But her logic is lacking (if you think that is sexism at work, work through her logic and try again) and the little things annoy me too, keen to show she was cool when younger and never apologising for 'being who she is', as though modifying your behaviour to your environment is always just being put in your place rather than making life more pleasant. In the same month that labour politician Harriet Harman published the dry memoir A Woman’s Work, there comes a second by Jess Phillips, the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley and the chair of the Women’s Parliamentary Labour Party. Observer _____________________ This title now has a new cover and there is a chance that you may receive the edition with the old cover instead of the cover displayed here. The Engineering a Better World podcast series from The House magazine and the IET is back for series two! Her pride in being ‘normal’ is something she wears as a badge of honour, celebrating her Brummy accent, determined to carry on speaking in her own voice because ‘if we don’t start sounding like the public, ordinary people will disengage and we’ll be left with the Establishment holding court and we can’t have that!

It's about something much bigger - how female MPs and women in politics are perceived and treated, society's attitudes towards women who are subjected to domestic abuse (she worked at Women's Aid in Birmingham for a number of years before being elected), and so much more besides. I left the book with much more of a sense of who she is as a human being, and of how the Labour Party works in the House of Commons in practical terms, from the inexplicable ironing boards in the loos to the support systems among women MPs. I found the book to be brave, honest, funny and found myself agreeing with everything Phillips was saying. Fortunately Phillips won't care, and nor should anyone else that takes her advice, as she only worries about the impression she makes on people she'd want to date or be friends with. This book focuses on violence against women, equality, sisterhood, motherhood, politics (especially British politics), and trolling.Perhaps this is particularly frustrating because I'm sure she considers herself an intersectional feminist, and this is the kind of thing one would hope an intersectional feminist would have thought about.

However, regardless of your political leaning, I think you might get something out of this; particularly if you're a keen believer in equality. Leveraging tokenism - accept that spot as the token woman on the all-male panel but bring your own demands. New host Jonn Elledge discusses with parliamentarians and industry experts how technology and engineering can provide policy solutions to our changing world. She certainly doesn't just slam the Tories, I didn't read this as a Tory-hating book at all, more a book about inspiring change and making a difference in the world. Her book is easy to read, her points easy to understand and the impact of what she fights for could be significant.I don't particularly care to hear for the 320th time that Jess Phllips thinks I could totally get out there and be an MP, because it's a meaningless statement unless it's addressed to someone the speaker actually knows. In ‘Everywoman’, Jess shares her political experiences and recollections of a life lived in the public eye. Everywoman’ is part memoir, part feminist manifesto and is an unapologetic telling of how events in Phillips’ life has shaped her feminist beliefs and her politics. Taking in chapters on motherhood, starting work, equality, politics and trolling, and more, she speaks about her own experiences and then places them within the context of (mainly women’s) general experiences.

She discusses online abuse and the threats she has received simply for having a political opinion and she talks about times she has been patronised for daring to think she can ‘have it all’. Observer_____________________This title now has a new cover and there is a chance that you may receive the edition with the old cover instead of the cover displayed here.I can't say I'm a fan of Phillips either, and after reading this I respect her more, but am no more fond of her, finding her hypocritical and self-important, even if the abuse she gets is undeserved. My own one isn’t very good, to be honest, though he has to be fair presented stuff I’ve asked him to to the correct authorities in government. At times, it is something of a depressing read, not least because you feel she's beating her head against a brick wall. While at times I disagreed with Jess on her views, at times felt the writing was a bit too forced into down to earth writing style, I can say that every person should read this book. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.