Today I’m super excited to participate in the blog tour
of ‘I Call Myself A Feminist’. In this book Twenty-five girls and women under thirty
tell us why they call themselves feminists. ‘I Call Myself A Feminist’ is a
collection of essays written by strong, funny and brave woman.  

Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of
the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015
means to them.

We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge
(award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old
activist), Laura Pankhurst, great-great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and
an activist in her own right, comedian Sofie Hagen, engineer Naomi Mitchison
and Louise O’Neill, author of the award-winning feminist Young Adult novel Only
Ever Yours. Writing about a huge variety of subjects, we have Martha Mosse and
Alice Stride on how they became feminists, Amy Annette addressing the body
politic, Samira Shackle on having her eyes opened in a hostel for survivors of acid
attacks in Islamabad, while Maysa Haque thinks about the way Islam has informed
her feminism and Isabel Adomakoh Young insists that women don’t have to be
perfect. There are twelve other performers, politicians and writers who include
Jade Anouka, Emily Benn, Abigail Matson-Phippard, Hajar Wright and Jinan
Younis.

Is the word feminist still to be shunned? Is feminism still thought of as
anti-men rather than pro-human? Is this generation of feminists – outspoken,
funny and focused – the best we’ve had for long while? Has the internet given
them a voice and power previously unknown?

Rachel Holmes’ most recent book is Eleanor Marx: A Life; Victoria Pepe is a
literary scout; Amy Annette is a comedy producer currently working on festivals
including Latitude; Alice Stride works for Women’s Aid and Martha Mosse is a
freelance producer and artist.

When I was approached to read ‘I Call Myself a Feminist’
I was immediately interested in this book. Since I’ve been raised by mum and
haven’t had many good male characters in my life while growing up, I have
always been fascinated by strong woman. Woman who do what man do. Equality. Not
only for man and woman, but also for people from other countries, poor and rich
people. I find it unfair that man in this world have more possibilities than
woman. Even on this day. I find it horrible that people with more money are
getting more respect than the people who aren’t rich. So reading this book
written by twenty five young women and what being a feminist in 2015 means to
them, was definitely something I was interested in.

‘I Call Myself a Feminist’ is a great collection of
essays written by woman. And I would recommend it to everybody. Not only does
it make you think about what the real meaning of the word feminism is, but also
that this is something that should be important to many more people.

The essays are all written differently and all have
another subjects. And what I loved most was the way these essays were all
written by people from different backgrounds. It really was fun to read.

This was such a touching read that really makes you think
about life. I loved reading the essays combined with many quotes from
celebrities and authors. It definitely was a very inspiring read.