WHAT TO WATCH
INSIDE OUT:
Simply put, a dazzlingly imaginative adventure set inside the mind of an 11 year old girl. Inside Out is a formidably ingenious film set which hits an elusive sweet spot in appealing to adults and children alike. It's in the way that the story depicts the fading of childhood's mental furniture, and explores the mechanics of forgetting, that Inside Out achieves a universal significance. The running gags are delicious and the movie expertly tugs the heartstrings. Don't be afraid to wipe a tear from your eye at the end of it.
WHAT TO READ
Dear Ijeawele or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions:
It would be very difficult not to like this little book which shines with warmth and forthrightness. The author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's friend Ijeawele wrote to ask how she should bring her baby daughter up as a feminist, and in response, Adichie made a list of fifteen suggestions. Some of the suggestions are mountains of difficulty made simple which burrow down into the heart of the matter. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be woman today.
