Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth

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Huge swathes of women's experiences were not considered in Moran's book, because they weren't important to Moran personally.

Since winning the seat of Birmingham Yardley in 2015, Phillips has published two books and become a powerful activist for woman’s rights with her speeches in Parliament becoming headline news. I will never be Jo, but having read Everywoman, I feel encouraged to be a more opinionated and courageous version of myself, unafraid to be authentic, ‘gobby’, disruptive and real. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). And how did she make the writing so effortless it feels like we’re having a chat over a large Sauvignon?

She’s so funny and strong and inspiring (her constituency is actually Birmingham Yardley) and I am fortunate to have her as my MP. It's about something much bigger - how female MPs and women in politics are perceived and treated, society's attitudes towards women who are subjected to domestic abuse (she worked at Women's Aid in Birmingham for a number of years before being elected), and so much more besides. A brilliant human real life narrative on all that is wrong with our male dominated society, and what can and should be done to put it right. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Being an MP has given Phillips a platform, and if this book inspires just one teenager to switch from partying to politics, it will have been well used.

Although this may sound heavy going, the book is actually quite light hearted in general, and I laughed out loud at some parts. While at times I disagreed with Jess on her views, at times felt the writing was a bit too forced into down to earth writing style, I can say that every person should read this book.It looks like she was trying to make a political point there as she didn’t like Jeremy for Labour leader. Read more Robert Webb This book really is like reading a transcript of your cleverest, funniest friends talking about what's getting their goat, at that point where the prosecco has made them sparkly and before it makes them silly.

I found Phillips has a refreshing writing style that feels like you are talking with a friend, not an MP. Her philosophical criticism is that Labour’s hard Left sees equality as “an add-on” to class struggle rather than a goal in itself.

Jess Phillips discusses serious issues in her trademark honest, no-nonsense way and the result is a collection of themed articles addressing feminism, politics and British society. She is extremely honest in this and I’m sure pretty much any woman who reads it will nod along with her in sections. I didn't think I agreed with her on lots of issues, and I still don't agree with her on some, but she's won me over in a big way. It's an introduction to the life of Jess, a self help book for (aspiring) activists/campaigners/politicians and an analysis of sexism in politics written from the front.

Caitlin Moran wrote a book entitled "How To Be A Woman" which was also interesting, readable, funny, etc. I had my view of Phillips before I picked this up and was prepared to hear her story, but I haven't been converted. This book is an interesting look at what it’s like being a woman predominantly in the political sphere but the material is applicable to many other careers particularly those where a woman has dared to attempt to participate in and challenge an otherwise patriarchal career. Her experience working for a charity that helps women who have been victims of abuse has given her an insight into the worst that men can do to women.She is a feminist who can articulate how equality should be a positive thing for men as well as women, someone who fights for families who refuses to value anyone by the number of children they have and a real humanitarian.