Kyo Maclear, author of Birds Art Life Death, spoke to two young women in her life aged 15 and 16 about what it means to be a feminist today, and what is hoped to be different in the future. The responses from both Tillie and Rabia are hugely insightful. Read on, and be inspired by these young women.
As part of 4th Estate’s month-long celebration of women’s writing, we’re bringing you personal picks from the 4th Estate team. Today’s variety of choices are from our sales team: Caroline Bovey, Mallory Ladd and Fliss Porter.
What do you hope will be different for the women in your family in 50 years’ time?
EW: In 50 years, my five nieces and one nephew will be celebrating landmark birthdays: the youngest will be turning 50. They’ll have inherited our roles as family storytellers and remembrancers; inherited, too, the detritus of our lives, at least those of us that have shuffled off the coil: houses, endless piles of stuff.
Anna Jones, cook, stylist, writer and author of A Modern Way to Eat, A Modern Way to Cook and The Modern Cook’s Year, has written about food and feminism, and how the industry has changed since she started in the kitchen fourteen years ago.
As part of our month-long celebration of women’s writing, we’ve asked people HarperCollins wide who their favourite fictional heroine is and why.
What do you hope that life will be like for the women in your family in 50 years? Juliet Butler, author of The Less You Know The Sounder You Sleep answers.
As part of 4th Estate’s month-long celebration of women’s writing, we’re bringing you personal picks from the 4th Estate team. Today’s variety of choices are from Louise Haines, Lottie Fyfe, Jordan Mulligan and Sarah Thickett.
Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, authors of Slay In Your Lane, share their thoughts on feminism, and what it means to be a woman in 2018. Read more…
