Feminist Fight Club

An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace

By: Jessica Bennett

Narrated by: Jessica Bennett, Bahni Turpin

Part manual, part manifesto, a humorous yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work - a Lean In for the Buzzfeed generation that provides real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women.

It was a fight club - but without the fighting and without the men. Every month the women would huddle in a friend's apartment to share sexist job frustrations and trade tips for how best to tackle them. Once upon a time, you might have called them a consciousness-raising group. But the problems of today's working world are more subtle, less pronounced, harder to identify - and harder to prove - than those of their foremothers. These women weren't just there to vent. They needed battle tactics. And so the fight club was born.

Hard hitting and entertaining, Feminist Fight Club blends personal stories with research, statistics, and no-bullsh*t expert advice. Bennett offers a new vocabulary for the sexist workplace archetypes women encounter every day - such as the Manterrupter, who talks over female colleagues in meetings, or the Himitator, who appropriates their ideas - and provides practical hacks for navigating other gender landmines in today's working world. With Feminist Mad Libs, a Negotiation Cheat Sheet, and fascinating historical research, Feminist Fight Club tackles both the external (sexist) and internal (self-sabotaging) behaviors that plague women in the workplace - as well as the system that perpetuates them.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 Jessica Bennett (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

So empowering!!!

Loved this book! Plan to listen to it again!!! I could totally relate! So empowering!

Every person needs to read this book!

I laughed, I cried, and I laughed some more. Jessica Bennett does such a great job explaining the environments of working women today and how to tackle the things that get in our way!

Meh

While I enjoyed the topic, this particular book came off very aggressive and anti-men. It overall had a very negative tone, and focused heavily on maintaining a victim mindset. Because of that, I didn't come out feeling particularly empowered and just left a bad taste in my mouth.

They intend well

It's clear they are really trying to sell this brand of being edgy, and it sometimes gets in the way of their message. It was good, but being angry and identifying the BS is not really enough. Unless you're an activist, it is more helpful to know how to navigate the biased world we live in rather than to straight up fight it.

My feminist fire has been reignited!

I loved this book! It was educations, captivating, hilarious, and inspiring. Bahni Turpin is a fantastic narrator and Jessica Bennett knows how to make a girl feel understood and empowered.

As a recent college graduate, working in my first office job, I found this book to be so helpful in educating myself on the kind of work environment I want to be a part of and how I can conduct myself to my full potential. I highly recommend this book to anyone, working or not, male or female.

I'm definitely going to buy the hard copy to keep on hand :)

Get past the intro tho

Jessica Bennett wrote a funny, whipsmart, desperately needed book that I related to, bookmarked like crazy, and shared with coworkers and friends. But if, like I did, you find her voice grating in the sample, fear not -- she only reads the introduction. The amazing Bahni Turpin (who should win all the awards ever for her narration of "The Hate U Give," "Underground Railroad", and others) takes over from there.

Agree and disagree

I get why the book is written the way it is, however, I think it starts off defensive when these haven't been my experiences in the corporate world. I'm glad it's asking women to stand up for themselves which is needed. There are certain parts that I disagree with about it but I hope it helps someone else.

audible mobile app disrupted the story

The app did not save my place. The app would start back at ch1 and at times would not allow me to select the chapter I was on. The story was disrupted by my mobile interface. unsure if I listened to the entire content as I often had to repeat sections due to disabled options. Wish the book deployed better onto my samsung.

I didn't realize I was a feminist.

I loved the power and playfulness of this book. i always knew I was a strong force to be reckoned with at work, but never realized how much a feminist I already was. I've already put many of these best practices in place and have noticed a difference in the way I'm treated. this book is awesome. I'm starting my own feminist fight club.

Great Read Great Narrator

I loved this book and the ideas. I do not think they were redundant but well needed. I love that strategies to deal with situations and turn them on their head peppered the whole book.

I also love this narrator