Please activate ORIGINAL • PUBLISHER FONTS in font options, to experience this ebook as originally intended. When activated you should see the Penguin logo below: ? CURATED BY Scarlett Curtis FEMINISTS DON’T WEAR PINK AND OTHER LIES Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them Contents FOREWORD by Girl Up INTRODUCTION by Scarlett Curtis THE FIVE STAGES OF FEMINISM by Scarlett Curtis EPIPHANY MY FEMINISM by Saoirse Ronan CAT WOMEN by Evanna Lynch THE CATASTROPHIZER’S ALPHABET by Kat Dennings CALL ME A FEMINIST by Chimwemwe Chiweza MY FEMINISM by Alison Sudol THE QUESTION by Lolly Adefope FINDING FEMINISM by Elyse Fox A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY WOMANHOOD by Charlie Craggs WITH DARKNESS COMES LIGHT by Charlotte Elizabeth BRIDGET JONES’ FEMINISM TODAY DIARY by Helen Fielding 10 THINGS I’VE LEARNED FROM RUNNING MY OWN COMPANY by Zoe Sugg IMPOSTER SYNDROME by Alaa Murabit FEMINISM IS … by Rhyannon Styles FEMINISM, MY VULVA AND ME by Liv Little 17 TRUTHS ABOUT MUSLIM WOMEN by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh ANGER TELL HIM by Jameela Jamil THEY SAY FEMINISTS DON’T WEAR PINK by Trisha Shetty AFRICAN FEMINIST by Tapiwa H. Maoni THE WEAKER SEX by Keira Knightley WOMEN’S BODIES by Lydia Wilson BRALESS WHITE WOMEN by Angela Yee 10 WAYS TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE by Olivia Perez PINK PROTEST by Deborah Frances-White JOY AN ODE TO IMPROV (AND POEHLER AND FEY) by Amy Trigg A PLAYLIST FOR FEMINISTS IN ANY SITUATION by Akilah Hughes SUPPORTING WOMEN by Tanya Burr GINGER by Karen Gillan AN INTERVIEW WITH MY MUM by Jodie Whittaker FEMINIST COMEBACKS by Scarlett Curtis POETRY BREAK I DON’T FEEL LIKE A WOMAN by Swati Sharma RECOVERING HYSTERICAL FEMALE by Bronwen Brenner HE. THINKS. I’M. AMAZING. by Emily Odesser THE FEMALE WANK by Grace Campbell SHARIA STATE (OF MIND) by Emtithal Mahmoud ACTION FEMINISM IS A VERB, NOT A NOUN by Alicia Garza WOKE WOMAN by Gemma Arterton STUFF YOUR POCKETS by Beanie Feldstein THE GLASS CEILING MUST FALL by Lauren Woodhouse-Laskonis IF IN YOUR MIND YOU ARE BORN A GIRL by Tasha Bishop PROVE THEM WRONG! by Skai Jackson ON FEMINISM AND SHINING OUR LIGHT by Maryam and Nivaal Rehman BE A FUN FEMINIST by Nimco Ali THE POWER OF THE PERIOD by Amika George FEMINISM ONLINE by Whitney Wolfe Herd A FEMINIST CALL TO ACTION by Jordan Hewson CO-PARENTING by Sharmadean Reid DISMANTLING AND DESTROYING INTERNALIZED MISOGYNY: TO-DO LIST by Dolly Alderton PERIODS by Adwoa Aboah EDUCATION BAKER-MILLER PINK by Scarlett Curtis IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT, HOW CAN YOU BE IT? by Alice Wroe A SHORT HISTORY OF FEMINIST THEORY by Claire Horn FURTHER READING OUR SHARED SHELF introduced by Emma Watson LAST WORDS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT … by Scarlett Curtis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Follow Penguin About the Book What does the F-word mean to you? The must-read book for 2018. Follow @feminists on Instagram for updates. A collection of writing from extraordinary women, from Hollywood actresses to teenage activists, each telling the story of their personal relationship with feminism, this book explores what it means to be a woman from every point of view. Often funny, sometimes surprising, and always inspiring, this book aims to bridge the gap between the feminist hashtag and the scholarly text by giving women the space to explain how they actually feel about feminism. Published in partnership with Girl Up, the UN’s women’s foundation, royalties will benefit the charity. Curated by STYLE columnist and Pink Protest founder Scarlett Curtis, with some names still to be announced, contributors include: Bridget Jones (by Helen Fielding) - Saoirse Ronan - Dolly Alderton - Karen Gillan - Alicia Garza - Jameela Jamil - Kat Dennings - Nimco Ali - Beanie Feldstein - Olivia Perez - Amika George - Evanna Lynch - Akilah Hughes - Tanya Burr - Grace Campbell - Alison Sudol - Elyse Fox - Charlie Craggs - Rhyannon Styles - Skai Jackson - Tasha Bishop - Lolly Adefope - Bronwen Brenner - Dr Alaa Murabit - Trisha Shetty - Jordan Hewson - Amy Trigg - Em Odesser - Emtithal Mahmoud - Lydia Wilson - Swati Sharma FOREWORD BY Girl Up