I've wanted to read this book for a long time, but I honestly feel it would have suited me better to read it earlier on in my feminist education. It pairs well with "Feminism is for Everybody" by bell hooks. Adichie makes some excellent and true statements in the book, but she focuses a little too much on biological differences between men and women for my taste. While that is a valid conversation, it upholds the gender binary and ignores identities such as intersex and transgender people. I understand encompassing all identities was not the point of this essay, but its something I take with a grain of salt because I feel that the arguments in this book, if not taken with other feminist and queer conversations, could easily lead someone down the path of TERF thinking, which nobody needs.

As I've said with many books before, this is a good starting place. It is not an "end all be all" book on feminism, but is an important voice in the larger feminist conversation. ( )

Loved listening to this read by the author! ( )

A brief essay on gender and sexism and social roles and yes, feminism. It's brilliant in its directness and concision. There were several moments where I thought "huh that's a really good point" or "yes! yes that's it exactly!" Recommended. ( )

Excellent - should be required reading for everyone. Need to make a mental note to reread this on a regular basis. ( )

I was looking for my next nonfiction and ran across this. It was short enough to read over a lunch break, but that was enough time to get a small idea of this author’s voice and thought process. I liked her writing and what she had to say. I’m not familiar with gender issues in Nigeria, but obviously the larger ideas apply more widely. I appreciated her sense of humor in this presentation, which was originally a TED talk.
Makes me want to try her other stuff! ( )