Dawn Foster is a writer and journalist. She is a columnist for The Guardian, and writes for the London Review of Books, New York Times, Dissent and Prospect, among other publications. She won the IBP Young Journalist of the Year award in 2014. Her book Lean Out (Repeater, 2015) was shortlisted for the 2017 Bread and Roses Award and her journalism was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils.
“Rarely does ‘essential reading’ really mean that you urgently need
to read a book. But Lean Out is different: the argument
that a society that promotes ‘aspiration’ must rely on outliers is
just one of its many gems. There is a danger that corporate
feminism will enter academia and will not be recognised for the
aberration that it is.Lean Out is the antidote. Just 87 pages
long, it is well worth the many hours it takes to read and
absorb.”
- Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder professor of geography,
University of Oxford
"A very important, much-needed and well-researched book that isn’t
afraid to ask the right questions and demand answers. It is a
straight-talking, timely call to arms” - Independent on
Sunday
"Vigorous…trenchant…a robust critique…it’s conclusion is both
inevitable and startling” - Shahidha Bari, Times Higher
Education
“Excellent…forward-looking” - Sarah
Leonard, Bookforum
“...much more than just a riposte to the popular business manifesto
for women. Fascinating, thought-provoking and at times
outrage-inducing, Lean Out elucidates the many ways in
which women are being subjugated by corporations and the
government, and encourages us to take direct action to address
these inequalities.” - Ariane Sherine, Huffington Post
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