Laura Bates founder of Everyday Sexism

And of course it doesn’t exist in isolation. The No More Page 3 campaign founded online by Lucy-Anne Holmes gave a voice to thousands who previously thought that their discomfort was nothing compared to men’s right to see boobs over breakfast. International outcry and a mass protest after the rape-murder of Jyoti Singh Pandy in India was mobilised via digital means and the power of the internet helped give strength to Eve Ensler’s call to arms via her One Billion Rising campaign to end the violence against women.

Bates’ bad week gave her a brilliantly simple and simply brilliant idea that embodies the new wave of digital feminism. It’s a form that raises consciousness among women (especially, given Twitter et al’s demographic skew, younger women) in a way that second- and third-wave feminists could only dream of. A few clicks and you can be sure that you are not alone. This is vitally important for the success of any socio-political movement, but especially for one that seeks to persuade a set of people to abandon their cultural training and to speak out instead. There are a few courageous souls who can do this alone, but most of us need to know that we are in good, plentiful and clamorous company. Now we have a means of gathering and it feels like we are on the cusp of something truly revolutionary. Now we can begin to claim the private and public space to which we are entitled – not as women but as fellow members of the human race – and to trust our instincts and attach importance to the things that society tells us to dismiss.

Read the book. Visit the site. And then all the other sites. Let’s stand together and stand firm. Let’s spread the word and start the revolution."

Lucy Mangan: "Feminism is on the cusp of a revolution"