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Intelligence squared is a weekly podcast from padcas. This week, rosamond owen talks to helen lewis about difficult women and the history of feminism in 11 fights. The e i b surveyed 30 thousand people in every country around the world on what they would give up to fight climate change. And ross irwin discusses the complicated, imperfect and often contradictory fight for equal rights with coven 19 pandemic author Robyn Irwin.

Helen Lewis argues that feminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It's time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women. To find out more about the book click here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/difficult-women/helen-lewis/9781784709730

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