A Woman's Place
Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future
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Publisher Description
A fearless primer on the feminism we need now: tactics for advancing reproductive justice, promoting intersectionality, and pushing back against patriarchal systems of oppression
Too loud. Too shrill. Too far. Too much. Despite the systematic chipping away at our voices, autonomy, and rights, women who demand more--or even just enough--continue to be pushed aside, talked over, and dismissed. From unbridled online abuse to the unspoken societal rules that dictate who can express anger, when you're a feminist the personal is political...and it's time we all embrace feminism as a matter of survival.
Cultural critic and Gen-Z feminist Kylie Cheung lays bare the state of affairs for women in the twenty-first century. She discusses the challenges of our time, from misogyny to gaslighting, racism, and rampant attacks on reproductive healthcare. She also explores the empowering strides of #MeToo, unprecedented youth mobilization, and increasing recognition of the power and necessity of intersectional movements. Cheung weaves biting cultural commentary with personal narrative, sharing stories of feminist awakening, online harassment, and the effects of sexual assault, racism, fetishization, and misogyny within relationships. She speaks candidly to a new generation of feminists seeking real, unfiltered experiences and guidance as they navigate the sexist realities of our unjust world. Cheung's manifesto is a tour-de-force of fourth-wave feminism, a call to arms that speaks truth to power as we engage in the fight of and for our lives.
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Journalist Cheung debuts with a sharp and reflective examination of the state of fourth-wave feminism. She explores issues that particularly affect young women, including Title IX restrictions limiting the ability of high schools and colleges to address campus sexual violence, "anti-sex health education" in public schools, and reproductive health policies that simultaneously infantilize high school girls while insisting they take adult responsibility. Cheung also profiles young activists, discusses why some "cool girls" remain skeptical of feminism and tolerate misogyny, and examines the renewed fight for reproductive justice through the intersectional lenses of racial and economic inequality and privacy rights. Chapters about dating choices and sexual pleasure address the intimate concerns of young women who identify as feminists, and Cheung casts a critical eye on men who claim that the energy of the #MeToo movement makes it a "scary time" to be a man as well as those whose performative approaches to allyship silence the women they claim to support. Cheung skillfully communicates the urgency of these issues, and demands respect for her Gen-Z cohorts from an older generation of feminists. This galvanizing call to arms will resonate with young activists.
