(Un)kind : how 'be kind' entrenches sexism
Smith, Victoria2025
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Using the #JustBeKind trend of the 2020s as a starting point, '(Un)kind' explores how traditional beliefs about women's 'kind' nature have been repackaged for an age that remains dependent - socially, politically, economically - on female self-sacrifice while finding the concept outdated and essentialist. Looking at the various guises under which kindness culture is sold to women and girls - from play to self-help, social justice activism to empowerment - Victoria Smith argues that the pressure on women and girls has not decreased, but instead been incorporated into the 'work' of feminism.
Main title:
(Un)kind : how 'be kind' entrenches sexism / Victoria Smith.
Author:
Smith, Victoria, author
Imprint:
London : Fleet, 2025.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349127132 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.42305.42 SMI
Language:
English
BRN:
4079226