So…to then come away and criticise the large majority of a book that over 50 women worked towards…honestly it feels like blasphemy. With this book however, expect a no-mess approach, because it sure as hell sets the record straight on all things equality. As a reader I think the book could have benefitted from more discussion on the education of future generations. It's no secret that I love Jameela Jamil, and her piece "Tell Him" advocates wonderfully for teaching young boys how to be feminists. But I loved about this book and I loved it for the total lack of any of that stuff that I just can't relate to.

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.Apalagi mengingat terminologi "feminis" di Indonesia seringkali diasosiasikan dengn "social justice warrior" atau SJW. Dalam kompilasi tulisan ini, Curtis membaginya menjadi beberapa bagian menurut efek yang mereka terima ketika mengenal kata "feminisme": Epiphany, Anger, Joy, Poetry Break, Action, dan Education. I say this with sincerest respect (because I see the host means well) but this podcast embodies more signalling of progressivism, intersectionality and inclusivity than it actually has the capacity for challenging and urgent conversations about issues affecting women from all walks of life. An urgent and inspirational collection of essays by a diverse group of celebrities, activists, and artists about what feminism means to them, with the goal of helping readers come to their own personal understanding of the word. The language is accessible, the content agreeable (unless you’re a patriarchal monster) and the messages clear and informative.

The writings were categorised into groups such as “epiphany” (discovering feminism), and I almost wish they weren’t. You can’t escape this book without the message of building other women up and supporting them instead of tearing them down as competition, which I 100% get behind (I mean, we’ve been pitted against each other forever. It lacked structure and direction, and was padded out with listicles, short fiction, poems, a playlist for apparently no other reason than to make it thicker.I’ve heard a lot of what’s said in here before, and while it’s important to keep pushing these topics until something’s sorted, I was hoping for something more (hence my main interest coming from the intersectionality of this book). When I came across a couple such essays in a row, I started to get bored and almost gave up on the book. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. Feminism has never been more deeply and widely embraced and discussed, but what exactly does the F word mean?