Comments on: Review: We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/ before I read the middle Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Non-Fiction November: Ten Books by Writers of Color | TiaMart Blog https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-23182 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:50:09 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-23182 […] loads of books that week). However it’s solely a matter of time till I cave, particularly with Jenny’s review including to the […]

]]> By: Athira https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21672 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:38:08 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21672 I need to read this one. I got a taste of this book a while back and liked it. I need to get hold of it soon.

]]> By: aartichapati https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21559 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:12:09 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21559 Um, everything Adichie says is amazing, so I am not surprised she wrote such a fantastic essay. SUCH a literary crush on her.

]]> By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21537 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:32:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21537 I bought this essay awhile back but haven’t read it yet — I’m glad to know it’s good, as expected.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21521 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:05:32 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21521 In reply to Jess – A Book Hoarder.

I know me tooooooo! I love her!

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21520 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:05:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21520 In reply to nikki @bookpunks.

It is! (The shitty sexist stuff is still shitty, but it’s good to have it described.)

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21519 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:04:27 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21519 In reply to Trish.

Did you like Half of a Yellow Sun? I absolutely loved it, and I usually have a very very hard time with books that deal with wars. Americanah is my favorite of hers, though, I think.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21518 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:03:36 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21518 In reply to litlove.

Oh, plus, the value placed on gentleness and compassion FOR WOMEN can often spill over into being demands of those qualities. Which can really suck and be very confining.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21517 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:02:10 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21517 In reply to litlove.

I agree that those qualities get undervalued, and actually, I think it’s part of the same problem. They’re undervalued because they’re coded as being more “feminine” qualities, whereas the strong, adventurous ones are coded as being more masculine, and thus more desirable. The less we feel the need to put adjectives in gender boxes, the more I think we’ll be able to value them on their own terms.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2014/09/22/review-we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#comment-21513 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:54:30 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=5847#comment-21513 In reply to Stefanie.

Do! She’s wonderful!

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