{"id":2785,"date":"2021-03-08T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kildarelibrariesblog.com\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2021-03-05T17:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:38:41","slug":"international-womens-day-book-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/international-womens-day-book-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day Book Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tumbling-tomes-3.png?w=820\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2799\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Shona Thoma, Maynooth Library <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for some reading material this International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day? Why not make it intersectional?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intersectional Feminism repositions feminism at the intersection of&nbsp;<em>all<\/em>&nbsp;women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s experiences and considers the multiple barriers you encounter if gender isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t your only disadvantage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimberl\u00c3\u00a9 Crenshaw first defined Intersectional Feminism in 1989. Watch her briefly explain it in this video (less than 2mins!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <iframe title=\"Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw: What is Intersectionality?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ViDtnfQ9FHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are just a few titles available as eBooks and Audiobooks on BorrowBox, that you can read this International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day and further your understanding of Intersectional Feminist issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/blm_01253699_m_blm_01253699_cover_large.jpg?w=348\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2787\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m No Longer Talking to White People About Race&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primarily a text on racism, Reni Eddo-Lodge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s discussion of joining feminist groups in the UK, and her writing on the importance of considering Intersectional Feminist issues is eye opening.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren&#8217;t affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: &#8216;Why I&#8217;m No Longer Talking to White People About Race&#8217;.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanised by this clear hunger for open discussion, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism. It is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available to borrow as an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=BLM_421433&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\">ebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=BOL_519211&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\">audiobook<\/a> on Bolinda Borrowbox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a podcast series that compliments the book, but you should definitely read the book first!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pru_01609297_m_pru_01609297_cover_large.jpg?w=362\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2790\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Feminists Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Wear Pink&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A selection of essays, prose and poetry from multiple viewpoints. Pieces by Lolly Adefope, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Swati Sharma, and Alaa Murabit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s essay on Imposter Syndrome stand out.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Feminists Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Wear Pink and Other Lies is a collection of writing from extraordinary women, from Hollywood actresses to teenage activists, each telling the story of her personal relationship with feminism. Often funny, sometimes surprising, and always inspiring, this book aims to bridge the gap between the feminist hashtag and the scholarly text by giving women the space to explain how they actually feel about feminism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published in partnership with Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, and curated by writer and Pink Protest founder Scarlett Curtis, this book\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contributors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridget Jones (by Helen Fielding) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Saoirse Ronan \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Emma Watson \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jameela Jamil \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Kat Dennings \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Keira Knightley \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Alicia Garza \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jodie Whittaker \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Whitney Wolfe Herd \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Beanie Feldstein \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Zoe Sugg \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Angela Yee \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Akilah Hughes \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Evanna Lynch \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Chimwemwe Chiweza \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Alison Sudol \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Lolly Adefope \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Elyse Fox \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Charlie Craggs \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Charlotte Elizabeth \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Alaa Murabit \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Trisha Shetty \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Tapiwa Maoni \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Lydia Wilson \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Amy Trigg \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Tanya Burr \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Karen Gillan \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Swati Sharma \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Bronwen Brenner \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Emily Odesser \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Emi Mahmoud \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Gemma Arterton \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Lauren Woodhouse-Laskonis \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Tasha Bishop \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Skai Jackson \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Maryam and Nivaal Rehman \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Nimco Ali \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Amika George \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jordan Hewson \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Alice Wroe \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Claire Horn \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Dolly Alderton \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Rhyannon Styles \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Grace Campbell \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Liv Little \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Olivia Perez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available to borrow as an <a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=PRU_574840&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ebook<\/a> on Bolinda Borrowbox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/prc_01468851_m_prc_01468851_cover_large.jpg?w=356\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2794\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reclaiming Our Space&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this book, Feminista Jones offers a summary and personal reflection on the achievements of black feminist activists, primarily in online spaces. She references multiple black authors and activists such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Audre Lorde, and bell hooks. Mentions are often in brief, and if you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t already read work by these giants, this may be your entry point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Complex conversations around race, class, and gender that have been happening behind the closed doors of academia for decades are now becoming part of the wider cultural vernacular\u00e2\u20ac\u201done pithy tweet at a time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong> In Reclaiming Our Space, social worker, activist, and cultural commentator Feminista Jones explores how Black women are changing culture, society, and the landscape of feminism by building digital communities and using social media as powerful platforms. As Jones reveals, some of the best-loved devices of our shared social media language are a result of Black women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s innovations, from well-known movement-building hashtags (#BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #BlackGirlMagic) to the now ubiquitous use of threaded tweets as a marketing and storytelling tool. For some, these online dialogues provide an introduction to the work of Black feminist icons like Angela Davis, Barbara Smith, bell hooks, and the women of the Combahee River Collective. For others, this discourse provides a platform for continuing their feminist activism and scholarship in a new, interactive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complex conversations around race, class, and gender that have been happening behind the closed doors of academia for decades are now becoming part of the wider cultural vernacular\u00e2\u20ac\u201done pithy tweet at a time. With these important online conversations, not only are Black women influencing popular culture and creating sociopolitical movements; they are also galvanizing a new generation to learn and engage in Black feminist thought and theory, and inspiring change in communities around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hard-hitting, intelligent, incisive, yet bursting with humor and pop-culture savvy, Reclaiming Our Space is a survey of Black feminism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s past, present, and future, and it explains why intersectional movement building will save us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available to borrow as an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=PRC_610259&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\">ebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=PUA_574744&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">audiobook<\/a> on Bolinda Borrowbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hcp_651569_m_hcp_651569_cover_large.jpg?w=364\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2796\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We Should All be Feminists&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of my favourite authors of fiction, but she is also an insightful commentator too. At 64 pages, this treatise on why feminism is for everyone won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t keep you long, but will give you food for thought. Do check out Adichie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novels too, brilliant stories which offer insights into worlds we may know very little about.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun, based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name.\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI would like to ask that we 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\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u2122What does \u00e2\u20ac\u0153feminism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mean today?In this personal, eloquently argued essay \u00e2\u20ac\u201c adapted from her much-admired Tedx talk of the same name \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exploration of what it means to be a woman now \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available to borrow as an <a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=HCP_402800&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ebook<\/a> on Bolinda Borrowbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So instead of merely Leaning In this IWD, read and reflect on who you lean&nbsp;<em>on<\/em>&nbsp;in this world. 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