The Planet's Newest Languages By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists is a book written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. By definition, feminism is described as the belief in women’s rights based on gender equality. While the goal is noble, feminism in constantly held down by stereotypical beliefs and ignorance among both genders. Based on a TEDX talk given by Adichie of the same name, We Should All Be Feminists tells the story of how Adichie started out as a feminist, how feminism is defined today, and how we can encourage people to be more aware of feminism. This book is a good read for anyone who desires to learn about feminism without worrying about any biases in the content.

Currently, there are over 6,000 living languages spoken in the world. Even with these many languages spoken, people are still discriminated in America. Language is a part of many cultures and daily life, for example in Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue", Tan says "I've heard other terms used, 'limited English,' for example. But they seem as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited English speaker." Language should not be a border where people today are still treated as "broken".

In the essay “we should all be feminists,”Adichie spoke about how girls and boys are taught to think they are raised equally but in other words, they aren't. She states, “We teach girls shame. Close your legs. Cover yourself. We can make them feel as though being born female, they are already guilty of something. And so girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have desire. who silence themselves. who cannot say what they truly think” (Adichie 25). Quoting Adichie on how society treats gender norms as a religion that must be followed, she connects it to how society sees feminism as a disease that carries one to failure. “My own definition of a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better” (Adichie 21). Adichie uses those words in order to explain the fear that's planted into the

In the transcript, “We should all be feminists” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the author explores several stories in her life that contain gender issues about sexuality, gender inequality and double standard, which show that the idea of feminists is still needed in present-day. Over time the gender issue has cause a grave injustice. This essay wills examines the conception of norms about double standard, gender inequality, and sexuality from Adichie life. It wills portrayal norms issues about gender to realize certain matter a long history that are not important anymore to bring a positive change.

In Montgomery College there was an event for Humanities day and this event was a interesting experience to learn about the history of human rights and the culture that people create in our society. In our society people gathered together to support each other and to reveal the truth about America being the most independent place to give gain power from every country of the world. The two events that I went to see are the “Language, Universality, and Human Rights” and “Power and the Humanities”.

In the world today, all countries in the world experience many different gender role issues that some people agree and disagree upon. Many people especially women, talk about gender roles and equality in the world today. A well-known Feminist, Chimamanda Adichie, continues to push for women equality especially in some of her famous books, especially in her We Should All Be Feminists book. In her book, We Should All Be Feminist, Adichie states “the problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true selves, if we did not have the weight of gender expectations.”

In "We Should All Be Feminists," Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes experiences and events that have happened in her life to explain why everyone should be a feminist. Adichie starts her essay off with an anecdote from here teenage years, in which she first heard the word "feminist," along with the negative tone that is associated with it, even though she did not know what it meant. She then goes into more anecdotes about when she first used the word "feminist" to describe herself, and how she shut down the stereotypes associated with the word by calling herself "A Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels for Herself and Not for Men." Throughout the rest of the essay, Adichie begins to discuss

The author notes that Okoloma used the word “feminist” just as the word “terrorist” would be used as if advocating for equal rights was a bad thing. Adichie later recalls, that in grade school, the position of class monitor had been given to a boy, although she scored the highest on a test. Something as small as this connects to the bigger picture that it is more “natural” for men to be in positions of power. “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man…” This quote is an excerpt from Chimamanda’s “We Should All Be Feminists” that resonates with many women around the world, who feel the need to prove their

In We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the personal story of her experience as a woman advocating for gender equality while changing her perception on the social norms in Nigeria through the African culture. Adichie additionally compares the experience her friends in the United States face to her own to indicate the situation as an international dilemma. Adichie mentions our fixed perspective, "The waiters are products of a society that has taught them that men are more important than women, and I know they don't intend harm, but it is one thing to know something intellectually

We Should All Be Feminists was adapted from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's popular TEDx Talk of the same name. The Talk was first delivered at TEDxEuston, which is held annually in Great Britain and features prominent leaders and thinkers speaking about issues relating to Africa. Adichie's TED Talk argues that "feminist" isn't a bad word and that everyone should be feminist. She begins with a brief anecdote about her friend Okoloma, with whom she grew up. Okoloma was a great thinker and enjoyed debating Adichie about anything and everything. One day, during a heated debate, he called Adichie a "feminist." She didn't know what the word meant at the time, but understood that it wasn't a compliment. In fact, Okoloma was criticizing her. She never forgot this incident.

Today's feminist movement is in jeopardy of losing a following unless the woman at the forefront begin to identify with the fact that not every feminist is white, middle class, and cis-gendered. The modern idea of feminism has a fault in the way that its main idea seems to be fighting for equality of white women, this factor neglects every other woman in the world. This sets a double standard within the grouping of women as a whole just as women are fighting to abolish double standards set in place against sexes. This idea of white feminism simultaneously neglects the different problems of women of all demographics, while also grouping women together as a whole as if the struggles white women face are the same struggles all women face.

The identity of African women juxtaposed to the Western women’s identity is a hard concept for one to grasp. The word feminism is merely looked at from one perspective, the western perspective. The reality of feminism is that everywhere in the world has a different idea of what feminism is defined as and what it should look like. However there is one central theme that applies to feminists around the world, which is a feminist is someone who goes against traditional roles of a woman in their society to better their gender as a whole.

Through the use of empathetic language rather than anger,the well known-award winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was able to capture and represent her personal ideas to those who haven 't been exposed to feminism and to those who constantly slanders it.In her twenty-first century short essay,We Should All Be Feminists,Adiche addresses feminism and sexism as unsettling issues that all of humanity should be majorily concerned and aware with.She prosposes a solution to the detrimental and negative cyclical persectives that society has imposed on of feminists and women in general based on her previous experiences.By narrowing in on her very own life experiences and her deep understanding of the often covered up realities of the treatment of women and their reputations,she zeros in on what it means to be a woman in the present day, exposes the injustices they frequently ecounter and ultimately explains why we should all be feminists.She focuses on the idea the everyone including both men and women are both the problem and solution to the controverisal and sensetive topic of what is called feminism.By taking these necessary steps and raising our children to understand these steps , Adichie proposes this can finally end the cyclical problem.

Feminist theory is slyly intertwined in her presentation through personal narratives. The first however was the most impactful on Adichie’s feminist identity. She discusses a childhood friend, Okoloma, and how he had called her a feminist. However, Adichie knew that this was not meant as a compliment, but instead as, “a supporter of terrorism.” This inspired her to investigate her own feminist identity. However, she quickly found she was many things that were not stereotypically feminist. Many told her it was un-African because it brought a woman out of her subordination of her husband. She had a happy demeanor, which many argued was not typical for feminists for they were angry and hated men. She later decided that she would be a, “Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels for

Feminism has been around for many years. During the 19th century, feminism has had a massive effect on the female role in society and in everyday life. The term feminism emerged from the 20th century to express a broader set goals for women around the world. The majority of women want to have the same equal rights as men and women are willing to fight until they unite and become treated equally as one. The word feminism is a complex and paradoxical term that defies a single definition. Feminism means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but primarily, it means treating women with the same respect as any other human being. The main definition for feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. Feminism claims that it can both benefit women and men, but many do not agree with that solution. The word feminism has had an infamous meaning with many people. People are assume that the feminist image involves and angry, man-hating, un-attractive woman who screams about how women are treated different and unfairly around the world because of men. Many also believe that the term feminist is simply associated with women and men can not accept the expression because it is a feminine word that women have created for themselves. The major problem with feminist movement is that it perpetuates many connotations, which are simply not true, but based on