{"product_id":"9780228101338","title":"What Would Beauvoir Do?","description":"\u003cp\u003e  Get life advice and a crash course on women's rights from the great feminists of every generation.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Have you ever wondered if Gloria Steinem would support your decision to get a nose job? Or if Betty Friedan would watch Star Wars with you? Half an introduction to feminism, half a guide to life, this book uses 40 everyday questions and problems to explore the theories and concepts of the greatest feminists and suffragettes of all time.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  With quirky illustrations and intriguing and original takes on the biggest questions, \u003ci\u003eWhat Would Beauvoir Do?\u003c\/i\u003e helps readers to understand why these feminists were great while entertaining you with historical and biographical detail about their lives. The 40 questions reveal not only Simone de Beauvoir's insights but how other great feminists would approach the problem. Newly armed with this wisdom, readers can make their own decisions.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In addition to de Beauvoir, the feminist leaders span history to include Alice Walker, activist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e; Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century writer, philosopher and advocate of women's rights; Luce Irigaray, 20th century French author, feminist and cultural theorist; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, early 19th century suffragist, social activist and abolitionist; Charlotte Perkins Gilman, prominent 19th century feminist; Sarojini Naidu, freedom fighter and poet of modern India; Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison, leaders of the British suffragette movement and Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  There are five thematic chapters as follows with examples of the questions:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Work  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Should I speak up when my colleague makes a sexist joke? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Should I deliberately hire a woman to even out the gender balance? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Am I betraying the feminist cause if I quit my job to have a baby?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  Your Body  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Why should anyone else have a say about what I do with my body? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e To shave or not to shave - that is the question. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e I like wearing make-up. Is that bad? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  Family  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What's wrong with taking my husband's last name? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e My daughter wants a tutu and a tiara. Where did I go wrong? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e How can I raise feminist sons? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  Sexuality  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I caught my partner watching porn.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Do I owe it to others to come out of the closet? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Why is virginity such a big deal, and how come it's not the same for men? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Am I a prude? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  Politics  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How do I square being a feminist and also having a faith? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Why does so much of feminism seem to center around white middle-class women? \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Should I go on a protest march? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  ","brand":"Tabi Jackson Gee, Freya Rose","offers":[{"title":"Firefly Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2018-09-11","offer_id":46011358216447,"sku":"9780228101338","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fa491879-f34e-4ccf-b030-7bf1e1ff088f.jpg?v=1723056492","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780228101338","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}