(Un)kind
How Kindness Culture Punishes Women
$35.19
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2026
Summary
‘Tackles the pervasive tide of unbridled misogyny masquerading as kindness’ - Julie Bindel
‘Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read’ - Sharron Davies
‘This brilliant book shows how demands for compassion and generosity can be a mask for sexist ideology’ - Susanna Rustin
(Un)kind is a coruscating account of the ways in which deeply-held beliefs about women’s ‘kind’ nature have been r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349127156 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349127158 |
| Author: | Victoria Smith |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Fleet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Brilliant… compelling * Lucy Mangan, The i *In her new, deftly-written and often humorous book, (Un)kind, feminist author Victoria Smith tackles the pervasive tide of unbridled misogyny masquerading as kindness * Julie Bindel, Telegraph *(Un)kind is erudite, blisteringly smart and profoundly compassionate towards those who need it most: women. With subtlety and elegance, Victoria Smith reveals how, throughout history, women have been trained to provide kindness to others while quashing our own needs; and she deftly teases out the difficult question of how feminists can still believe that caring for one another is a social good without being exploited in the process. A must-read for anyone hungry to understand the origins and dangers of contemporary exhortations to women to #BeKind, and for everyone who wants to live a feminist life * Dr Rachel Hewitt *
About The Author
Victoria Smith
Victoria Smith is the author of Hags: the demonisation of middle-aged women. Her journalism appears in The Critic, the New Statesman and various other publications.
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