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emeraldgarnet's review against another edition
2.0
It is good to read a decent attempt at analysing feminist movements through multiple lenses rather than focusing on one section. Of course, no analysis will probably ever be able to focus on all sections properly.
The writing is lucid. At times, some of hooks' political arguments are a bit thin and the lack of proper citations gets old.
The writing is lucid. At times, some of hooks' political arguments are a bit thin and the lack of proper citations gets old.
pbandjman's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
A good place to start for her portfolio. I appreciate the overview approach and look forward to diving in to the rest of hooks’ work
savaging's review against another edition
3.0
Am I allowed to not love this book? I loved the idea behind it -- write a book which can be shared with regular, non-academic people to demonstrate the importance of feminism. I like that bell hooks connects feminism with anti-racism and working class solidarity. I like the structure of little 4-page chapters on each subject. I also appreciate that bell hooks puts a lot of work into welcoming men into feminism. I don't think every feminist needs to do that, but I'm glad that some people do.
But I couldn't fathom giving this book to someone who was new to the ideas. It felt as jargon-y as much academic writing, and left me hungry for interesting stories or humor or compelling ways of illustrating the ideas. All this flat summarizing doesn't actually feel accessible to me.
Also bell hooks has this unwavering, authoritative voice which feels powerful -- until you disagree with her. And then you're sitting there liking Beyonce and asking forgiveness for being a bad feminist.
But I couldn't fathom giving this book to someone who was new to the ideas. It felt as jargon-y as much academic writing, and left me hungry for interesting stories or humor or compelling ways of illustrating the ideas. All this flat summarizing doesn't actually feel accessible to me.
Also bell hooks has this unwavering, authoritative voice which feels powerful -- until you disagree with her. And then you're sitting there liking Beyonce and asking forgiveness for being a bad feminist.
julianareading's review against another edition
4.0
some people really need to read this and be reminded of the fundamentals of feminism