In the spring of 2020, a rapidly spreading global pandemic changed the contemporary world. For industrialized countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, which had long enjoyed the illusion that they were capable of handling large-scale crises, COVID-19 exposed dangerous fault lines. It brought to the fore institutional failures concerning public health, unemployment, and government stability, and exacerbated conditions for vulnerable and marginalized groups. Racial disparity, domestic abuse, food insecurity, and social welfare had to be reconsidered in the wake of a startling new reality: lockdown and severe economic precarity.
In essays, short fiction, poetry, and more, writers respond to the personal and the political in the time of pandemic. This Is How We Come Back Stronger provides an essential feminist perspective on how we might move forward—and reminds us that, despite it all, we are not alone.
Featuring brand new contributions from:
Akasha Hull, Amelia Abraham, Catherine Cho, Dorothy Koomson, Fatima Bhutto, Fox Fisher, Francesca Martinez, Gina Miller, Helen Lederer, Jenny Sealey, Jess Phillips MP, Jessica Moor, Jude Kelly, Juli Delgado Lopera, Juliet Jacques, Kate Mosse, Kerry Hudson, Kuchenga, Laura Bates, Lauren Bravo, Layla Saad, Lindsey Dryden, Lisa Taddeo, Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie Carter, Michelle Tea, Mireille Harper, Molly Case, Radhika Sanghani, Rosanna Amaka, Sara Collins, Sarah Eagle Heart, Shaz Awan, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Sophie Williams, Stella Duffy, Virgie Tovar, Yomi Adegoke
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Feminist Book Society is a UK-based literary organization that celebrates feminist authors of brand new fiction and nonfiction, from escapist beach reads to literary novels and Big Ideas, via monthly sell-out author panel events and an ever-growing international network. It brings people together in lively discussion to share ideas and actively champion the fight for equality.Jamia Wilson is the executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press. Wilson is the author ofYoung, Gifted, and Black, the introduction and oral history inTogether We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World,Step Into Your Power,Big Ideas for Young Thinkers,ABC''s of AOC, and the co-author ofRoadmap for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Advocacy, and Activism for All.
