Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

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From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feministscomes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawelegoes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.

Book Details

ISBN13 9781524733131
ISBN10 152473313X
Series/Work OL17640883W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Knopf Publishing Group
Pages 80
Language EN
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At February 14, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

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