We Should All Be Feminists

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Published July 29th 2014 by Vintage

Category: Business

Pages: 52 pages

ISBN: B00L0F01NK

Description:
What does ÒfeminismÓ mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essayÑadapted from her much-viewed TEDx talk of the same nameÑby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.

With humor and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first centuryÑone rooted in inclusion and awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviors that marginalize women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiencesÑin the U.S., in her native Nigeria, and abroadÑoffering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike.

Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a bestselling novelist, here is one remarkable authorÕs exploration of what it means to be a woman todayÑand an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.