Speaking Out
Speaking Out is a valuable armoury of useful and hard-won advice for girls and women on how to make their presence felt and voices heard in public. – The Age.
An essential, accessible and practical handbook for women on speaking out safely and confidently.
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Speaking Out is a valuable armoury of useful and hard-won advice for girls and women on how to make their presence felt and voices heard in public. - The Age.
An essential, accessible and practical handbook for women on speaking out safely and confidently.
Worldwide, less than one out of every four people we hear from or about is female; men outnumber women in parliament by more than three to one; and women are even more under-represented in leadership roles and peace negotiations.
If half of humanity's experiences, perspectives and possible solutions to world problems remain underrepresented or unheard, we all lose out.
Drawing on 20 years of wide experience in the public sphere, Tara Moss responds to the question: 'How can I speak out?' in the most practical way. In this handbook she gives advice on preparation, speaking out and negotiating public spaces - sometimes in the face of downright savage trolling. With a focus particularly on social media and online safety, she offers tips on how to research, form arguments, deliver confidently, find support and handle criticism.
This is a guide for women young and old that not only helps them find their voice, but argues passionately for why it matters.
Top Feminist Reading Picks of 2016 - The Sydney Morning Herald.★★★★★
Krissy Kneen, Avid Reader
This book by Tara Moss is so very important. It has been an eye-opening read for me and it has changed my life. If every young man and every young woman was given a copy of this book it would make so many small changes in individual behaviours that we might just be able to begin to tackle a problem that is often invisible to us.★★★★★
Caroline Baum, Booktopia
Speaking Out is the sister book to The Fictional Woman, the next step in the evolution of Moss as one of our most intriguing and accomplished media personalities. Here she shares the wisdom...encouraging her female readers to find their voice and use it. Along the way are tips about presentation, research, how to face down critics, deal with social media hostility and vicarious trauma. Few people will gain access to the kind of exposure that Moss generates, but no matter where or when we want to defend a right, at a community meeting, a march, a rally or any other situation which requires eloquence,