(Un)kind : how 'be kind' entrenches sexism / Victoria Smith.

Smith, Victoria, author

London : Fleet, 2025.

320 pages ; 24 cm

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age that remains dependent - socially, politically, economically - on female self-sacrifice while finding the concept outdated and essentialist.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.

9780349127132 (hbk)

305.42

HQ1155

305.42

English

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