we are what we teach
It’s hard to start a conversation but most of the time, your parents will be happy to chat with you about anything – you just have to ask.
Check out our podcast episode: The Orgasm Gap to hear how the editor’s chat with her parents went. It isn’t as hard as you may think.
Everything that’s completely natural and normal.
How perceptions have changed over the years.
This is a great read for women raising sons. It touches on toxic masculinity and how to raise a child with feminism in mind. A lovely written book with great advice and life lessons.
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This poetry / prose book is a great commentary on life as a young adult and early motherhood. The mix of poems and prose show Hollie’s great life experience and dealings with day to day sexism, racism and many arseholes.
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This poetry book is a must read for young adults. It covers a range of topics about growing up and sexual experiences. An easy read with great life commentary.
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Learning and empowering yourself doesn’t have to stop when you leave school. There are still lots of work to be done and everyone can make a difference.
Casual sexism exists in everyday life and is something young people should be calling out and challenging their friends and families on.
The below worksheet lists everyday scenarios where casual sexism and unconscious bias may affect a woman.
What is a Feminist?
For years and years, the idea of a person being a feminist has been met with negative remarks about women wanting to be better than men, when feminism actually means equality for both genders.
Having gender equality benefits all genders. For example, fixing the gender pay gap means there’s more money for people who have a woman in their household.
Every man and woman should be proud to call themselves a feminist. If you don’t identify as a feminist, then ask yourself why that is? Because everyone should want to live in a world where the genders are equal.
The digital age has caused a lot of body confidence issues in young people. They are growing up with photoshopped images and ‘Instagram perfect’ lives on their screens every day.
Looking after young adults and informing them that social media does not depict real life will help them to see that the ‘perfect’ bodies they see online are also not real.
A short video to watch how photoshop for magazines and adverts is done can be found below.
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Generation Feminist