{"title":"Books by Soraya Chemaly","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781471172144","title":"Rage Becomes Her","description":"\u003cb\u003eA TRANSFORMATIVE BOOK URGING WOMEN TO EMBRACE AND HARNESS THEIR ANGER FOR LASTING CHANGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘How many women cry when angry because we’ve held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Rage Becomes Her will be good for women. After all, women have a lot to be angry about’ Gloria Steinem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Women are angry, and it isn’t hard to figure out why. We are underpaid and overworked. Too bossy or too docile. Too sensitive or not sensitive enough. Too big or too thin. Sluts or prudes. We are harassed, told we are asking for it and asked whether it would kill us to smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We’ve been told for too long to bottle up our anger. But our rage is the most important resource we have, our sharpest tool against oppression. Anger is not what gets in our way, it is our way. It is a vital instrument, a radar for injustice and a catalyst for change. All we need to do is own it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘If life as a modern woman is maddening, then \u003ci\u003eRage\u003c\/i\u003e is a sanity-restorer’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian   \u003c\/i\u003e          \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Men should read [this] book and the women in their lives must insist that they do so’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300418105717,"sku":"9781471172144","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781471172144_7d153ec0-ea2c-43fc-a8c3-08c4ed938c14.jpg?v=1786020567"},{"product_id":"9781982170769","title":"The Resilience Myth","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “vital, life-saving must-read” (Nora McInerny, author of \u003ci\u003eBad Vibes Only\u003c\/i\u003e) manifesto for communal resilience based on in-depth investigations into history, social science, and psychology, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRage Becomes Her\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are often urged to rely only on ourselves for strength, mental fortitude, and positivity. “With her signature clarity and penetrating mind” (Jean Guerrero, author of \u003ci\u003eHatemonger\u003c\/i\u003e), Soraya Chemaly challenges us to challenges us to reject this model—based on a culture of toxic individualism—and, instead, leverage our interdependence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on comprehensive research and eye-opening examples from real-life, \u003ci\u003eThe Resilience Myth \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an “ambitious” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) feminist paradigm of resilience based on an ethic of care, cognitive flexibility, and the provision of material needs. Interdependence, collective care, and nurturing relationships to each other and the earth, she compellingly argues, are the keys to positively adapting to adversity and polycrises.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57685938667893,"sku":"9781982170776","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56309900771701,"sku":"9781982170769","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781982170776.jpg?v=1792599187"},{"product_id":"9781668205976","title":"All We Want Is Everything","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of a “battle-cry of a book” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eRage Becomes Her\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a fearless and timely manifesto for identifying and rejecting male supremacy in our daily lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on her trademark skill, wit, clarity, and sharp insight, Soraya Chemaly walks us through how male supremacy operates, adapting dynamically in order to maintain cruel, exploitative systems of oppression.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMale supremacy, she asserts, isn’t primarily about men dominating women; but rather a system that first and foremost violently pits men against each other using women and marginalized communities as resources in their competition for power. Under this system, anyone who isn’t white, straight, CIS, and adhering to strict rules of traditional masculinity is considered inferior and rendered “other”—women, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, immigrants, religious minorities, the disabled, and Black and Indigenous communities. Being feminized defines vulnerability, exploitability, and disposability.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere is no justice for any community until we confront this defining injustice. Most men don’t have to benefit from this system or feel powerful for this system to work, indeed only a relatively few do. While women, particularly those with multiple marginalized identities, are hurt the most, men, too, need liberation from this oppressive system.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll We Want Is Everything \u003c\/i\u003eoffers both unflinching analysis and genuine hope, informed by the bold and revolutionary potential of feminist imagination. From private relationships to global politics, Chemaly shows how naming and refusing male supremacy is essential to resisting the forces tearing democracy apart. This fresh, timely, clear-eyed, and necessary manifesto is a call to refuse supremacist identities, relationships, and values in order to build more just, healthy, and sustainable worlds for everyone.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56912189391221,"sku":"9781668205976","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781668205976_a5a46b12-8492-4dc4-8643-c832c205d05b.jpg?v=1786024236"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-soraya-chemaly.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}