Some current feminism can seem to be more like self-help under a thin sugary glaze of activism. i just wonder if you could spell out a bit more about what your concerns areYeah i mean i think feminism is is gets kind of co-opted when it seems like a hot new thing then it's very tempting for and the corporates to kind of turn it into a kind of branding exercise for themselves to make themselves look better. so i'm taking out of context but you can actually contextualize it by talking about how some current feminism can appear to be morelike self-helpunder a thinSugaryGlaze of Activism.
International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. Change is never easy, it requires putting up a fight, going against the status quo, and if you’re a woman - this may require you to be difficult. In 2020 Helen Lewis, staff writer for The Atlantic, joined us on stage to discuss the lives of some of history’s complicated and contradictory fighters for female freedom, and their refusal to conform to societal expectations. Helen was joined by Caroline Criado Perez, journalist and author of Invisible Women, which is now also a podcast. And the conversation was chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed who had just won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay. Together they examine why women who challenge the status quo are often seen as threatening or intimidating and why the fight for change is far from perfect.
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