There is nothing in Everyday Revolution: Finding Clarity Conviction and Joy with Feminism that I haven’t experienced, or heard or seen happen to women known to me or strangers. And I know every woman reading the book will agree. Yet, I had to take breathers to collect my emotions after every couple of chapters. It is painful, makes one feel so angry and helpless, every time one is remembered how lives of women are. I consider myself extremely privileged, there are women who have had more privilege than me – yet somewhere or there every little girl has had her heart battered because of the judgements and trauma she had to face.
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Amrita Purkayastha’s Everyday Revolution is a thought-provoking book that delves into the significance of feminism in today’s world. Drawing from her own experiences as well as interviews with a diverse group of women from different backgrounds, ages, castes, and geographies, the author examines the need for feminism in our daily lives. We don’t talk enough about feminism and more the conversations, the better and this book manages to do it.
There are so many misconceptions about what feminism is, with women wanting to dissociate from the term for the fear of flack or because of their own conditioning. Fact is that there lacks clarity and this book does a decent job in bringing up facts from life that are real and undeniable. The book covers five main themes, namely childhood, marriage, motherhood, beauty, and work, and offers ideas to help readers navigate the challenges posed by patriarchy.
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The author’s research and interviews form a strong basis for the book’s assertions. The commencement of each chapter incorporates excerpts from the interviews that are pertinent to the subject matter of the chapter.
By engaging with 100 women, the author has gathered a compilation of narratives, personal experiences, and statistics that reveal five distinct areas of a woman’s existence: childhood, marriage, motherhood, beauty, and work. The book presents a distinctive standpoint on feminism, emphasizing that despite their accomplishments and strength, women are still anticipated to be subservient and conform to societal obligations that have been enforced on them for centuries.
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In Everyday Revolution, the author provides her viewpoint by utilizing her experiences and research to clarify the problems, misconceptions, and issues regarding each topic. The book ends with suggestions to enable readers to consider their own experiences and enhance themselves. Furthermore, the author incorporates anecdotes of individuals who have encountered difficulties related to each theme, which enables readers to develop empathy and comprehend the problems more fully. In summary, “Everyday Revolution” is a thought-provoking and educational book that motivates readers to initiate change and bring about positive outcomes in their daily lives.
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What does feminism mean to us, Indian millennial women? In our unique context, with a heady mix of tradition, family, ambition and Instagram, where does ‘revolution’ fit in?
With candid, personal anecdotes, moving stories and hard data, Amrita uncovers the invisibly seeped patriarchy from the intimate corners of our minds and refreshes the need for feminism in our everyday lives. Ranging widely over psychology, history, cultural studies and research with 100 women across age, class, caste and geographies, Everyday Revolution reveals the psychologically-denting impact of our gendered society.
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Smashing the patriarchy in our modern lives might not need expensive bra-burning but newer ways of coping, healing, eye-rolling and badassery. Therefore, across five themes – childhood, marriage, motherhood, beautyand work – this book gives us thought experiments and writing prompts to do just that!
P.S. Write as you read this experiential book and follow @everyday.revolution_ on Instagram to connect with a network of women in this desi version of Bluestocking Society.
Gift this book to men who are curious to know why are women always so angry.
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In fiction, I have two short stories for children in an ebook called Bedtime Stories.
