Alexandra Zykunov - "Aber patriarcharle Kackscheiße darf man schon sagen oder? Bekenntnisse einer feministischen Mutter". Lesung

The daughter only wants to play with Barbies that look like walking eating disorders. The son dreams of becoming like his soccer idol—who, unfortunately, is on trial for violence against women. Or maybe a gangster rapper. Just great. Welcome to the everyday life of a perfectly normal family, where the parents want to raise their kids without clichés—and then everyday life gets in the way! Author and mother Alexandra Zykunov explains how patriarchy doesn’t stop even at enlightened parents, and what on earth you’re supposed to say when your teenage son suddenly starts cracking sexist jokes and your eight-year-old daughter thinks she’s “too fat.” With ruthless honesty and her signature angry-yet-witty tone, the bestselling author writes about the daily struggles of countless parents caught between ideals and reality. A book for everyone who knows: Feminist parenting is damn hard, and talking to kids about patriarchal bullshit is even harder. But both pay off in the end. Hopefully.

Alexandra Zykunov, born in 1985, is a journalist and editor specializing in feminist and social issues, and the author of the bestseller “We’ve All Been Equal for Ages!” For years, she has been delivering keynote speeches at companies and to political figures on topics such as feminism, care work, and gender bias, and as @alexandra___z, she is a widely followed voice on social media.