Capitalism Is Sexism
$35.10
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
A bold and incisive personal manifesto on the ways sexism is used in capitalist systems to exploit women, using algorithms that pressure them into spending money on a distorted ideal of beauty, motherhood, and success.
The age-old pressure to focus on either a career or building a family has been compounded by a new reality: Millennial women are often both the breadwinner and head of household—all while being told by the cosmetics industry to start Botox before it’s t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668219669 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1668219662 |
| Author: | Doortje Smithuijsen, Erica Moore |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 140mm x 9mm |
About The Author
Doortje Smithuijsen
Doortje Smithuijsen lives in Amsterdam where she is a philosopher and journalist frequently featured on Dutch national television and hosts a popular weekly podcast. She has written several books, made documentaries, and regularly publishes in the Volkskrant newspaper.
Erica Moore is the founder of the language girl—a translation, editing, and copywriting firm that helps Dutch authors and organizations find a voice in English. Recent nonfiction works include Rutger Bregman’s Humankind: a Hopeful History (2020), a New York Times bestseller, Moral Ambition also by Bregman (2025), and The Divide by Maurits Chabot (2026).
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