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incandescentreads's review against another edition
4.0
Rating : 4 ⭐
I think this book successfully delivered on its premise, and remained an engaging, thoughtful read throughout. I appreciated how it was divided by theme, rather than using the typical feminist waves. It made for a different way to engage with these feminist movements and see how some of them are linked. I also really liked learning about so many feminist thinkers and activists I had never heard of before. This book is written in a way that is very accessible, even to people who are not super knowledgeable about feminism. The main takeaway you will get from it is the importance of putting feminist movements in their proper context in order to understand, examine, judge, and/or learn from them. I think everyone could benefit from that reminder, especially when in this case you are presented with many valuable examples along the way. Overall, I enjoyed my time with this book.
I think this book successfully delivered on its premise, and remained an engaging, thoughtful read throughout. I appreciated how it was divided by theme, rather than using the typical feminist waves. It made for a different way to engage with these feminist movements and see how some of them are linked. I also really liked learning about so many feminist thinkers and activists I had never heard of before. This book is written in a way that is very accessible, even to people who are not super knowledgeable about feminism. The main takeaway you will get from it is the importance of putting feminist movements in their proper context in order to understand, examine, judge, and/or learn from them. I think everyone could benefit from that reminder, especially when in this case you are presented with many valuable examples along the way. Overall, I enjoyed my time with this book.
maribarletta's review against another edition
4.0
Feminism: A Global History tells the story
of feminisms that are not defined by one single type of feminism, which is the eurocentric, acknowledging many other types of feminisms and gender equality fights. About how we can gather all these feminisms into one purpose: to achieve gender justice
She talks about a lot of things inside the feminist movements: idea of gender, if men can be feminists, the variants of feminism, the ‘woman question’, feminism in politics, feminism as capitalism material, women’s culture and the history of female empowerment and fight for justice, besides other topics.
Lucy Delap really committed to study for this book, and I have so much respect for it. Except that maybe she did exclude some narratives, which I’m not in place to talk about, although she did dug out more than a lot of other white-straight-centered feminist books. The author could’ve brought more trans and non-binary representation, for sure.
I did wish she could focus a little more on fewer topics; there was just so much information.
Overall, it taught me a lot. A nice read to know more about feminism all around the world.
of feminisms that are not defined by one single type of feminism, which is the eurocentric, acknowledging many other types of feminisms and gender equality fights. About how we can gather all these feminisms into one purpose: to achieve gender justice
She talks about a lot of things inside the feminist movements: idea of gender, if men can be feminists, the variants of feminism, the ‘woman question’, feminism in politics, feminism as capitalism material, women’s culture and the history of female empowerment and fight for justice, besides other topics.
Lucy Delap really committed to study for this book, and I have so much respect for it. Except that maybe she did exclude some narratives, which I’m not in place to talk about, although she did dug out more than a lot of other white-straight-centered feminist books. The author could’ve brought more trans and non-binary representation, for sure.
I did wish she could focus a little more on fewer topics; there was just so much information.
Overall, it taught me a lot. A nice read to know more about feminism all around the world.
cherrytan's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
balletbunny's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
5.0
'Feminisms: A Global History' is brilliant and ambitious 'mosaic' about the plural of the feminist dream. The greatest strength of the global approach that it critically examines the exclusion of groups and minorities from the 'ideal of feminism'. Only through this, Feminism can be understood and pursued.