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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We Should All Be Feminists (Paperback, 2014, Vintage) 5 stars

In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda …

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4 stars

While I agree that Chimananda Ngozi Adichie's traditional view of feminism is stifling, her stories again transcend the limits of imagination, a subject she returns to in The Danger of a Single Story, which you can watch right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

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I write this, Adichie is being widely assailed as a transphobe, because she is defending herself from earlier comments. Not sure if this link will be useful years from now, but this piece will fill in some of those blanks: www.thecut.com/2021/06/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-penned-a-new-essay-accusations-transphobia.html

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Should All Be Feminists is Adichie's story about how she arrived at becoming feminist. It includes among other things a cane and a concept of fairness. As every good storyteller does, we take that journey with her. If we evaluate it on its face value, it is very warm-hearted and illuminating.