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    We Should All Be Feminists
    Audiobook45 minutes

    We Should All Be Feminists

    Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Narrated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    About this audiobook

    A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun, based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name.

    ‘I would like to ask that we begin to dream about and plan for a different world. A fairer world. A world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves. And this is how to start: we must raise our daughters differently. We must also raise our sons differently…’

    What does “feminism” mean today?

    In this personal, eloquently argued essay – adapted from her much-admired Tedx talk of the same name – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now – an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateJan 12, 2017
    ISBN9780008115296
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    We Should All Be Feminists
    Author

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction; and acclaimed story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Americanah, was published around the world in 2013, received numerous awards and was named one of New York Times Ten Books of the Year. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.

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    • 5/5
      I absolutely love this essay and agree with every word in it. She writes so precisely and I am anxious to share it with everyone I know.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      It is a good book and I agree with the general outline Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is proposing. I even think that is a needed voice because most of the feminist literature we receive is based on Western North American and European experiences. The only problem with the book is that it still holds a binary naturalistic approach which considers men and women in a biologist manner leaving outside of the range of feminist other identities such as the LGBTQI.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Some excellent points made in this nonetheless still very transphobic.
    • 5/5
      Siempre una delicia la claridad de pensamiento de Chimamanda. Su manera de exponer las cosas más trascendentes en las más sencillas ideas. En frases cortas y contundentes que no dan margen al debate infructuoso.

      Sus argumentos son certeros, exactos. Y su voz, una exquisitez aunque no esté muy familiarizado con su acento y exija de mí una mayor atención y concentración.
    • 4/5
      This is a wonderful essay on exactly what the title says. We should all be feminists, and we should all know what it means to be feminist. It is not being an angry woman who can't find a man. It is not being emasculated man with no power. It is recognizing that there is a power imbalance between men and woman, and fixing that problem should acknowledge that it is related to gender.I would give it five stars, but this isn't inclusive, and that was noticeable.
    • 5/5
      Amazing book that everyone should read/listen for a better world and humankind
    • 5/5
      Estoy de acuerdo y que mejor manera de resumir lo que todas sabemos.
    • 5/5
      Thank you for clearing out, what exactly means the word feminism and why it isn't a wrong name (only it means more than just the problem of gender - but of course the gender is the biggest, world deviding problem). Thank you for specifing the problem of gender. Thank you for adding the experience from Nigeria, as the culture of the country is not very known in my country - Czech Republic.
    • 4/5
      I love how she would tell stories of women's experiences to show the gender inequality. It just lack something.
    • 5/5
      This is very true even in our current life we live.
    • 5/5
      For a short little essay, this really packs a punch.

      Based on Adichie's TEDx Talk of the same name, this essay delves into what feminism is in the twenty-first century, and what it has been like previously in both the U.S. and Nigeria. It forces us to think about institutionalised behaviours and explains why this divide in gender can do more harm for both men and women.

      Points were brought up in this that I was so used to and were so normalised to me, that I didn't even realise that women were being discriminated against. Feminism can get a lot of negative press but this is very well written and I would recommend that everyone reads it.
    • 5/5
      It's really intuitive how men and women are perceived differently, and actions must be taken to change it. Good read!
    • 5/5
      Truly mind blowing despite the length. The narrator is wonderful too. Simply amazing!
    • 5/5
      This is a book that every one should read. I love the way how the author narrates about feminist. And why we have to be feminist, most of all WHAT IS ACTUALLY FEMINIST? because most of us have mixed thought about it, this book is well explained.
    • 5/5
      I love it...we all know the topic she talks about, but she puts the issue in an interesting way encouraging us to speak up when things taken as a given is not correct
    • 5/5
      short and to the point. a classic that i had to start with on my way through nonfiction
    • 5/5
      Reverting book,what sometimes we experience but do not know how to articulate as well.
    • 5/5
      Marvelous, every person should read this and it should be taught in schools.
    • 5/5
      Great to listed! Every word is full of wisdom
    • 5/5
      This book should be on every school's curriculum. We should all be feminist!!
    • 5/5
      This was extremely eye opening. A must read for anyone interested or anyone really!
    • 3/5
      Good book, covers the basics of feminism - quite short
    • 5/5
      It’s a conversation, one with the reader, even seemingly with one voice, she satisfyingly speaks for both the reader and herself, asking and answering questions the reader might have (which I also had) - an indulgence of what makes us human, thus it’s easy and feels normal to accept. As a Zimbabwean and African, I can also relate. Thank you for the great conversation.
    • 5/5
      A great starter full of personal anecdotes for anyone thinking about feminism
    • 5/5
      Light hearted and short - so unlike any other feminist text. As a English feminist it was fascinating to listen to the Nigerian experience of womanhood and feminism but her experiences were still relatable.
    • 5/5
      I love this book, this is my 3rd time listening to it and i will never ever get tired of it
    • 5/5
      Amazing audiobook. Both the narration and the content are excellent. Highly recommend!
    • 5/5
      If you read the title and immediately think “oh lord, here we go again with the feminist talk” then you should definitely read it. Deep insight on the struggles women still face in the times we live in. Amazing read!
    • 5/5
      So well put and elaborated. We should all give it a read!
    • 5/5
      Awesome... Everything happening around us which we ignore on a daily basis.. It makes us realize.. How everything for women has changed but nothing is changed tooo.