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yourvillainoriginstory's review against another edition
5.0
What devotion to love. This is a politics of hope- That our alignments with one another, and the process of community building can build the non violent society we all deserve. This book is a must read for all people interested in transformative justice, community accountability, anti racist, anti imperialist, transnational feminism. I loved all the specific case studies Russo incorporates, and the celebration of the work and words of radical women of color throughout the text. Chapters 8 and 9 offer important insight into how we might challenge US imperialism through communal, feminist accountability.
Truly a political meditation on peace, love, and community.
Truly a political meditation on peace, love, and community.
garberdog's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely brilliant, inspiring, timely, and urgently needed.
Russo theorizes a model of feminist accountability for solidarity and coalition across power relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, religion, and geopolitical location. She does this through three case studies that approach the issue in slightly different ways: anti-racist/anti-oppressive pedagogy; community accountability and transformative justice in the aftermath of violence; and transnational feminist anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist solidarity. The first two sections flow nicely into one another, while the third seems somewhat distant. Yet all are compelling, incisive, and helpful in thinking though the complex issues they address.
Of particular interest are the chapters on transformative justice and community accountability. Little academic writing has been published so far on these issues, and still less on what such processes for addressing (gender and sexual) violence outside of the criminal justice system actually look like in practice. Russo’s arguments are inspiring and hopeful, and they unite theory and practical experience to compelling effect.
Indeed, the clear imprint of Russo’s active and longterm activist engagement with the issues, communities, and practices about which she expertly writes is this text’s greatest strength. After having been burnt out from reading so much “feminist” scholarship that is so far aloof from actually efforts to change the world, I was relieved and inspired to finally find a clear example of a feminist who holds to together her activist and intellectual commitments with such skill.
This text is a must-read for all feminists, social justice activists, and especially those interested in the urgent issue of how to end gender-based violence without strengthening the racist and coercive prison-industrial complex.
Russo theorizes a model of feminist accountability for solidarity and coalition across power relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, religion, and geopolitical location. She does this through three case studies that approach the issue in slightly different ways: anti-racist/anti-oppressive pedagogy; community accountability and transformative justice in the aftermath of violence; and transnational feminist anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist solidarity. The first two sections flow nicely into one another, while the third seems somewhat distant. Yet all are compelling, incisive, and helpful in thinking though the complex issues they address.
Of particular interest are the chapters on transformative justice and community accountability. Little academic writing has been published so far on these issues, and still less on what such processes for addressing (gender and sexual) violence outside of the criminal justice system actually look like in practice. Russo’s arguments are inspiring and hopeful, and they unite theory and practical experience to compelling effect.
Indeed, the clear imprint of Russo’s active and longterm activist engagement with the issues, communities, and practices about which she expertly writes is this text’s greatest strength. After having been burnt out from reading so much “feminist” scholarship that is so far aloof from actually efforts to change the world, I was relieved and inspired to finally find a clear example of a feminist who holds to together her activist and intellectual commitments with such skill.
This text is a must-read for all feminists, social justice activists, and especially those interested in the urgent issue of how to end gender-based violence without strengthening the racist and coercive prison-industrial complex.
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