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Please can you recommend entertaining books by feminists?

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StealthPolarBear · 04/09/2016 07:40

Not books about feminism as such (although I'd be happy with that) just a few good reads.

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SenecaFalls · 04/09/2016 23:44

I'm re-reading Blanche Wiesen Cook's biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. Highly recommended.

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StealthPolarBear · 04/09/2016 21:53

Stones that sounds amazing. I'll be ordering that plus others on this thread later

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EmpressTomatoKetchup · 04/09/2016 21:13

bleurg she just seems so self obsessed. She admits this too and is unapologetic about. I suspect the book is targeted for the teen selfie obsessed market. Shame really, she's a sort of poster girl for young feminists but is a real let down.

Childrenofthestones · 04/09/2016 20:54

"A God Who Hates" by Wafa Sultan.
A woman that set the Arab/Muslim world alight by simply having the nerve to stand up to a man on TV in a debate when he talked over her for the umpteenth time telling him to shut up as she hadn't finished talking.😱. Growing up in Syria under the severly patriarchal system there where she, as a qualified doctor, head of department at Allepo's main hospital she still had to seek the permission of her unqualified secondary educated brother before she could leave the house. Her determination to be independent and bravery at standing up to the system were amazing, also her description of the dynamics of Arab/Muslim men and women sheds light on the
Cologne rapes and assaults.

Blerg · 04/09/2016 20:17

Empress really?! I don't really know her or her work at all but always appears with those listed so I put her too. Is she awful?

EmpressTomatoKetchup · 04/09/2016 08:52

I thought the Lena Dunham book was a clever satire. But it isn't.

Anything by Caitlin Moran is a winner in my book, she is hilarious, passionate, witty.... even her Sali Hughes make up vids were quite funny.

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StealthPolarBear · 04/09/2016 08:14

Thanks everyone. Lots to look into!

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StealthPolarBear · 04/09/2016 08:12

Just Googled and that looks really good. Suspect little has changed since the 1960s. I wonder if she or anyone else has written a follow up.

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MuseumOfCurry · 04/09/2016 08:04

The Feminine Mystique.

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StealthPolarBear · 04/09/2016 08:01

Thank you. Read the caitlin moran one and enjoyed it

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Blerg · 04/09/2016 07:59

Following. I was going to ask this too, though interested in fiction and non fiction.

Women in entertainment with feminist types themes in their books:
Tina Fey, Bossypants (I love this one)
Amy Poehler,Yes Please (didn't get on with it)
Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman - I know lots of people on MN don't like her, but I do.

Lena Denham and Mindy Kaling also but haven't read.

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StealthPolarBear · 04/09/2016 07:55

Oh hang on is that fiction ? Id prefer non fiction if possible. Sorry shold have mentioned. I'll have a look though.

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FeministRant · 04/09/2016 07:53

Anything by Margaret Atwood. I've just finished The Heart Goes Last, which I really enjoyed.