Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation

Review\nBindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an important, courageous book―Melanie Reid, The Times\nBindel . . . has written a Ronseal book, one that functions as a kind of primer for all matters pertaining to the
current state of feminism . . . bracing to read, and inspiriting . . . Bindel speaks - in a voice that is resolute, undaunted after all these years . . . and if her text doesn't come with easy solutions to our problems, it is nevertheless guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it―Rachel Cooke, Observer\nAn impassioned manifesto―Kathleen Stock, The Spectator\nHow are young women today meant to know what sort of feminist we need to be to achieve women's liberation? Julie Bindel is here to tell us how to do it properly . . . Bindel delivers a robust call to arms in every chapter . . . this book could not be timelier as the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on women's lives become more stark . . . Feminism for Women should deliver hope to those who feel lost . . . Feminism for Women is a considered deconstruction of some of the myths pervading the modern feminist movement, and how, by going back to the basics, it can be fixed. As a young feminist who has finally seen the light, I consider it essential reading―Olivia Hartley, The Critic\nPromises to breathe life back into the movement . . . a righteous expression of solidarity with women, by women, for women. Bindel writes with compelling fury about issues like intimate partner violence, corrupt police who make it fraught and difficult for women to report rape, the systems set up to privilege abusers over victims―Kat Rosenfield, Unherd\nBindel makes a call to reset the feminist movement and resist the normalisation of sexual violence―Guardian\nTimely, necessary and important―J.K. Rowling\nEnlightening, infuriating and hopeful. Julie Bindel hits all the relevant points when it comes to feminism and what it means―Martina Navratilova\nJulie Bindel - one of the bravest, smartest journalists and campaigners out there - draws on a fearless lifetime on the front line of feminism and offers a refreshing, sometimes provocative, wake-up call for women of all ages―Samira Ahmed\nA sharply argued, deftly written examination of where feminism is at in 2021 - and where feminists should go next―Selina Todd\nWhoever gave away feminism, look out, because Julie Bindel wants it back―Cordelia Fine\nBindel's campaigning to end male violence is the rallying call men need to join the fight―David Challen\nFeminism for Women needs to come with a very large trigger warning: 'this book may change your mind'. Written for young feminists, it should be read by everyone. Bindel has rescued the story of radical feminism from airless conference halls and impenetrable Gender Studies courses specialising in erasing feminists and our histories―Gita Sahgal\nI disagree with Bindel on some issues but God, she's my kind of feminist . . . She is fearless. I love her―Ian Martin\n'Timely, necessary and important' J.K. Rowling\n'[This book is] guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it' Observer\n'Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an important, courageous book' The Times\n'Bindel delivers a robust call to arms in every chapter . . . this book could not be timelier . . . As a young feminist who has finally seen the light, I consider it essential reading' The Critic\nFeminism is a quest for the liberation of women from patriarchy. Feminism strives for a world in which women are not oppressed. Feminism prioritises exposing and ending male violence towards women and girls.\nThis is Julie Bindel's feminism, a definition born of 40 years at the front line of the feminist movement. Why then, she asks, is feminism the only social justice movement in the world that is expected to prioritise every o