Dear Ijeawele, or, A feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions
(Book)

"This is a slightly expanded version of a letter written by the author as a Facebook post on October 12, 2016."--Title page verso.

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, [this book] goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It can start a conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.