30-Second Feminism: 50 key ideas, events, and protests, each explained in half a minute

by Jess McCabe

This concise guide to feminism explains all the key concepts, people and terms in the movement, each explained in no more than 300 words and one picture. Feminism is a global movement, developing with each cut and thrust of history to form a parallel 'herstory'. But what are the most important feminist ideas? What do terms like 'patriarchy','rape culture' and 'intersectionality' mean? How have these terms emerged from historical conditions facing women around the world – from a lack of basic rights to harassment and intimidationonline? How has activism shaped those ideas and who have been the key activists? This book traces the movement from its earliest beginnings through the suffrage movement, Women's Lib, the emergence of postcolonial feminism and into the present day. Important and seminal feminist texts and theories are explained, from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to The Feminine Mystique to Whipping Girl, giving you everything you need to know about the ongoing fight for women's equality. From Mary Wollstonecraft to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, from how the personal is political to changing views of sisterhood, and from the suffragettes to hashtag feminism, 30-Second Feminism offers readers the fastest way to enter the world of sexual and gender politics fully briefed, with an overview of the main ideas in feminism today – and an explanation of how they came into being. 

Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2019

Reviews

[ina_loves_books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Übersetzung müsste überarbeitet werden (seit 2019 ist wohl sprachlich mehr passiert, als ich gedacht hätte). Das englische Original hätte von mir wahrscheinlich 5 Sterne bekommen, weil das Buch eine tolle Übersicht über feministische Themen aus aller Welt bietet und Wert auf Intersektionalität legt.

[Livia Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not exactly 30-second but I get what it means.

This book explains key terms about feminism without oversimplifying it, along with the data and resources for us to read for further info.

Also, it enlightened me about the terms used in social media by Westerners that I never knew the meaning of. Lol.

[Xanthe · Rating 3 out of 5]

The graphics in this book were really nice and I loved them, you could tell that the contributors had experience in websites because the graphics and the summaries were fire. Most of the content wasn't new to me but it was really nice to have it all summed up in layman terms in a way that I could refer back to. A solid read that I would really recommend to people that aren't really balls deep in feminism so they don't really know what's poppin with feminism these days.

[Lauralovesbookishthings · Rating 4 out of 5]

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