I call myself a feminist : the view from twenty-five women under thirty / edited by Victoria Pepe, Rachel Holmes, Amy Annette, Alice Stride, Martha Mosse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pepe, Victoria, editor.

Holmes, Rachel, editor.

Annette, Amy, editor.

Stride, Alice, editor.

Mosse, Martha, editor.

Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Conduct of life.

Women.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

xv, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Virago, 2015.

Summary:

So why did we title this book / Call Myself a Feminist? Because this book - for everyone, everywhere - is a statement of intent. Because the word 'feminist' remains under siege, cast aside by some for being too inclusive and broad and because there are many who refuse to identify with it. Because 'I call myself a feminist' is an active, personal and powerful phrase. We hope that there is at least one essay here that makes your heart beat in recognition, one that you'll want to thrust it in front of your friends and family and bellow: 'This! This is Exactly What I Have Been Trying to Say!' We rallied together in the experience of making this book - as editors, and with all of our splendid contributors. The view from twenty-five women under thirty includes: Book jacket.

Contents:

Good for a girl isn't good enough / Hajar Wright Wright, Hajar 1

How could I not be? / Laura Pankhurst Pankhurst, Laura 10

My journey to feminism / Louise O'Neill O'Neill, Louise 18

Hotspur: Superwoman / Jade Anouka Anouka, Jade 24

Stand up and get involved / Emily Benn Benn, Emily 32

Why I am a feminist / Sofie Hagen Hagen, Sofie 42

Silent screamers / Yas Necati Necati, Yas 50

Manifesto for feminist intersectionality / Jinan Younis Younis, Jinan 64

This is NOT a feminist rant: the language of silencing women / Alice Stride Stride, Alice 73

I call myself a feminist / June Eric-Udorie Eric-Udorie, June 83

Talking about my generation / Tania Shew Shew, Tania 95

'Roti kamana': stories of survival / Samira Shackle Shackle, Samira 104

I call myself a feminist with my elbows / Amy Annette Annette, Amy 115

A Typical Engineer / Naomi Mitchison Mitchison, Naomi 130

Islam is my feminism and feminism is my Islam / Maysa Haque Haque, Maysa 141

Staring at the ceiling: it's not always as simple as yes or no / Abigail Matson-Phippard Matson-Phippard, Abigail 152

For our children, for our mothers, for all still struggling: we must save the Human Rights Act / Rosie Brighouse Brighouse, Rosie 166

Are you a stripper or a shaver?' / Bertie Brandes Brandes, Bertie 176

Connections are everything / Laura Bates Bates, Laura 184

The difficult, undateable dating columnist / Caroline Kent Kent, Caroline 194

Women should get to be rubbish too / Isabel Adomakoh Young Young, Isabel Adomakoh 204

Goodbye to good girls / Phoebe Hamilton-Jones Hamilton-Jones, Phoebe 215

What's in a word? / Martha Mosse Mosse, Martha 223

Why I call myself a feminist / Meltem Avcil Avcil, Meltem 231

What can men do to support feminism? / Reni Eddo-Lodge Eddo-Lodge, Reni 240.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780349006550

0349006555

OCLC:

928409582

Publisher Number:

99964950063