FEMINIST FIGHT CLUB: A Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace - Softcover

Bennett, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062689037 ISBN 13: 9780062689030

Publisher: HarperWave, 2017

Synopsis

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Named a best book of 2016 by: Chicago Tribune, Refinery 29, Forbes, Bust, CEO Reads.

It was a fight club--but without the fighting or the men. Every month, women would gather in a New York apartment to share sexist-job frustrations and trade strategies for how to tackle them. For years, these meetings were kept secret. But the time has come to talk about the club.

In Feminist Fight Club, acclaimed journalist Jessica Bennett blends the personal story of her real-life fight club with a studied assessment of the gender gap that continues to plague the American workplace. With equal measures wit and rigor, Bennett provides the tactical strategies--and the camaraderie--every woman needs to fight back, as well as tools for the men who support the cause.

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Review

"Funny and fresh...one of those books that every person, not just every woman, should read."--Glamour

"This book offers the weapons that women need to win the war on inequality. With mighty wit, Bennett shows women how to defeat the enemies--and men how to stop being enemies. I was not prepared to laugh out loud so many times while learning so much about a serious topic."--Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take

"It is saddening that the problems described in [Feminist Fight Club] persist, but Bennett's light approach and humorous neologisms make fighting the power a lot more palatable."--Publishers Weekly

"[B]ound to be passed around from woman to woman -- and beyond one gender -- at office happy hours this fall and beyond."--Flavorwire

"[Bennett] takes the best of what she and her fellow professionals have gleaned over the years and presents it to us for adoption. All action, no whining. Plenty of humor."--Chicago Tribune

"Packed with relatable anecdotes, startling research, and realistic scripts for handling sticky situations, Feminist Fight Club is a no-bullshit, nuts-and-bolts guide to workplace empowerment."--Bust Magazine

"Bennett has written a guidebook that will likely benefit those women who want to climb the rungs of power and challenge the Boys at the Top... her suggestion that women form their own Feminist Fight Clubs sounds like a mighty fine idea. I, for one, am ready to engage."--Rewire

"A worthy addition to the library of any young female professional or frustrated middle manager-or male coworker who wants to help."--Fortune

"Jessica's is a classic, f*ck-you feminist battle guide. The book offers unapologetic strategies for how to get down and strength up with female comrades to fight patriarchy on the daily. Every woman should have a Feminist Fight Club."--Ilana Glazer, comedian and co-creator, Broad City

"Jessica Bennett's Feminist Fight Club is engaging, hilarious and practical - full of simple tools for battling workplace sexism that every woman should have at her disposal. Jessica is a unique voice-and I will proudly proclaim myself a card-carrying member of the FFC."--Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of New York Times bestseller Lean In

From the Back Cover

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Named a best book of 2016 by: Chicago Tribune, Refinery 29, Forbes, Bust, CEO Reads.

It was a fight club--but without the fighting and without the men. Every month, the women would huddle in a friend's apartment to share sexist job frustrations and trade tips on how best to tackle them. Once upon a time, you might have called it a consciousness-raising group. But the problems of today's working world are more subtle, less pronounced, harder to identify--and harder to prove--than those of our foremothers. These women weren't just there to vent. They needed battle tactics. And so the Feminist Fight Club was born.

In Feminist Fight Club, acclaimed journalist Jessica Bennett blends the personal stories of her real-life fight club with research, statistics, and no-bullsh*t advice for how to combat today's sexism (and come out the other side). Part manual, part manifesto, Bennett offers a new vocabulary for the sexist archetypes women encounter every day--such as the Manterrupter, who talks over female colleagues in meetings; or the Bropropriator, who appropriates their ideas--as well as the self-sabotaging behavior women sometimes exhibit themselves. With original illustrations and fascinating historical research as well as a straightforward assessment of the gender gap that continues to plague the American workforce, Feminist Fight Club offers practical strategies, stealthy hacks, and much-needed camaraderie for women battling their way through the modern workplace.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperWave
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062689037
• ISBN 13: 9780062689030
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336