This pocket-sized essay is developed from the famous TEDx talk by Nigerian author, [a:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie|11291|Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1474446019p2/11291.jpg]. Although it will take less than an hour to read, its message is powerful enough to resonate for a lifetime. With exceptional clarity, it uses personal stories to make the damaging affects of gender politics visible to a universal audience. We Should All Be Feminists is crucial reading for every man, women, and child.

Consider this your “feminism 101” or “starter kit for gender equality”. Chances are you don’t realise how much gender politics affect you on a daily basis. Destructive constructs of masculinity and femininity affect every person on the planet, from self worth to salaries. Unlike the average essay, Adichie’s text has a keep-it-simple-stupid integrity.

We Should All Be Feminists is by far the simplest, most engaging, and most unsettling explanation of gender politics I have read. It should be available everywhere and read by everyone. Adichie explains that it is only through ownership of the problem and readiness to contribute to the solution that the world can be improved.

Gender matters everywhere in the world. And I would like today to ask that we should begin to dream about and plan for a different world. A fairer world. A world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves. And this is how to start: we must raise our daughters differently. We must also raise our sons differently – page 25

This review can also be found on my blog Paige's Pages.