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Ten stars for fifty pages of sound logical reasoning on feminism and gender. I love Adichie.
The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of gender expectations....more
I don't know why it took me so long to read this; I've had it on my Kindle for probably a year and a half, now, and I read it in 30 minutes.
Chimamanda knows her shit. She's got a great way of writing that conveys complex ideas simply and logically. We should all be feminists. ...more
Chimamanda knows her shit. She's got a great way of writing that conveys complex ideas simply and logically. We should all be feminists. ...more
A good conversation-starter, though Adichie's perpetuation of the gender binary was problematic to me. I had expected more from this book, but that may be because of its continued hype.
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Powerful essay and one I think is important for everyone to hear or read.
This was just a printout of a lecture she gave. It took probably 30 min to read. Not that interesting, actually somewhat boring. She doesn't like to be treated as a 2nd class citizen in her country - then don't go there, change things or stop whining. The book was 4 x 6. Really - what was it's drawing point that put it on this list?
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Feb 01, 2016
Kit
marked it as to-read
Feb 05, 2016
Charlos
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
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Feb 11, 2016
Emily Childress-Campbell
rated it
it was amazing
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nonfiction,
2016-yalsa-hub-challenge
Mar 08, 2016
Ariel Birdoff
rated it
it was amazing
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2016-hub-challenge,
2016-pop-sugar-challenge
May 25, 2016
Leaf
marked it as to-read
Aug 03, 2016
Scott Fillner
marked it as to-read
