Name: We Should All Be Feminists
Rating: 4.444645006016847 (831 reviews)
ISBN: 9780008115289

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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.

We Should All Be Feminists

Just so incredible. Her personal experiences really make you think more about things that are happening in the world that you can't see.

Olivia Timothy

Makes some good points about the oppression women have faced and still face today. However, being a feminist isn’t going to break the stereotypes. It’s not the grand solution. In the end we need Jesus

Jacey Manning

Christine Kraus

On the back cover it says that Adichie is smart about so many things, and frankly, after finishing this speech turned book, I completely agree. A lot of the points she made are honestly just things that make sense, but as she so elegantly pointed out, a lot of the time we don't recognize them. That's why I think this book is so important and has been making the waves that it has. It looks society directly in the face, tells it something is wrong, and holds it accountable to fix it. Society and culture don't just change themselves, they are helped along by the efforts of many people, and I'm incredibly glad I finally managed to pick this book up.

In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, 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—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.

chloe rae

This was INCREDIBLE. I already want to go back and read it again. And I want everyone else to read it, too! In this short, impactful essay, Chimamanda made me feel both completely understood and validated. I remember a time when I was afraid to say "I am a feminist" and even now, many people still feel the same way. This essay does exactly what it needs to, in such an easy to understand way. Truly wonderful! Read it!

Deepika Ramesh

This was my fifth book for #24in48readathon. I loved it.

atlantisli

Kısa ve güzel bir kitaptı, zaten Ted konuşmasından oluşmuş bir eserdi. Günlük hayatta sorulan sorulara güzel cevaplar verildiğini düşünüyorum (örneğin: neden insan hakları değil de illa kadın hakları diyoruz). Kolayca okunan bir kitap o yüzden herkesin bahane göstermeden okumasını isterdim :')

jess

In a book slump period so I thought I’d listen to this audiobook and what do I know? It was such a wonderful listen and I felt so empowered. 
“I should never call myself a feminist since feminists are women who are unhappy because they can’t find husbands.
So I decided to call myself a Happy Feminist.”
Indeed feminists have been disregarded mostly in third-world countries, where women’s voices don’t matter, and the issue presented in the book are still universal in the sense, people across the world can relate to them. The two aspects of the book that I focused on are: the stereotypical idea of feminism and the word feminist; and the process of normalisation. 
The author encourages us to dream of a world that is just and that has men and women who are happier because they are true to themselves, and she insists that for this to happen, the narrative should shift from raising the daughters differently to raising both the sons and daughters differently.
The easy and smooth language employed to narrate the author’s personal experiences makes it one of the fundamental reads for understanding feminism, and also an enjoyable audiobook while doing chores-that-are-always-tasked-for-women-not-men as it immensely fuels my passion, even with the ongoing discourse, misconceptions, and stereotypes about feminism and feminists.
Grabbing a copy of this book will be a good start.

Cigdem O

Patricia Nelson

Loved this! This woman does a wonderful job of articulating an issue that resonates under the surface of our society. I found myself noting many of her points and plan to view the Tedx talk this book is based on.

We Should All Be Feminists

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