Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062439782 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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All Men Should Read This Book This is a really amazing book. I am a man who has worked in the corporate world for a long time and--I have to be honest--I have been guilty of many of the subtly sexist behaviors that Bennett describes. But after reading Feminist Fight Club, I have been able to readily identify those moments and take action to avoid them--I can literally . Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D. said Help make your case to thrive at work with this great book. I now have THE book to recommend to every working woman I know. Author Jessica Bennett writes that we need to fight to combat workplace sexism. She shares a myriad of practical tools and case examples that will substantially expand every woman's repertoire. I also appreciate her drawing from the substantial research on women at work to mak. Read it and share it! The author takes serious research on sexism and unconscious bias in the workplace and makes it accessible, easy to digest and quite fun to read. I initially bought this book for my daughter who is just starting out in the working world. But I started reading it myself and, even after 30 plus years as a professional working woman, I still f
A former staff writer at Newsweek, Jessica is also a contributing editor for LeanIn, the nonprofit founded by Sheryl Sandberg, where she is the cofounder and curator of the Lean In Collection, an initiative to change how women are portrayed in stock photography. Jessica Bennett is an award-winning journalist and criti
“Funny and freshone of those books that every person, not just every woman, should read.” (Glamour)“A worthy addition to the library of any young female professional or frustrated middle manager-or male coworker who wants to help.” (Fortune)“A cheeky guide for stamping out workplace sexism.” (LA Review of Books)“Jessica’s is a classic, f*ck-you feminist battle guide. All action, no whining. The book offers unapologetic strategies for how to get down and strength up with female comrades to fight patriarchy on the daily. Plenty of humor.” (Chicago Tribune)“Right on par with Lean In and #GIRLBOSS, Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace i
Hard-hitting and entertaining, Feminist Fight Club blends personal stories with research, statistics, and no-bullsh*t expert advice. With original illustrations, Feminist Mad Libs, a Negotiation Cheat Sheet, and fascinating historical research, Feminist Fight Club tackles both the external (sexist) and internal (self-sabotaging) behaviors that plague women in the workplace—as well as the system that perpetuates them.. Once upon a time, you might have called them a consciousness-raising group. But the problems of today’s working world are more subtle, less pronounced, harder to identify—and harder to prove—than those of their foremo