The saga of Boris Johnson and Brexit frequently crops up in this author's narrative as a vivid, if Lilliputian instance of the same phenomenon. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Hundreds already exist, “ignored and unused” in reports and campaign materials of feminist and civil rights organisations. She works closely with politicians, businesses, schools, police forces and organisations from the Council of Europe to the United Nations to tackle gender inequality.people seem to be saying it’s not a good book as it’s nothing they didn’t already know but as woman of course we already know it, it is us, it is how we live what could you possibly read that was something you didn’t already know. A story of breath-taking dealings that range from Riyadh to London, Paris to America, this is a thrilling and brutal investigation into extreme wealth, one of the world's most decisive and dangerous new leaders, and the bid for Saudi transformation that is reverberating around the world. At first I felt like I was already familiar with the material that was covered jn this but then I realised, it’s probably because Laura Bates is very much the OG on a lot of the content we hear discussed elsewhere - to say she’s across her subject is an understatement and I felt like she was able to include many other considerations and cultures in her argument through her own wide angle lens. It’s a powerful opener that sticks with you throughout; I will be making my own list and expect to lighten the weight of it with a glass of wine in the company of my incredible female friends. It was brutally honest, not to mention sickening to read, but I was so glad I pushed through, because I felt like I needed to, and I feel that this book is equally important to men and women alike.

This book carefully goes through many aspects of society and the system that will make you cry, cringe and rage with anger.

She has judged the Women’s Prize, the YA Book Prize, the Children's Laureate and the RSL Giles St Aubyn awards for non-fiction.

Listing fact after devastating fact that will be all too familiar to the female reader, Fix the System Not the Women makes for a tough read. This distracts us from the real problem: the failings and biases of a society that was not built for women. Especially men who believe feminists hate men for no reason and society is equal and there's no point to feminism, because they've never seen or experienced the things feminists are complaining about - that's privilege. I've felt enraged and exhausted in equal parts while reading this, especially with our current day situation.

We move through the different “dots” of society that shape the systemic failings that keep women oppressed, assaulted, raped and murdered. This is as close to the truth, to the real story of the corruption, vulgarities, horrors, and lies of the Kingdom and its current despot as we are likely to get. Never before have I felt her formidable and brilliant voice more than in this book — and my god has she delivered some sardonic sentences in her previous offerings! I was sad, angry and elated to finally feel understood - it's a strange combination to feel and no matter how tough it was at times to keep reading the book I'm so glad I did. Zwaar omdat het herkenbaar is, omdat je het eigenlijk al wel weet en nu opeens alles bij elkaar wordt voorgeschoteld.

EducationPoliticsMediaPolicingCriminal justice Combining stories with shocking evidence, Fix the System, Not the Women is a blazing examination of sexual injustice and a rallying cry for reform. It doesn’t help that we live in a society that sees a man who changes a nappy as a saint, a boyfriend who occasionally makes brunch as a diamond in the rough, an emotionally supportive man as a rare treasure, yet expects all these things from female partners as a matter of course. Despite the increased prominence of feminist campaigns, charges in rape cases are now exactly half what they were in 2015–16. Laura is a contributor at Women Under Siege, a New York-based project tackling rape in conflict worldwide and she is patron of SARSAS, Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support. How anyone could possibly argue that women are fairly treated in a system not designed for them after reading this is beyond me?Whichever way anyone looks at this, this is yet another misogynistic method of exerting control over women's lives. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today. This book examines how everyday accounts of sexism have become so ingrained into daily life that not only do we not even notice them half the time, but they've infiltrated and infected every structure of society. It's about the need to equal -up the opportunities and behaviours deeply ingrained in our culture, and other cultures, that do not consider women as being equal to men.