The Everyday Feminist
The Key to Sustainable Social Impact -- Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever
1. Edition March 2023
240 Pages, Hardcover
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An invigorating exploration of impactful feminist movements and strategies for replicating their success
In The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, accomplished feminist activist and executive Latanya Mapp Frett delivers a powerful and practical exploration of the factors that make a feminist social movement impactful in its place and time. In the book, you'll discover popular and not-so-popular social movements and the leaders, art, research, and narratives that drove them.
The author explains what made these social movements so effective and explains the steps that organizations, nonprofits, and social impact professionals can take to replicate that success on the ground and in the present.
The book also includes:
* Discussions of the importance of feminist funds in bankrolling critical feminist movements
* Explanations of the roles played by men and boys in building a feminist future
* Actionable and straightforward advice applicable to everyone trying to make a difference for women around the world
An essential text for feminist advocates who find themselves in an increasingly challenging political and social environment, The Everyday Feminist is the practical blueprint to social change that lawmakers, activists, entrepreneurs, and non-profit professionals have been waiting for.
Acknowledgments xix
Foreword xxi
Introduction: My Story and Challenging the Feminist Funding Gap xxv
Part I The Underappreciated, Under-Resourced But Overachieving Everyday Feminist 1
Chapter 1 What Is an Everyday Feminist and Why Do They Matter for Social Impact? 3
Chapter 2 Leading Social Movements for Sustainable Impact 21
Chapter 3 How We're Failing to Fund Our Most Powerful Change Agents--Everyday Feminists 39
Part II The Everyday Feminist in Action 51
Chapter 4 Stay in the Game Even When You Win 53
Chapter 5 If It Walks and Talks Like a Feminist Leader, Follow 67
Chapter 6 Feminists Work for Men and Boys, Too 77
Chapter 7 The Closer You Are to Impact Matters 89
Chapter 8 Remember the Past . . . to Craft the Future 103
Chapter 9 If the System Is Broke, Let a Feminist Fix It--In Any Sector 115
Chapter 10 Quality Partnership Is a Thing: Take Real and Unique Steps Together 127
Chapter 11 Start Feminism Young 141
Part III Getting on Board with the Everyday Feminist 151
Chapter 12 Why You Need the Everyday Feminist 153
Chapter 13 Why Everyday Feminists Need You 161
Chapter 14 Don't Re-create the Wheel: The Role of Feminist Funds 167
Conclusion: Unleashing the Power of the Everyday
Feminist for Us and Our World 177
Notes 185
Resources 195
About the Author 199
Index 201
