Killjoy: Taking on a macho media empire and winning

Hardback Published on: 02/03/2023
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Synopsis

The uplifting and incredible true story of the No More Page 3 campaign and the unlikely everyday people who somehow took on a media empire and won.

In 2012, two weeks before her thirty-second birthday, Jo Cheetham attended her first ever protest and it changed her life for ever.

She didn't consider herself especially political or assertive. She often apologized to people who barged into her on the street and was too polite to tell the man at the pub that he'd been calling her the wrong name for two years. Her days were 'filled with routine, boredom and the occasional panic attack'. But soon after that first protest she joined the No More Page 3 campaign team, and over the course of the next three years she protested across the country, addressed parliament, appeared on TV and made an unlikely group of friends, ranging in age from sixteen to sixty, that would become her closest confidants and allies.

The campaign gave her a voice, pulled her out of her comfort zone and brought her out of hiding. It taught her that we all have the power to take control of our lives, to stand up for what we believe in and to effect change.

Brilliantly warm, funny and tenderly moving, Killjoy is a story of everyday people doing extraordinary things from an irresistible, distinctive new voice.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9781509885619
  • Number of pages: 400
  • Dimensions: 224 x 145 x 38 mm
  • Weight: 510g
  • Languages: English

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Killjoy
I absolutely LOVE this book.
Jo Cheetham was one of a group of women who took on The Sun and demanded an end to Page 3. This is her story. It is non-fiction that reads like good fictio... READ MORE
Nicola Pettitt
Killjoy
Hugely enjoyable
I love this book! I enjoyed it so much, I read it too quickly and then felt kind of lost afterwards because it's SO funny and entertaining, so I started re... READ MORE
Caroline Jones
Killjoy
So funny and entertaining
I love this book! It's not at all preachy, it's a very down to earth, honest, entertaining and frankly hilarious account of how Jo Cheetham inadvertently f... READ MORE
Caroline Jones