There isn’t much intersectionality in this book. Ford wrote based on her own experiences, and she is white, cis and hetero, so that’s what you get. And to be frank I’m not sure I got much new information out of this book. It was nice to read, often funny, often upsetting – but a lot of the topics touched upon were some I have read about and discussed at length before. That doesn’t mean it isn’t nice to read that other women have to wrangle with the same issues and situations: validation matters, and this book is simply Ford sharing her experience to encourage other women to be assertive and demand a better world. Even if I was raised by a feminist mom and have been one of those “too loud, too smart, too sexual, too everything” kind of girl my whole life doesn’t make me a perfect feminist, I have stuff that I will probably keep working on my whole life, and books like this are a good reminder that I should never give up. I found that some of the middle chapters with their heavy emphasis on MRAs on social media dragged a bit? And I think it's partly that Ford's experiences of online abuse are a long way from universal, but also because - as she herself argues - the more abuse you hear, the less impact it has on you. So I started out full of rage over the things she gets called on a daily basis, but the more of these abusive comments I read, the more I just wanted to get past the boring insults to the heart of her argument. political and media forces arrayed against feminism. . . . This book could be a useful supplement to Womens Studies courses.

Which is REALLY DISAPPOINTING because what she's trying to say IS FKING IMPORTANT but she's so busy ranting about how the amount of trouble men have caused for her has opened her eyes to how much trouble ALL WOMEN suffer because of ALL MEN that there's just no space for contemplation and reasoning out your own conclusions. Online sensation, fearless feminist heroine and scourge of trolls and misogynists everywhere, Clementine Ford is a beacon of hope and inspiration to thousands of Australian women and girls. Her incendiary debut Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be, and exposes just how unequal the world continues to be for women. Crucially, it is a call to arms for all women to rediscover the fury that has been suppressed by a society that still considers feminism a threat. If you don't like angry women encouraging other women to become angry about the myriad of ways in which women are constantly degraded and controlled and put down by men and society in general, probably don't read this book. I truly believe that everyone, male and female, should read this book and i will definitely be recommending it to all the women I know.And yes, Clementine Ford is pissed. It is infuriating to try to live one’s life in the middle of a flurry of double-standards, of “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” choices – all the while watching the empirical evidence of the rigged game piling up but being often ignored or dismissed. It’s not just infuriating, it’s exhausting, too. And because she talks about it, loudly, she has to endure hate mail by the metric ton. I'd be pissed, too. In this book, she discusses body-image, rape culture, internalized misogyny, sex, activism and many other things that need to be an ongoing dialogue if we are honest about wanting equality.

From negative body image, to slut shaming, abortions, female pleasure, mental health and rape culture, Clementine Ford broaches these topics loudly, honestly and unapologetically. While her commentary at times may veer towards seemingly personal vendettas or lean towards the scale of moderately and incredibly offensive, one thing is for sure - women since the dawn of time have been treated like secondary citizens with double standards and it's time to stand up for ourselves. With an eye toward what it takes to create actual change, Seely offers a practical guide for how to get involved, take action and wage successful events and campaigns. Required reading for every young man and woman, a brave manifesto for gender equality, harm minimisation and self-care.’ Throughout reading this , Clementine Ford has managed to convey my thoughts into words in a powerful , unapologetic and satirical way .

Seely dispels the notion that there are secrets to successful organizing by creating a step by step, compelling manual that challenges even the cynical Australian women are almost four times more likely than men to be hospitalised after being assaulted by their spouse or partner. Personal, inspiring and courageous, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be. The book is a call-to-arms for women to rediscover the fury that has been suppressed by a society that, despite best efforts, still considers feminism to be a threat.

Want to know what it means to be a feminist of the third wave? Megan Seely's Fight Like a Girl is the answer; there’s enough information here to make you angry and enough resources to make you an effective activist. A friend recently told me that the things I write are powerful for her because they have the effect of making her feel angry instead of just empty. I want to do this for all women and young girls - to take the emptiness and numbness they feel about being a girl in this world and turn it into rage and power. I want to teach all of them how to FIGHT LIKE A GIRL. Clementine FordI'm so saddened by how visceral my reaction to this book has been. I believe the message 100%, but the delivery is going to alienate a lot of well-meaning people.

Clementine Ford was one of my very first formative feminist influences, initiating me into the world of feminism. She is someone whose tenacity and fearlessness I admire greatly, and she helped me along the path to becoming the humourless, bitter, lesbian feminist I am today.’ Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, co-authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future I also loved the chapter ‘A League of Their Own’ – which is close to my heart for Clementine exploring as she often does, the link between pop-culture and feminism. She name-drops the likes of; ‘Parks and Recreation’, ‘Broad City’ and ‘Jessica Jones’ (to name a very few) television shows, for their core focus on the love story between female friends. She brings in Alison Bechdel’s test to discuss women in cinema … and while this whole chapter had me head-nodding along for all our cross-pollination of pop-culture obsessions, it’s also Clementine celebrating these highly visible achievements of women who are bringing feminism to the masses. And in particular; rejecting this notion that women are our own worst enemies; Thus, going in, I know that Ford is only human, and she might talk the talk, but she doesn't walk the walk. I won a signed copy and a t-shirt for asking a question that was read on a live Facebook event. I listened to this via audiobook and I loved it as it was narrated by Ford herself (she's quite good).Like many other feminists, young Clementine was your typical girl, brought up in a loving family, together with her older sister and brother. She couldn't quite find her place in the world, being a chubby girl (I know the biggest crime of them all!), until she became a teenager who decided "to take control" by becoming anorexic and bulimic. Interestingly enough, but not unusual, nobody in the family noticed, she was getting lots of compliments for losing that weight to become attractive. Her parents were loving and quite enlightened by comparison, still, they weren't perfect. The mixed messages we give girls, the ever-changing goalposts of what it means to be attractive, of what's acceptable and not acceptable. Just think of how we were parented and how we parent our boys and girls: for the girls - be nice and kind, make yourself pretty, cute, followed by don't go out at night, don't show too much leg, wear a bra, wear girly clothes, of course, not too revealing we don't want people to call/think you a slut. Shave your underarms, shave your legs (why is it so different for men?). The boys are mostly left to be themselves, go explore, be conquerors, be a leader, assertive, encouraged to go after what they want etc. Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our most outspoken feminist writers.