Feminism for Women, Julie Bindel
Feminism for Women, Julie Bindel
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Feminism for Women
The Real Route to Liberation

Author: Julie Bindel

Narrator: Julie Bindel

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/02/2021

Synopsis

'Timely, necessary and important' J.K. Rowling

'[This book is] guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it' Observer

'Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an important, courageous book' The Times

'Bindel delivers a robust call to arms in every chapter . . . this book could not be timelier . . . As a young feminist who has finally seen the light, I consider it essential reading' The Critic

Feminism is a quest for the liberation of women from patriarchy. Feminism strives for a world in which women are not oppressed. Feminism prioritises exposing and ending male violence towards women and girls.

This is Julie Bindel's feminism, a definition born of 40 years at the front line of the feminist movement. Why then, she asks, is feminism the only social justice movement in the world that is expected to prioritise every other issue before pursuing its own objective of women's liberation? Why does the movement appear to be moving backwards, accommodating the rights and feelings of men and leaving women in the cold? Women make up half the global population yet why is feminism still treated as a minority movement?

In this searing and ground-breaking book, Bindel deconstructs the many pervasive myths about feminism - Do women really want what men have? Can men be feminists? Are women liberated by sexual violation? - assessing whether feminism has achieved its goals and debunking theories that second wave feminism is irrelevant and one-dimensional.

Bindel shines a light on the most important issues, including pornography, sexual violence and prostitution. Drawing on Bindel's own experiences, as well as countless interviews with women and girls of all ages and backgrounds (as well as contributions from commentators such as Gloria Steinem and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie), Feminism for Women presents a clear-sighted view of why feminism is a proud social movement that every woman on the planet benefits from.

The invisible forces of misogyny affect us all.

This book is a call to arms to reclaim feminism for all women.

Only together can we resist and overcome.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

I’m a guy who grew up with a lot of female friends and some of them are still best friends to this day. Many of these women are feminists, so I try to learn as much as I can. I’ve recently been reading some books about the state of feminism as well as various ideas of feminism in modern times, so I......more

Goodreads review by Max

based on her extremely rich organizing experience.. its fucking awesome. really solid as a like 101 intro to feminism read but also plenty of interesting thoughtful positions and stories from her organizing to be interesting to someone with more background......more

Goodreads review by Anna

Where to start? This book is one of the best I've read in the past year, perhaps the past decade. I've never been more aware of the battle women have right now, in the 21st Century, to hold on to their rights, to defend themselves from abusive men, and to fight for the right to speak out. How easy i......more

Goodreads review by Anna

nothing but respect for this woman. she's amazing......more

Quotes

Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an important, courageous book The Times

Bindel . . . has written a Ronseal book, one that functions as a kind of primer for all matters pertaining to the
current state of feminism . . . bracing to read, and inspiriting . . . Bindel speaks - in a voice that is resolute, undaunted after all these years . . . and if her text doesn't come with easy solutions to our problems, it is nevertheless guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it Observer

An impassioned manifesto The Spectator

How are young women today meant to know what sort of feminist we need to be to achieve women's liberation? Julie Bindel is here to tell us how to do it properly . . . Bindel delivers a robust call to arms in every chapter . . . this book could not be timelier as the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on women's lives become more stark . . . Feminism for Women should deliver hope to those who feel lost . . . Feminism for Women is a considered deconstruction of some of the myths pervading the modern feminist movement, and how, by going back to the basics, it can be fixed. As a young feminist who has finally seen the light, I consider it essential reading The Critic

Promises to breathe life back into the movement . . . a righteous expression of solidarity with women, by women, for women. Bindel writes with compelling fury about issues like intimate partner violence, corrupt police who make it fraught and difficult for women to report rape, the systems set up to privilege abusers over victims Unherd

Bindel makes a call to reset the feminist movement and resist the normalisation of sexual violence Guardian

Timely, necessary and important J.K. Rowling

Enlightening, infuriating and hopeful. Julie Bindel hits all the relevant points when it comes to feminism and what it means Martina Navratilova

Julie Bindel - one of the bravest, smartest journalists and campaigners out there - draws on a fearless lifetime on the front line of feminism and offers a refreshing, sometimes provocative, wake-up call for women of all ages Samira Ahmed

A sharply argued, deftly written examination of where feminism is at in 2021 - and where feminists should go next Selina Todd

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