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

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The co-founder of feminist activist group, The Pink Protest, Curtis has also worked as social media director of the UN’s campaign ‘The Global Goals’. Feminism has been known to make the odd person or two nervous, and certainly generates a sizeable amount of controversy. The most cost- effective and practical ways to combat it are the education of girls, and women's reproductive rights. It's no secret that I love Jameela Jamil, and her piece "Tell Him" advocates wonderfully for teaching young boys how to be feminists. This book was divided into sections to focus on certain elements of the journey of feminism: epiphany; anger; joy; poetry; action; education; and further reading.

What it should all boil down to is the most fundamental fact of life, we are all thinking, feeling, breathing humans, none with greater or more deserved power than any other. i think this would be a wonderful book to have in school curriculums, to talk and share and discuss from a young age that it means to be a women or seen as feminin and why do many of those aspects are still seen as something negative and to be looked down upon instead of celebrated or at least simply accepted as something that’s okay to have/be.Beberapa aktivitas mengkorelasikan perjuangan keadilan gender melalui pengalaman pribadinya sehingga mereka tergerak untuk ikut menyuarakan hal tersebut.

The writings were categorised into groups such as “epiphany” (discovering feminism), and I almost wish they weren’t. Salah satu tulisan di dalam memberikan gambaran yang jelas apa yang bisa saja terjadi ketika anak-anak remaja putri itu dimasukkan ke sekolah ketimbang langsung dinikahkan begitu saja kepada pria yang bersedia membayar mahal.

I think that this book is a great introduction to feminism and if you're looking to read more on that topic, it's a good place to start! About once a month, I find myself stretched out on the couch, helpless as my uterus reenacts Game of Thrones' Red Wedding in painstaking detail. It was good to see how inclusive it was, but I would still very much recommend reading it with a critical eye (not that you shouldn't always do that). Compiling this book has been one of the most incredible and complex experiences of my life, and if there’s one thing I’ve learnt so far, it’s that feminism is not the same for everyone.

Scarlett Curtis selaku kurator, menyajikan tulisan-tulisan yang bisa merepresentasikan keadaan di lapangan terhadap apa yang tengah diperjuangkan oleh para aktivitas kesertaraan gender tersebut.

I honestly think this book does such a great job at going fully in depth about feminism and it’s basis. This was a great book as it brought together essays from a number of women from diverse backgrounds, with an acknowledgment of experiences of intersectional feminism; black feminism/identity, ableism, trans-women.

I really hope that the message in this book will influence this new wave of feminism and I highly recommend this book for all girls, everywhere!

Terminologi "feminis" dekat dengan pemaknaan akan sesuatu yang "melawan" kodrat sehingga ketika seseorang melabeli dirinya dengan "feminis", maka seharusnya (ujar warganet) dia tidak menggunakan warna pink. Especially when a lot of the essays just repeated a lot of what’s shouted about on the internet already, so…what can I do beyond that? And moreover, I consider myself an inclusive feminist and this book was definitely aiming for inclusive feminism as well. Maybe it's about being a woman in her truth, fighting for her cause, her dreams, her vision and doing it exactly as she sees fit.