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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist.

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The book is a feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions, originally an email to a friend, offering advice on raising a child to be a feminist. It was later adapted into a book and discusses the challenges and complexities of raising a child in a world that often works against feminist ideals.

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I want her to be feminist. I want her life to be better than mine. What should I do?

— Episode: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - "Dear Ijeawel...

Episode: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - "Dear Ijeawele" and Rai...

The book is a feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions, originally an email to a friend, offering advice on raising a child to be a feminist. It was later adapted into a book and discusses the challenges and complexities of raising a child in a world that often works against feminist ideals.

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I want her to be feminist. I want her life to be better than mine. What should I do?

It's much easier to deal with a hypothetical child than a real child.

When Hillary Clinton was running for president of the United States, the first descriptor on her Twitter account was wife. The first descriptor on the Twitter account of Bill Clinton, her husband is founder, not husband.

Because I think it makes people feel comfortable. I think people are very... People don't know what to do with the idea of a woman who has power or who's seeking power.

I think that when there's really quality, resentment will not exist.

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