‘We Should All Be Feminists’ Manifesto to Be Distributed to Every 16-Year-Old in Sweden

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'Known primarily for three highly regarded novels, “Purple Hibiscus,” “Half of a Yellow Sun,” and, most recently, “Americanah,” Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a 2013 TED Talk about the difficulties—and necessity—of being a feminist in Nigeria. The talk soon became a minor Internet sensation, amassing more than 2.3 million views to date.

Adichie has adapted the address into a 64-page book, called “We Should All Be Feminists.” Now the translated book is being distributed to every 16-year-old in Sweden by the Swedish Women’s Lobby and publisher Albert Bonniers. Launching the project at Norra Real High School in Stockholm this week, organizers said they hoped the book would “work as a stepping stone for a discussion about gender equality and feminism.”
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"Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest,” Adichie continues. “Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general – but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded."'