The Joy of Feminist Leadership!
The Joy of Feminist Leadership! is a research-based resource for gender-inclusive, intersectional feminist leaders—current and aspiring—who are reimagining leadership and facilitating transformation in academia, organizations, communities, and movements worldwide.
Readers of The Joy of Feminist Leadership are invited to:
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Dream wildly, expansively, and unapologetically about the possibilities that feminist leadership liberates
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Dismantle the myths, distortions, and oversimplifications that have led to feminist leadership being misunderstood, dismissed, and misused
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Explore the deep ways feminist perspectives reshape not just what leadership does, but how it feels—rich with care, justice, and collective power
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Make feminist leadership our own by weaving it with kindred practices —think alchemy, not assimilation
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Navigate the intersections—and tensions—among feminist, feminine, and women’s leadership
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Engage with the wisdom of real-world examples that bring feminist leadership to life in all its complexity and brilliance
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Authentically and courageously embody the joy, the grit, and the radical tenderness of feminist leadership in our organizations and communities
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This book is for you if you want to…
• Lead in a way that transform systems, not just navigates them
• Lead with your whole self – not just the polished parts
• Build something with people, not for them
• Create space to imagine, play, and experiment
• Lead in a way that creates space for others’ brilliance to shine
• Be part of something joyful, nourishing, and radically hopeful
• Lead in alignment with your values, not in reaction to broken systems
• Make leadership feel like breathing, not performing
• Facilitate human and ecological healing and flourishing
• Embrace and bridge differences without erasing them
• Feel fully alive in your leadership, not just effective
• Live and lead from the future you dream is possible – right here, right now
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The Joy of Feminist Leadership! is available as a pay-if-and-what-you-want digital download and is also available at select booksellers.