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).
Why books by social media influencers about feminism (or self-help?) seem so similar to one another
Popular feminist books are often designed to appeal to younger readers, rather than those well versed in feminist theory. Dec 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm Polls have found that feminism has been declared unappealing and irrelevant to young women. | Flickr,CC BY-SA 2.0
On December 9, a 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).
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).
Comparisons between the two have circulated for some time. Given and Eggerue, also known as The Slumflower, are both influencers (people with large followings and marketing influence on social media) and both promote a message of self-love, acceptance, and body positivity.
Earlier this month, Eggerue and some of her followers accused Given of copying two of her books: How to Get Over a Boy and her debut, What a Time to be Alone. This sparked fresh questions over similarities between their works in terms of style and content.