A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space

Informationen zum Autor Eliza VanCort is an academic, lecturer, consultant, writer, and in-demand speaker. Before most people had heard of the term, VanCort had been inspiring people to claim space across gender, race, and class. She is the creator of a highly regarded talk commissioned by MIT that focused on mentorship and institutionalized racism, as well as a TEDx Talk called Women, Power, and Revolutionary Speech. She is the founder of the Actor's Workshop of Ithaca. Klappentext For too long, women have been told to confine themselvesphysically, socially, and emotionally. Eliza VanCort says now is the time for women to stand tall, raise their voices, and claim their space. Women fight the pressure to make themselves small in private, professional, and public spaces. VanCort, a teacher, consultant, and speaker, provides the necessary tools for women to rewrite the rules and create the stories of their choosing safely and without apology. VanCort identifies the five key behaviors of all Space-Claiming Queens: use your voice and posture to project confidence and power, end self-sabotage, forge connections, neutralize unsafe spaces, and unite across differences. Through personal narrative, research, and actionable strategies, VanCort provides how-tos on combating challenges, such as antimentors and microaggressions, and gives advice for building up your old girls club, asking for what you're worth, and owning your space without apology. Bold, fun, and enlightening, this book is birthed from VanCort's incredible story. Having a mother with schizophrenia forced VanCort to learn to be small and invisible at an early age, and suffering a traumatic brain injury as an adult required her to rethink communication from the ground up. Drawing on these experiences, and those of real women everywhere, VanCort empowers women to claim space for themselves and for their sisters with courage, empathy, and conviction because when we rise together, we rise so much higher. Zusammenfassung For too long, women have been told to confine themselvesphysically, socially, and emotionally. Eliza VanCort says now is the time for women to stand tall, raise their voices, and claim their space. Women fight the pressure to make themselves small in private, professional, and public spaces. VanCort, a teacher, consultant, and speaker, provides the necessary tools for women to rewrite the rules and create the stories of their choosing safely and without apology. VanCort identifies the five key behaviors of all Space-Claiming Queens: use your voice and posture to project confidence and power, end self-sabotage, forge connections, neutralize unsafe spaces, and unite across differences. Through personal narrative, research, and actionable strategies, VanCort provides how-tos on combating challenges, such as antimentors and microaggressions, and gives advice for building up your old girls club, asking for what you're worth, and owning your space without apology. Bold, fun, and enlightening, this book is birthed from VanCort's incredible story. Having a mother with schizophrenia forced VanCort to learn to be small and invisible at an early age, and suffering a traumatic brain injury as an adult required her to rethink communication from the ground up. Drawing on these experiences, and those of real women everywhere, VanCort empowers women to claim space for themselves and for their sisters with courage, empathy, and conviction because when we rise together, we rise so much higher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Claim Physical Space 1. Posture 2. Voice 3. Body Language Part 2: Claim Space Collaboratively 4. Know Your Worth 5. Disconnect from People Who Would Make You Feel Small 6. Forge Connection Part 3: Never Cede Your Space 7. Why Not to Lie Like a Sociopath 8. Crazy Feminist Bitch 9. Boundaries ...

Klappentext

For too long, women have been told to confine themselves--physically, socially, and emotionally. Eliza VanCort says now is the time for women to stand tall, raise their voices, and claim their space.

Women fight the pressure to make themselves small in private, professional, and public spaces. Eliza VanCort, a teacher, consultant, and speaker, provides the necessary tools for women to rewrite the rules and create the stories of their choosing safely and without apology.

VanCort identifies the five key behaviors of all "Space Claiming Queens": use your voice and posture to project confidence and power, end self-sabotage, forge connections, neutralize unsafe spaces, and unite across differences. Through personal narrative, research, and actionable strategies, VanCort provides how-tos on combatting challenges like antimentors and microaggressions and gives advice for building up your "old girls" club, asking for what you're worth, and owning your space without apology.

Bold, fun, and enlightening, this book is birthed from VanCort's incredible story. Having a mother with schizophrenia forced VanCort to learn to be small and invisible at an early age, and suffering a traumatic brain injury as an adult required her to rethink communication from the ground up. Drawing on these experiences, and those of real women everywhere, VanCort empowers women to claim space for themselves and for their sisters with courage, empathy, and conviction because "when we rise together, we rise so much higher."

Inhalt

Part 1: Claim Physical Space

1. Posture
2. Voice
3. Body Language
   Part 2: Claim Space Collaboratively
4. Know Your Worth
5. Disconnect from People Who Would Make You Feel Small
6. Forge Connection
   Part 3: Never Cede Your Space
7. Why Not to Lie Like a Sociopath
8. Crazy Feminist Bitch
9. Boundaries Keep You Safe
   Part 4: Claim Safety in Any Space
10. Find Your Compass
11. Anger, Bullying, Sexual Harassment
12. Microaggressions
13. Interruptions
14. Mansplaining
    Part 5: Claim Space United
15. The Need to Be Right Will Cause You to Do Wrong
16. There Is a World White People Can Never Fully See
17. Understand What You Were Given
18. How Not to Be a Foke White Person
19. Creating Safe Spaces for All