Hachette India

Can We All Be Feminists?

June Eric-Udorie

'A map for how feminism can move forward inclusively' (GRAZIA) featuring essays by writers including Brit Bennett bestselling author of The Vanishing Half and Afua Hirsch bestselling author of Brit(ish)

Black Lives Matter * Trans Rights * Sex Workers' Rights * Body Positivity * Disability Rights * Immigration * British Muslims * Intersectionality * Latinx Identity * Colourism

How can we make feminism more inclusive?

In Can We All Be Feminists? seventeen writers from diverse backgrounds wrestle with this question exploring what feminism means to them in the context of their other identities. Edited by the inspiring activist and writer June Eric-Udorie this impassioned thought-provoking collection offers a vision for a new feminism that is truly for all.

Including essays by: Soofiya Andry Gabrielle Bellot Caitlin Cruz Nicole Dennis-Benn Brit Bennett Evette Dionne Aisha Gani Afua Hirsch Juliet Jacques Wei Ming Kam Mariya Karimjee Eishar Kaur Emer O'Toole Frances Ryan ZoÃ© Samudzi Charlotte Shane and Selina Thompson.

'As timely as it is well-written this clear-eyed collection is just what I need right now' Jacqueline Woodson author of Red at the Bone

'Not just a key read but a mandatory one' STYLIST

'The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read' BUSTLE

Shortlisted for the 2019 Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing

June Eric-Udorie

June Eric-Udorie is a twenty-year-old writer and feminist activist. Named Elle UK's "Female Activist of the Year" for 2017 she has been included on lists of influential and inspiring women by the BBC the Guardian and more. A co-founder of "Youth for Change" an initiative that works to combat female genital mutilation and forced marriage around the world her advocacy has taken her to classrooms the Women of the World Festival the United Nations and more. In 2015 she spearheaded a successful campaign to overturn the British government's decision to remove feminism from the nationally mandated A-level (high school) politics syllabus; more recently she raised funds to take five hundred underprivileged girls and young women of color to see the film Hidden Figures. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian the Independent New Statesman the Telegraph ESPN The Magazine and Fusion among others. She is currently in her first year at Duke University where she is a recipient of the University Scholars merit scholarship established by Melinda French Gates and a Human Rights Scholar at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Follow her on Twitter @juneericudorie.