Strong Female Character

''This is a book about how being a woman gets in the way of people''s expectation of what autism should look like and, equally, how being autistic gets in the way of people''s expectations of what a woman should look like.'' Strong Female Character is a game-changing memoir on sexism and neurodiversity. Fern Brady will use her voice as a neurodivergent, working-class woman from Scotland to bring issues such as sex work, abusive relationships and her time spent in teenage mental health units to the page. It will take a sledgehammer to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope which is mistakenly applied to neurodiverse women. It will also look at how her lack of regard for social expectations ultimately meant she surpassed any limitations of what a Scottish working-class woman can do.

Product details

• Authors: Fern Brady
• Publisher: Conran Octopus Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781914240447
• ISBN: 978-1-914240-44-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 218 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, Coping with autism / Asperger’s, Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome, Feminism & feminist theory, Performing arts: comedy, Comedy and stand-up, Feminism and feminist theory