read passages aloud to my fiancé. Of sparking important conversations on men, women, and most importantly, the children we are raising - whether they would be male or female.
Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not "if only." Not "as long as." I matter equally. Full stop.
At under seventy pages, there is no excuse to not read this. It's short and easy to read, but wow...it sure packs a punch.
5 Stars
As the mother of two young daughters, this book felt extra important to me. There were many moments of "yes, I'm doing this right!" but also moments of "this is something I could be doing a better job of. That I need to do a better job of."
Adichie does a phenomenal job of making me think long after I've read. Of making me read passages aloud to my fiancé. Of sparking important conversations on men, women, and most importantly, the children we are raising - whether they would be male or female.
Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not "if only." Not "as long as." I matter equally. Full stop.
At under seventy pages, there is no excuse to not read this. It's short and easy to read, but wow...it sure packs a punch.
5 Stars
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