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Can we all be feminists? : new writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 others on intersectionality, identity, and the way forward for feminism / edited by June Eric-Udorie.

Eric-Udorie, June, 1998- (editor.).

Summary:

"Why is it difficult for so many women to fully identify with the word "feminist"? How do our personal histories and identities affect our relationship to feminism? Why is intersectionality so important? Can a feminist movement that doesn't take other identities like race, religion, or socioeconomic class into account even be considered feminism? How can we make feminism more inclusive? In Can We All Be Feminists?, seventeen established and emerging writers from diverse backgrounds wrestle with these questions, exploring what feminism means to them in the context of their other identities--from a hijab-wearing Muslim to a disability rights activist to a body-positive performance artist to a transgender journalist. Edited by the brilliant, galvanizing, and dazzlingly precocious nineteen-year-old feminist activist and writer June Eric-Udorie, this impassioned, thought-provoking collection showcases the marginalized women whose voices are so often drowned out and offers a vision for a new, comprehensive feminism that is truly for all"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143132370 (paperback)
ISBN: 0143132377 (paperback)
Physical Description: xxvii, 258 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252).

Formatted Contents Note:

No wave feminism / by Charlotte Shane -- Unapologetic / by Nicole Dennis-Benn -- Fat demands / by Selina Thompson -- Borderlands / by Gabrielle Bellot -- Intersectionality and the black lives matter movement / by Evette Dionne -- No disabled access / by Frances Ryan -- A hundred small rebellions / by Eishar Brar -- Ends, means, and subterfuge in feminist activism / by Emer O'Toole -- Afro-diasporic feminism and a freedom in fluidity / by Zoé Samudzi -- Representation as a feminist act / by Aisha Gani -- In search of gender troublemakers / by Juliet Jacques -- Body and blood / by Brit Bennett -- Loving two things at once : on bisexuality, feminism, and Catholicism / by Caitlin Cruz -- Imperial feminism / by Afua Hirsch -- The machinery of disbelief / by Wei Ming Kam -- Brown on the outside / by Mariya Karimjee -- Deviant bodies / by Soofiya Andry.