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Nasty Women

Laura Jones editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:404 Ink

Published:8th Mar '17

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Will be featured in The Guardian on 8th March, International Women's Day; Pieces on Nasty Women confirmed for The Skinny, The List and more

With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's vital for women to share their experiences. Nasty Women is a collection of essays, interviews and accounts on what it is to be a woman in the 21st century. Keep telling your stories.With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account in the midst of sensationalism and international political turmoil. Nasty Women is a collection of essays, interviews and accounts on what it is to be a woman in the 21st century.Punk, pressure, politics, people - from working class experience to racial divides in Trump's America, being a child of immigrants, to sexual assault, Brexit, pregnancy, contraception, identity, family, finding a voice online, role models and more, Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!, Zeba Talkhani, Chitra Ramaswamy are just a few of the incredible women who share their experience here.Keep telling your stories and tell them loud.

'An essential window into many of the hazard-strewn worlds younger women are living in right now.' - Margaret Atwood (Twitter). 'An important if not essential collection of essays, this book is almost impossible to put down. It will make you proud to call yourself a Nasty Woman.' - Louise O'Neill, author of Asking For It; 'An essential, incredible multitudinous riot of voices... required reading.' - Nikseh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant; 'Nasty Women Is The Intersectional Essay Collection Feminists Need' - Huffington Post; 'The most discussed upcoming publication of the year' - The Independent; 'Sizzling hot, radical, and a great solace.' - Chitra Ramaswamy; 'A bloody masterpiece. I'm shook!' - Joelle Owusu; 'It's powerful. This book is a treat like no other.' - Zeba Talkhani

ISBN: 9780995623828

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240 pages