I feel like I should have so much more to say about this book, having read it while the Weinstein scandal broke wide and the world seems to be reeling from what decades of systematic (and systemic) harassment and sexism create. I recognized myself and my friends in Jessica Bennett and her original Fight Club, I see the value in the techniques and tricks she encapsulated in this book, and I’m encouraged to see so much of what she writes backed up by hard scientific […]
Who run the world? Girls! [At least, they should]
2016 has been a rough year. And as a woman, I’ve keenly felt the slings and arrows of misogyny this year. So Jessica Bennett’s workplace superhero manual for feminists is an absolute gift to anyone who is a woman or an ally in the professional workplace. You might think the humor is schlocky or stupid based on the title, but I can assure you, it’s a deeply practical and necessary guide to implementing successful techniques in your workplace environment. Seriously, this book is just so […]
One Way to Stand Up and Fight Back
I’m still so angry that I’m surprised I could focus long enough to finish this book. I started it right before the election, and finished it this weekend, in between quietly (I was visiting family) screaming at Twitter and just generally being pissed at how racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic and just plain shitty so many people are in this country. But I digress. This is a useful book right now, as we all know that the sexists who may have been thinly veiled already are […]
“The law cannot do it for us. We must do it for ourselves. Women in this country must become revolutionaries.”
I hesitate to call a book about feminism “cute”, but…this book was pretty cute. With chapters entitled “The Bropropriator” and “The Imposther”, Feminist Fight Club is full of fun catch phrases and punny jokes. But it has a really serious mission, and Bennett backs up her writing with solid research. While she calls Feminist Fight Club an office survival manual for a sexist workplace, it really can be applied to any area of life. I think any woman could easily find something applicable to her own life in this […]