How to Raise a Feminist Son

Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family

How to Raise a Feminist Son
Sonora Jha
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Hardback
h216 x 140mm - 288pg
6 Apr 2021 US
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9781632173645
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A love story that will resonate with feminists who hope to change the world, one kind boy at a timeFrom teaching consent to counteracting problematic messages from the media, well-meaning family, and the culture at large, we have big work to do when it comes to our boys. This empowering book offers much-needed insight and actionable advice. It' s also a beautifully written and deeply personal story of struggling, failing, and eventually succeeding at raising a feminist son. Informed by the author' s work as a professor of journalism specializing in social justice movements and social media, as well as by conversations with psychologists, experts, and other parents and boys, this book follows one mother' s journey to raise a feminist son as a single immigrant woman of color in America. Through stories from her own life and wide-ranging research, Sonora Jha shows us all how to be better feminists and better teachers of the next generation of men in this electrifying tour de force. Includes chapter takeaways, and an annotated bibliography of reading and watching recommendations for adults and children.
"In How to Raise a Feminist Son, Jha weaves her own fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking, and always beautiful story of raising her own feminist son with careful research, insightful interviews, and helpful advice. There were countless times in reading this book where I found myself reevaluating things I had told my own sons and setting new goals for things I would teach them in the future. True love sees you for who you are, and true love holds you to account when you fall short of who you can be, because true love knows what you are capable of. This book is a true love letter, not only to Jha' s own son but also to all of our sons and to the parents--especially mothers--who raise them. " --Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre"You can' t punish your way to a more feminist world, I' ve long believed; you have to create, encourage, invent that world, especially in how you raise kids, but that' s only one reason Sonora Jha' s book is exhilarating and inspiring. It' s a beautiful hybrid of memoir, manifesto, instruction manual, and rumination on the power of story and possibilities of family. I can' t wait to put it in the hands of everyone raising kids or thinking about how we do it and how it could be different. " --Rebecca Solnit, author of The Mother of All Questions"Essential reading for any parent, loved one, or teacher seeking to raise feminist boys in these times. A strong case for how teaching our boys to show vulnerability, empathy, and remorse can be the path to freedom. Sonora Jha asks, ' Can boys be feminists? ' The answer is a resounding YES. " --V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of The Vagina Monologues and The Apology"Combining the insight of memoir with sound advice, How to Raise a Feminist Son is a glorious map to a better future. " --Mira Jacob, author of Good TalkSonora Jha takes on the hardest questions and the most-fraught conversations with nuance and grace. Here, when addressing the deepest anxieties of parents raising boys committed to a fair and just society, her insights are invaluable. --Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her"We need to grow better men. In this fierce, elegant, necessary book, Sonora Jha tells us how she did just that. Weaving together the personal and the political, Jha fearlessly examines our current moment and how it affects the young men among us. How to Raise A Feminist Son scorches, illuminates, and above all challenges us to do better. " --Claire Dederer, author of Love and Trouble and Poser Jha issues an urgent, fervent plea to raise feminist sons in this trenchant guide. At times touching and always impassioned, this is an excellent resource for like-minded parents. --Publishers Weekly
SONORA JHA, PhD, is an essayist, novelist, researcher, and professor of journalism at Seattle University. She is the author of the novel Foreign, and her op-eds and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Seattle Times, The Establishment, DAME, and in several anthologies. She grew up in Mumbai and has been chief of metropolitan bureau for the Times of India and contributing editor for East magazine in Singapore. She teaches fiction and essay writing for Hugo House, Hedgebrook Writers' Retreat, and Seattle Public Library. She is an alumna and board member of Hedgebrook Writers' Retreat, and has served on the jury for awards for Artist Trust, Hedgebrook, and Hugo House.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781632173645
Published: 6 Apr 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Sasquatch Books
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Weight: 567g
Pages: 288

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