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Marc Koralnik |
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GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
From the second the doctor shouts It's a girl!' our bodies are used to define us, to dictate which of our behaviours are acceptable, and how it is acceptable for others to treat us. Our bodies are coded and costumed to turn us into easily identifiable men and women, creating artificial divisions in society and limiting the identities that people of any gender feel confident performing. So let's start thinking about our performances of womanhood where they came from, whose agendas they serve and let's start writing new scripts.' Emer O'Toole, GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS.
What to do when you've decided to embrace body politics but have only "Cosmopolitan" and HOW TO BE A WOMAN to draw on? Emer decided to encourage young women to explore the issues surrounding their gender, and to face them with confidence. Funny and easy to read, but with a deeply serious point driving the narrative; for fans of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham. As a 28 year-old, no one is better placed than Emer to persuade her peers to think about taking control of their bodies AND brains.
An Irish theatre scholar and writer, Emer contributes to the "Guardian", blogs for the popular feminist site "Vagenda" , and works in Canada. Emer is now writing her second book, for publication by Orion in 2017, HAPPY FAMILIES: a lively investigation into the conventions of family and how these are being subverted or changed.
An Irish theatre scholar and writer, Emer contributes to the "Guardian", blogs for the popular feminist site "Vagenda" , and works in Canada. Emer is now writing her second book, for publication by Orion in 2017, HAPPY FAMILIES: a lively investigation into the conventions of family and how these are being subverted or changed.
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