Not only does feminism have the weight of the patriarchy against it, there is also internal disagreement about what good feminism is. Celebrated journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores what feminism is, and how we can all become better feminists. To do this Yasmin advocates for intersectional feminism to address all the needs of women of all backgrounds.
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a respected pundit who writes regularly for the I, International Business Times, and New European. Describing herself as a "leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist, Muslim", she is known for her interventions in UK immigration and multiculturalism policy. Born in Kampala, Uganda into a Shia Muslim family, Yasmin moved to the UK to complete her studies at Oxford. She worked as a teacher before moving into journalism in the 1980s, and has since published a slew of acclaimed books about her unique experience as an insider/outsider in British culture. Her most recent book Ladies Who Punch tells the story of courageous women who have changed history and remoulded our culture.
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