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Women on Ambition
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Current format, Book, 2017, First edition, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsThe author of The Mother Garden presents an urgent exploration of why today's feminists still dissociate themselves from healthy ambition, sharing the views of such contributors as Ayana Mathis, Molly Ringwald and Roxane Gay to illuminate why ambition remains a taboo in gender equality.
Presents an exploration of why today's feminists still dissociate themselves from healthy ambition, sharing the views of such contributors as Ayana Mathis, Molly Ringwald, and Roxane Gay to illuminate why ambition remains a taboo in gender equality.
Contributors to this collection of essays by 24 women include novelists, playwrights, poets, and performers, as well as those in medicine and the tech industry. They describe their experiences of female ambition and reflect on why ambition in women is often seen in a negative light. Contributors include actress Molly Ringwald and writers Roxanne Gay, Nadia P. Manzoor, Francine Prose, and Sarah Ruhl. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Double BindPerceptively identifying a paradox at the very heart of feminism, editor Robin Romm has marshaled a stunning constellation of thinkers to examine their relationships with ambition with candor, intimacy, and wit. Roxane Gay discusses how race informs and feeds her ambition. Theresa Rebeck takes on Hollywood and confronts her own unquenchable thirst to overcome its sexism. Francine Prose considers the origins of the stigma; Nadia Manzoor discusses its cultural weight. Women who work in fields long-dominated by men—from butchery to tech to dogsledding—weigh in on what it takes to crack that ever-present glass ceiling, and the sometimes unexpected costs of shattering it. The eternally complex questions of aspiration and identity can be made even more treacherous at the dawn of motherhood; Allison Barrett Carter attempts leaning in at home, while Sarah Ruhl tries to uphold her feminist vision within motherhood’s infinite daily compromises.Double Bind
Longlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Award for Business Book of the YearBreaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all.
Presents an exploration of why today's feminists still dissociate themselves from healthy ambition, sharing the views of such contributors as Ayana Mathis, Molly Ringwald, and Roxane Gay to illuminate why ambition remains a taboo in gender equality.
Contributors to this collection of essays by 24 women include novelists, playwrights, poets, and performers, as well as those in medicine and the tech industry. They describe their experiences of female ambition and reflect on why ambition in women is often seen in a negative light. Contributors include actress Molly Ringwald and writers Roxanne Gay, Nadia P. Manzoor, Francine Prose, and Sarah Ruhl. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Double BindPerceptively identifying a paradox at the very heart of feminism, editor Robin Romm has marshaled a stunning constellation of thinkers to examine their relationships with ambition with candor, intimacy, and wit. Roxane Gay discusses how race informs and feeds her ambition. Theresa Rebeck takes on Hollywood and confronts her own unquenchable thirst to overcome its sexism. Francine Prose considers the origins of the stigma; Nadia Manzoor discusses its cultural weight. Women who work in fields long-dominated by men—from butchery to tech to dogsledding—weigh in on what it takes to crack that ever-present glass ceiling, and the sometimes unexpected costs of shattering it. The eternally complex questions of aspiration and identity can be made even more treacherous at the dawn of motherhood; Allison Barrett Carter attempts leaning in at home, while Sarah Ruhl tries to uphold her feminist vision within motherhood’s infinite daily compromises.Double Bind
Longlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Award for Business Book of the YearBreaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all.
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