Jasmine Donahaye: Birdsplaining - Book Festival (Audio Only)

Join us for this thought provoking conversation and a new feminist perspective on birdwatching.

What is the difference between a birder, a bird watcher and a twitcher? Why do male birds always appear above female birds in classification guides? What is ‘birdsplaining’? And what about the colonial origins of ornithology?

Join award-winning author Jasmine Donahaye on stage to explore birds, the history and politics of field guides, women’s particular experience of the natural world, and the meanings we borrow from animals.

Jasmine is in pursuit of understanding nature on her own terms and undoing old lessons about how to behave. Roaming across Wales, Scotland and California, she is unapologetically focused on the uniqueness of women's experiences of birdwatching and the constraints placed upon them.

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