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Florence Given Biography & Facts
Florence Given (born 1998) is a British illustrator, writer, feminist social activist, and influencer. Life and career Given attended Plymouth College of Art from age 16 to 18 before moving from Plymouth to London in 2017 to study at the London College of Fashion. In 2018, she launched a petition to cancel the Netflix series Insatiable, which she accused of fat-shaming, gaining over 300,000 signatures. Given uses social media platforms, such as Instagram, to raise awareness of issues of sexuality, race and gender. Given's first book, Women Don't Owe You Pretty, was published on 11 June 2020. It explores ideas in contemporary feminism. Given's second book, Girl Crush, was published in August 2022. A fiction book, it follows the bisexual woman Eartha after she goes viral on the internet. It topped the Sunday Times Bestseller List. Her podcast Exactly launched in January 2022. With guests including Munroe Bergdorf, Sofie Hagen and Jameela Jamil, Given discusses sex, relationships and social media. It won the gold award for Best Marketing Campaign at the 2022 British Podcast Awards. Influences Given has cited model and activist Munroe Bergdorf and fashion writer Chidera Eggerue as influences. Eggerue criticized Given's first book, Women Don't Owe You Pretty, as unusually similar to her own books in style and prose content. She argued that this was an instance of ideas from the black community being appropriated by white authors for profit. Recognition Given won Cosmopolitan's UK Influencer of the Year 2019 for her work on women's mental health. Irish magazine Her listed her among its Women of the Year 2019. References Further reading Shariff, Alysha; Wentworth-Smith, Antoinette (7 February 2018). "Girls, uninterrupted". Artefact. Retrieved 17 February 2020. Radin, Sara (30 May 2019). "Meet 5 illustrators using their art to celebrate the beauty of being queer". i-D. Retrieved 17 February 2020. External links Official web site Official Instagram YouTube interview as part of the Positive Chain series. Discover the Florence Given popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Florence Given books.
Best Seller Florence Given Books of 2024
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Disaster Dates and Lucky Escapes
Tess Smith-RobertsWaterstones Best Humour Books of 2023Meet serial dater Olive. She's just a regular gal looking for love, but navigating the wild world of moderndating is getting her no closer to ...
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Speak Your Truth
Fearne CottonTHE INSPIRING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Fearne Cotton is a tireless seeker of the truth, and a wonderful communicator of sanity, hope, and (most refreshingly of all) reality. This is...
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Saturn Returns
Caggie Dunlop'Comforting, wise and so empowering.' Kirsty Gallagher, author of bestseller Lunar Living'A beautiful, vulnerable and cosmic journey through Caggie's life, lessons and love.' Steve...
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Romanticise Your Life
Beth McCollMake the ordinary feel extraordinary!Exploring all areas of life from solo travelling to the joy of friendships, tapping into your Main Character Energy, and taking control of your...
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Access All Areas
Barbara CharoneFirst as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, firsthand, the changes in the cultural landscape. Ac...
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No Shame
Laura BelbinShame, shame we know your nameDo we own it? Being a woman that is. Do we fk! We live in fear of how we look, what we eat, how we age and what we do. Wow, it's 2022 and we're still ...
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Girlcrush
Florence Given'Dark, funny and wild.' Chloe Ashby, author of WET PAINT'As ballsy as you'd hope' Grazia'The words just sizzle off the page' Glamour'Another triumph for feminism' Red'Set to be ...
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Beyond the Body Bully
Bev Aisbett & Dr Rebecca ReynoldsAustralia's bestselling anxiety and mental health author, Bev Aisbett, writing together with Rebecca Reynolds, returns with a new book on the inner Body Bully we all have in our he...
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The Princess and the Prick
Walburga AppleseedThe Princess and the Prick is a feminist humour and gift book for adults.May I kiss you, he said.She didn't answer. She was asleep.So he kissed her anyway.SLEEPING BEAUTYRevisit ch...
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Feeling Myself
Natalie LeeTrauma, porn, masturbation, sexuality, sex after motherhood, sex when you feel sht about your body, sex after separation... these are all topics around which we skirt delicately, a...
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Poor Little Sick Girls
Ione Gamble'Incredible insight with a transgressive, witty, spirit.' COURTNEY LOVE'The most sensational read of 2022!' GEMMA COLLINS'A breath of fresh air... I want so many people to read thi...
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You Deserve Better
Anne-MarieSometimes it feels so hard to love yourself. We worry that we're not good enough or we're being selfish if we take time to prioritise what we need. But selflove is so important and...
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Sista Sister
Candice BrathwaiteCandice Brathwaite's muchanticipated second book about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was young and needed guidance.I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark pub...
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Career Girls
T McGillHow much has actually changed since women were first allowed to cast off their pinnies and embark on the excitements of office life? Emily is twentytwo years old. She's just ...
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Girlcrush
Florence GivenFlorence Given ist längst nicht mehr ausschließlich ein Internetphänomen. Ihr erstes Buch »Frauen schulden die gar nichts« war ein großer Bestseller. »Girlcrush« ist ihr erster Rom...
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You Are Strong as Hell
Maria MedeirosStrong. Smart. Fierce. Full of fire.This bold and brazen little book is a salute to strong women everywhere – the ones that raised us, the ones that support us, the ones that show ...
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70s House
Estelle Bilson"I loved the 70s and that's both the 1970s and the 1870s. There's obviously always something about a decade that starts with a seven that means the design dial is turned to 11; co...
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Alonement
Francesca SpecterA Sunday Times Book of the Year'A hugely generous and thoughtful book which reminds us of the distinction between loneliness on the one hand and solitude on the other and emphasis...
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Find Your True Voice
Emmy BrunnerEmmy redefines trauma in a way that allows you to accept the things that have happened to you in your life, reflect on who they've made you become & guide you on how to unravel...
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Believe
Nicola Adams OBETHE STORY BEHIND THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF BOXING FOREVER, OBE NICOLA ADAMSAt London 2012, Nicola Adams made history when she became the first woman ever to win an Olympic ...
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Fears to Fierce
Brita Fernandez SchmidtWith a foreword by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel'A mustread for anyone with big ambitions' VIV GROSKOPFIND MEANINGOWN YOUR POWERTRANSFORM YOUR WORLDBrita Fernandez Schmidt ha...
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Leopard is a Neutral
Erica Davies'A treasure trove of the best brands, inspired styling ideas and fashion editor insider knowledge' Sarah Tomczak, Editor, RedThis is the ultimate confidenceboosting style guide yo...
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The Gift of Asking
Kemi NekvapilAs women, we are allowed to ask for more. We are allowed to ask for different. We are allowed to ask for better.And yet many women struggle to make requests that would help them, w...
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Be The Change
Gina MartinInspiring and practical, BE THE CHANGE is the essential handbook for the budding activist.'Gina Martin is a sensation' The Secret Barrister'Gina Martin's powerful campaigning and v...
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Careless
Kirsty CapesLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022!A COSMOPOLITAN, BBC, STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and GUARDIAN BEST BOOK PICK!'Astounding. Heartbreaking but hopeful, an...