We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author of Americanah, “one of the world’s great contemporary writers” (Barack Obama).

We Should All Be Feminists includes anecdotes and analyses about what it means to be a feminist. She argues that «feminist» isn’t an insult, but rather a label that should be embraced by all.

The book is critical of the way masculinity is constructed, suggesting that society as a whole must change if we are to reach equality.

In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.

The book received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Rupert Hawksley said: «it just might be the most important book you read all year» in The Telegraph.[4] The Independent selected it as a book of the year, for it «would be the book I’d press into the hands of girls and boys, as an inspiration for a future ‘world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves’

In December 2015, the Swedish Women’s Lobby and publisher Albert Bonniers revealed the book is to be distributed to every 16-year-old high school student in Sweden, with the intention that it will «work as a stepping stone for a discussion about gender equality and feminism». The effort is supported by the UN Association of Sweden, the Swedish Trade Union Conferation, the Order of the Teaspoon, Unizon and Gertrud Åström. They «hope that teachers will integrate We Should All Be Feminists into their teaching, and will be distributing discussion guidelines to help».
In September 2016, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first female creative director in the 70-year history of the fashion house Dior, at her premiere show for the brand featured a T-shirt bearing the statement: «We Should All Be Feminists».