Fifty Shades Of Feminism

The antidote to the idea that being a woman is all about submitting to desire. There are many more shades than that and here are fifty women to explore them. Daughters and Dames, poets and politicians, composer and psychoanalyst, academics and activists, broadcasters and barristers, mothers and sisters, novelists and impresarios, journalists and comedians, doctor and playwright, cultural commentators and artists, wives and writers. Here are fifty shades and more, of women who think, who act, who inspire - in technicolour. . Naomi AldermanTahmima AnamLisa AppignanesiMargaret AtwoodJoan BakewellCamila BatmanghelidjhAlison BechdelBidishaLydia CachoShami ChakrabartiJane CzyzselskaSayantani DasGuptaLaura DockrillLynne FeatherstoneCarlene FirminLennie GoodingsLinda GrantNathalie HandalNatalie HaynesSharon HaywoodLindsey HilsumIsabel HiltonRachel HolmesSiri HustvedtJude KellyLiz KellyHelena KennedyKathy LetteKate MosseSusie OrbachLaurie PennyLisa PowerNina PowerAlissa QuartDiana QuickJosie RourkeBee RowlattElif Shafak Muneeza ShamsieHanan Al-ShaykhElaine ShowalterPosy SimmondsGillian SlovoAhdaf SoueifMartha SpurrierJuliet StevensonAlice StrideMeera SyalShirley ThompsonSandi ToksvigNatasha WalterMarilyn WaringTimberlake WertenbakerJeanette WintersonXinránPussy Riot Half a century after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by variations of sex, shopping and masochism - all coloured a brilliant neuro-pink?In this volume, fifty women young and old - writers, politicians, actors, scientists, mothers - reflect on the shades that inspired them and what being woman means to them today. Contributors include: Margaret Atwood, Joan Bakewell, Bidisha, Lydia Cacho, Shami Chakrabarti, Lennie Goodings, Linda Grant, Natalie Haynes, Siri Hustvedt, Kathy Lette, Kate Mosse, Pussy Riot, Bee Rowlatt, Elif Shafak, Ahdaf Soueif, Sandi Toksvig, Natasha Walter, Timberlake Wertenbaker Jeanette Winterson - alongside the three editors.

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