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Honestly, I only read half of this book. hooks does not achieve her goal of making a readable feminist primer. This book is downright boring, and as a feminist I was frustrated by the complete lack of citations for any of hooks' stated facts. We live in a society hostile to feminism, and in the time of "fake news" - we can't afford to look anything but 100% transparent and legitimate.
This book did exactly what hooks explained it would. Make feminism available for everyone. I fully agree that so far a lot (majority) of feminist theory is explained through a deeply academic Lens, not only turning some people off from the idea because of elitism that often comes with an academic analysis, but also not making the language accessible for those that aren’t in academia. I did find it interesting that when hooks was talking about Lesbians being criticized by Straight Women in the 70s or 80s in Feminist circles because of their openness to discuss S&M in the bedroom… and straight women equating that to upholding the patriarchy, hooks said the straight women’s take on the ways those lesbian women express their sexuality was oppressive. However, more recently, hooks had several critiques for Cardi B’s “WAP” claiming it was the opposite of feminism, and her (Cardi & Meg’s) expression of sexuality was oppressive in nature. Love reading her work so far, can’t wait to read more.
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Even if you are devoted to a feminist worldview and have been for a while, I would recommend this book. It’s good to have the reminders to push yourself to think beyond the surface level feminist thought of “women are just as good as men” and to the deeper thoughts of how can we use feminist theory to push beyond and ethic of domination, how to use it to uproot patriarchal, white supremacist, capitalistic thinking in ourselves, and how to move beyond a framework of victim v abuser. It’s accessibly written, each chapter is short and to the point, and it’s just a good read.
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