Sunday Times bestseller,
Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, it was hailed by many women as ‘life-changing’, ‘fearless’ and ‘an incredible mouthpiece for modern intersectional feminism’. Does it live up to the hype?
Talking about feminism is hard. There are no two ways about it. My mother, like many of her generation, to this day does not identify as ‘feminist’. (And yes, there’s been many a long and detailed discussion as to why the ‘man-hating, bra-burning political lesbian’ is
not actually what modern feminism looks like or is all about.)
Feminism was considered intimidating and judgemental. I’m happy to report Florence Given does a lot to counteract that. Far from the 1970s rigid attitude of what it was to be feminist, she emphatically proclaims that ‘you’re not any less of a feminist for shaving’, blaming society and ‘pretty privilege’. She instead calls for women to ‘not be so judgemental to people who were doing the same thing as you recent
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The London dating scene, supposedly filled with excitement and ‘cultured city boys’. What a load of crap.
Whilst Instagram will lead you to believe that London boys are like Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and the cast of Made in Chelsea, it’s all a lie.
Get ready for a whirlwind of disappointing first dates, bland personalities and excruciating conversations. Here are the boys you will encounter if you venture into the London dating scene:
‘I could’ve been a professional footballer but I got injured’
Feel free to interchange football with any other sport, and expect your first encounter with them to resemble an X Factor sob story. Since not making it in the sporting world most of these lads end up working in finance or the military whilst whiling away their weekends playing Fifa, getting overly invested in fantasy football leagues and permanently having the sports channel on in the background.
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Polly Vernon’s Hot Feminist (2015).
While such books can vary in approach and style, many put forward similar messages of personal empowerment, self-love and the right to choose.
Feminists in academia argue that popular feminism is a diluted form of feminism at best – a brand which can be packaged and sold.
On December 9, debate began to simmer on social media over the resemblance of two popular women’s empowerment books released in 2020: Chidera Eggerue’s How to Get Over a Boy (published in February by Quadrille Publishing) and Florence Given’s Women Don’t Owe You Pretty (published in July by Cassell Illustrated).