Clementine Ford - 4 July

PRAISE FOR BOYS WILL BE BOYS

A damning look at toxic masculinity. Its the most important thing youll read this year. Elle Australia

Boys Will Be Boys is a timely contribution to feminist literature. Her central point is clear and confronting, and it represents something of a challenge Ferocious, incisive, an effective treatise. Australian Book Review

A piercing gaze at contemporary patriarchy, gendered oppression and toxic masculinity. Sydney Morning Herald

A truly vital piece of social commentary from Australias fiercest feminist, Boys Will Be Boys should be shoved into the hands of every person you know. Clementine Ford has done her researchdespite what her angry detractors would have you believeand spits truths about toxic masculinity and the dangers of the patriarchy with passion and a wonderfully wry sense of humour. Read it, learn from it, and share itthis book is absolute GOLD! AU Review, 16 Best Books of 2018

Boys Will Be Boys is an impassioned call for societal change from a writer who has become a stand-out voice of her generation (and has the trolls to prove it) and an act of devotion from a mother to her son. Readings

With pithy jokes and witty commentary, this is an engrossing read, and Fords spirited tone evokes passion for change. Foreword Reviews

Clementine Ford reveals the fragility behind toxic masculinity in Boys Will Be Boys. The Conversation

Boys Will Be Boys highlights the need to refocus on how were raising our boys to be better men. The ingrained toxic masculinity within society does just as much damage to our boys as it does to our girls, and this book highlights how to change that. Fernwood Magazine

PRAISE FOR FIGHT LIKE A GIRL

Her brilliant book could light a fire with its fury. It gets my synapses crackling and popping; I find I cant sit down while reading it, so instead I pace the sitting room. Sunday Times

Theres a wonderful book by Clementine Ford that I advise every woman, and especially young women, to read called Fight Like a Girl. Kate Beckinsale

Its the wit and searing honesty of her own personal life laid bare where Fight Like a Girl truly shines. Irish Independent

Changed my life. I have never read a book like this. Pandora Sykes

Clementine Ford was put on this earth to give courage to the young girl inside all of us. This is an exciting, essential book from Australias most fearless feminist writer. Laurie Penny, author of Unspeakable Things

Yes, Fight Like A Girl will make you angry. It will make you feel uncomfortable. But, ultimately, it will inspire you to create change. Marie Claire

Required reading for every young man and woman, a brave manifesto for gender equality, harm minimisation and self-care. The Australian

Clementine is furious and scathing... yet compassionate and encouraging every moment she can be. This book is both a confirmation of sisterhood and a call to arms. Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull and co-founder of Hot Chicks with Big Brains

An intimate, though universal, call to arms... Fords book is a galvanizing tour de force, begging women to never give up on the most radical act of all: loving themselves wholly and completely in a world that doesnt love them back. Booklist

A potent mix of memoir and manifesto, equal parts fierce and friendly; an intimate, witty self-portrait and a rousing call to arms for women everywhere to know their rage, own it, wear it and channel it into fighting for change. Sydney Morning Herald

Fight Like A Girl is fuelled by Fords clear-eyed defiance and refusal to compromise, and by her powerful combination of personal testimony and political polemic. In the vein of Caitlin Morans How to be a Woman or Roxane Gays Bad Feminist. Books + Publishing

Its a call to action but, more importantly, its a call to reason. A must-read for all women. Fashion Journal

Brutally honest and unapologetic... Ford tackles societys double standards and contradictions, tackling these head-on like a fearless heroine... Fight Like A Girl is a feisty call to arms for modern women... Keep on fighting the good fight, Clem, so that one day we may all enter the ring with you. The AU Review

Clementine Ford was one of my very first formative feminist influences, initiating me into the world of feminism. She is someone whose tenacity and fearlessness I admire greatly, and she helped me along the path to becoming the humourless, bitter, lesbian feminist I am today. Rebecca Shaw, writer, SBS and WomanAgainstFeminism@NoToFeminism

Though casual in tone, Fight Like A Girl is persuasive and confronting... you finish the book angryand rightly so... It reminds readers to be angry, because there is a lot to be angry about. It is a launching pad into a world of intersectional reading, and more specific advice on how to rock the status quo. Lip Mag

Never did I realise I held so much rage against the devaluement of women until reading Fight Like A Girl... Confronting, immersive and influential. Diva Book Nerd

Clementine Ford is a freelance writer, broadcaster and public speaker based in Naarm/Melbourne.

A Oneworld Book

First published in Great Britain and North America

by Oneworld Publications, 2019

This ebook published 2019

Copyright Clementine Ford 2018, 2019

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Copyright under Berne Convention

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ISBN 978-1-78607-663-2

eISBN 978-1-78607-664-9

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For my boy

Readers should be advised that this book contains detailed references to homophobia, transphobia, mens violence against women, online abuse and misogynist harassment. There are detailed descriptions of rape and assault. Please go gently if you are likely to be triggered by these things.

There is a much larger discussion to be had about the impact of the gender binary in regard to our understanding of masculinity and femininity. I encourage readers to seek out the work of trans and gender diverse writers with lived experience of this, and to continue to seek out the voices of trans and gender diverse people within feminism and social justice. Please note that this book is largely about the harm wielded by cissexist, heteronormative ideals of masculinity and, as such, much of the broader discussion of men in this context is referring to cisgender men who are for the most part white and heterosexual.