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ckrantz's review against another edition
1.0
I have no interest in reading a book about feminism by someone who doesn’t consider trans women as women and supports JKR bullshit!!!!
sassypants859's review against another edition
5.0
It's super short but I can see why it has come so highly recommended. It really opened my eyes to the trap of gender roles.
jrblacey's review against another edition
3.0
Good for a quick read. It's a bit underwhelming though. The only people is may convince are those on the fence about feminism anyhow.
t_morrow's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful writing. I really need to watch her TED talk now, and read her novels.
bekondeck's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
meredithkhd's review against another edition
5.0
I listened to the audiobook, narrated by the author, and then I watched the TED Talk. It was amazing and there are so many people I want to make read or listen to this powerful essay, but I know they won't because of the word Feminist. I am too busy unlearning cultural and societal "norms" to worry about them. All I can do is focus on me and do a better job raising my children to value ability over gender.
coddiwompler's review against another edition
4.0
A good, brief primer, based on a TED talk by the author, a Nigerian novelist and Macarthur Fellow.
Very straightforward language, not academic in tone. The strongest part is toward the end, IMHO, where she says this is not about human rights, or about class, or about race: it really does need to be about gender. Are there things about which one could quibble? Well, sure: e.g., men DO have to worry about how we dress in a business meeting, as women do. But such quibbling only shows defensiveness and a desire to distract with details in order to not have to acknowledge the obvious big picture.
One of the book's main strengths is its brevity. She doesn't lose the reader in details, in roving obvious points over and over. Her tone is that of one reasonable person talking with another reasonable person who simply hasn't noticed a problem yet, but would not deny it once it was described.
I can see why Sweden distributed copies to every 16 year-old. Here in the 'States, that would be considered indoctrination, rather than an effort to identify and rectify a pervasive problem. We've become rather too defensive.
Very straightforward language, not academic in tone. The strongest part is toward the end, IMHO, where she says this is not about human rights, or about class, or about race: it really does need to be about gender. Are there things about which one could quibble? Well, sure: e.g., men DO have to worry about how we dress in a business meeting, as women do. But such quibbling only shows defensiveness and a desire to distract with details in order to not have to acknowledge the obvious big picture.
One of the book's main strengths is its brevity. She doesn't lose the reader in details, in roving obvious points over and over. Her tone is that of one reasonable person talking with another reasonable person who simply hasn't noticed a problem yet, but would not deny it once it was described.
I can see why Sweden distributed copies to every 16 year-old. Here in the 'States, that would be considered indoctrination, rather than an effort to identify and rectify a pervasive problem. We've become rather too defensive.
rae607's review against another edition
4.0
"We Should All Be Feminists," a brief Kindle Single by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a strong distillation of her views on feminism and why it's essential for men and children as well as for women. It's drawn from her excellent TEDx talk on the same topic: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/We-should-all-be-feminists-Chim