The Exciting Life of Being a Woman

By (author) Amelia Lee, Feminist Webs

Publication date:

20 April 2012

Publisher

HammerOn Press

Dimensions:

229x152mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780956450722

The Exciting Life of Being a Woman is the feminist survival manual you wish you had read as a teenager. It is written by Feminist Webs, a cross-generational youth project for girls and young women based in Manchester, UK. Drawing on the history, practices and activities of Feminist Webbers, The Exciting Life of Being a Woman provides inspiration for women of all ages to live their life in creative and empowered ways. It includes illustrations, comics, youth work activities, personal writing and much more.

Introduction: Beginning with us 4-24

Chapter 1: Resilience 25-38

Chapter 2: Her-story 39-57

Chapter 3: Banged up and banged up 58-79

Chapter 4: Riot… 80-98

Chapter 5: ...Don’t ‘diet’? 99-115

Chapter 6: Freedom 116-123

Chapter 7: ‘Politically correct’ or just plain correct? 124-144

Chapter 8: Peace sister 145-160

Chapter 9: The art part 161-172

Chapter 10: It’s a big world in here 173-185

Chapter 11: Commonality and difference 186-208

Chapter 12: Young, gifted and girls 209-240

Resources 241

Contributors 241-247

Notes

The Exciting Life of Being a Woman is part of an urgent and wholly necessary movement which reflects millions of women’s hopes, fears, jokes, passions, questions, activism and energy in a way which is accessible, enjoyable, stylish and intelligent.