This interests me as I have two sons and feel very passionately about raising boys that don’t feel the need to adhere to masculine stereotypes and certainly view women as equal to them in every way. She also eloquently raises the point that feminism is just as much about men as it is women: The way men see women and the way they see themselves has a huge impact. Last year, I read Robert Webb’s memoir, How Not to be a Boy and that really got me thinking about gender roles and how damaging and restrictive they can be – for both women and men. I could quote the whole essay here as it’s all so powerful and to the point, but I particularly liked when she brought up this: “Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.” I mean, in 2019, that should go without saying, right? Sadly, history, society expectations and gender roles mean that often this still isn’t the case and this is what Chimamanda discusses in this essay: Why that is and why that needs to change. Feminism is the belief that women should be socially, politically and economically equal to men. I’ve been wanting to read this for a while as I couldn’t agree with the title more. People love it for good reason I’ve now discovered. Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a best-selling novelist, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what it means to be a woman today - and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.We Should All Be Feminists is a slightly modified transcript of a TED talk that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave in 2013 (watch it here) and is a book I see mentioned on Bookstagram all the time.
Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences - in the U.S., in her native Nigeria - offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike.
She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviours that marginalise women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. With humour and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century - one rooted in inclusion and awareness. What does "feminism" mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay - adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name.
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