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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5.0
Her friend Ijeawele wrote her a letter to take advice on how to raise her little baby girl as a feminist, to which the author has given 15 suggestions to her friend. She not only gives her parental advice on how to raise her little daughter as a feminist but also gives her advice on what is right and what is wrong, for instance, she should never thank her husband for changing the nappy because it is his job too.
There are many things that the author said in this book was ugly but that is the thing about truth, they are mostly ugly. What hit me hard was when the author said "if you criticize X in man but do not criticize X in a woman then you don't have a problem with X you have a problem with that woman.
I recently read her work we should all be Feminists and I was inspired by her words, I have to check out this book to see what all points are left that I need to jot down immediately. Adichie went down to the mall, she saw a pattern made by our beloved society, where girls are supposed to wear pink, look pretty and play with dolls and boys wear blue and play with cars, what if a girl likes to wear blue and play with a car or a boy likes the colour pink and play with dolls? I am pretty sure those judgemental eyes will stoop so low to judge a child.
Adichie did not finish at that, she also talks about adolescence, author, Adichie is from Nigeria, which is still a male-centric society, she warns Ijewele to never make her kid feel that marriage is some sort of achievement. Adichie questions, when we started treating marriage as an achievement for girls, we teach them that marriage is everything but we don't teach the boys the same thing. Why is that?
I am going to explore more of her work, I love the writing style. I would recommend this book to every parent who wants to raise their kid feminist as well as to all the teenagers.
Repeat after me I matter. I matter equally. Not “if only”. Not “as long as.” I matter equally. Full stop.
There are many things that the author said in this book was ugly but that is the thing about truth, they are mostly ugly. What hit me hard was when the author said "if you criticize X in man but do not criticize X in a woman then you don't have a problem with X you have a problem with that woman.
I recently read her work we should all be Feminists and I was inspired by her words, I have to check out this book to see what all points are left that I need to jot down immediately. Adichie went down to the mall, she saw a pattern made by our beloved society, where girls are supposed to wear pink, look pretty and play with dolls and boys wear blue and play with cars, what if a girl likes to wear blue and play with a car or a boy likes the colour pink and play with dolls? I am pretty sure those judgemental eyes will stoop so low to judge a child.
Adichie did not finish at that, she also talks about adolescence, author, Adichie is from Nigeria, which is still a male-centric society, she warns Ijewele to never make her kid feel that marriage is some sort of achievement. Adichie questions, when we started treating marriage as an achievement for girls, we teach them that marriage is everything but we don't teach the boys the same thing. Why is that?
I am going to explore more of her work, I love the writing style. I would recommend this book to every parent who wants to raise their kid feminist as well as to all the teenagers.
Repeat after me I matter. I matter equally. Not “if only”. Not “as long as.” I matter equally. Full stop.