Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies): Amazing women on what the F-word means to them - Softcover

Curtis, Scarlett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241364450 ISBN 13: 9780241364451

Publisher: Penguin, 2018

Synopsis

What does the F word mean to you? The must-read book for 2018. Follow @feminists on Instagram for updates.

A collection of writing from extraordinary women, from Hollywood actresses to teenage activists, each telling the story of their personal relationship with feminism, this book explores what it means to be a woman from every point of view.

Often funny, sometimes surprising, and always inspiring, this book aims to bridge the gap between the feminist hashtag and the scholarly text by giving women the space to explain how they actually feel about feminism.

Published in partnership with Girl Up, the UN's women's foundation, royalties will benefit the charity.

Curated by STYLE columnist and Pink Protest founder Scarlett Curtis, with some names still to be announced, contributors include:

Bridget Jones (by Helen Fielding) - Saoirse Ronan - Dolly Alderton - Karen Gillan - Alicia Garza - Jameela Jamil - Kat Dennings - Nimco Ali - Beanie Feldstein - Olivia Perez - Amika George - Evanna Lynch - Akilah Hughes - Tanya Burr - Grace Campbell - Alison Sudol - Kiernan Shipka - Elyse Fox - Charlie Craggs - Rhyannon Styles - Skai Jackson - Tasha Bishop - Lolly Adefope - Bronwen Brenner - Dr Alaa Murabit - Trisha Shetty - Jordan Hewson - Amy Trigg - Em Odesser - Emi Mahmoud - Lydia Wilson - Swati Sharma

About this title

Review:

Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders. (Reese Witherspoon)

As a feminist who loves pink, I give this brilliant book of essays an enthusiastic "YES" (Mindy Kaling)

We advise placing a copy in the hands of every girl (and guy) you know (Red Magazine)

From Scarlett's captivating and grounding introduction to angry tales of personal experiences ... this book has a bit of everything. Pick it up and read one story from your favourite columnist or actress, but I guarantee you'll end up reading the full, illuminating collection, and you'll possibly finish it knowing more about your own personal stance than you imagined. (Glamour.co.uk)

This collection of essays curated by writer Scarlett Curtis is a call-to-arm that allows us to unpick what it means to be a feminist in a safe space. To understand the complexities that unite women from all different walks of life, colours and creeds and how to rise up against a patriaxrchy that wants to dictate what a feminist means. It's not trying to be the definitive book on feminism but it will keep the conversation going L-O-U-D-L-Y. (Stylist.co.uk)

About the Author:

Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.

She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0241364450
• ISBN 13: 9780241364451
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384