The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard

About Kat Banyard

Kat Banyard

Born in 1982, Kat Banyard is at the forefront of a new UK feminist movement, having founded a widely acclaimed series of national feminist conferences – FEM Conferences – in 2004. In 2007 she featured in an Observer Woman profile of ‘The New Feminists’.

Kat was, until recently, Campaigns Officer at the Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading campaign for equality between women and men, and is a regular media spokesperson for the organization.

The Equality Illusion: The Truth about Men and Women Today

The Equality Illusion

In The Equality Illusion, campaigner Kat Banyard has written an alarm call, arguing passionately that feminism is one of the most urgent and relevant social justice campaigns today.

Structuring the book around a normal day, Banyard sets out the major issues for twenty-first-century feminism and explores how they are woven into our everyday lives. She also challenges how we think about choice and empowerment – ideas that have been so successfully co-opted by both the beauty industry and the sex industry – and argues against the notion that biology is at the heart of most gender inequality.

Banyard draws on her own campaigning experience as well as academic research and dozens of her own interviews and case studies. The book also includes information on how to get involved in grassroots action and a list of resources.

We publish the book in March but you can stay informed about related events, conversations and features at www.katbanyard.org or at the Equality Illusion Facebook page.