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logolepsy_e's review against another edition
"Faccio spesso l’errore di credere che, se una cosa è ovvia per me, lo è per chiunque altro."
È un errore che faccio spesso anch'io, e per questo ho deciso di ascoltare questo breve pamphlet che molti citano spesso come fondamentale manifesto del femminismo. Per me dice appunto cose ovvie, nel senso che io sono già un poco più avanti nel mio percorso femminista, però è effettivamente un ottimo punto di partenza.
Breve e immediato, dice cose che dovrebbero essere ovvie ma potrebbero non esserlo per tutti (e, a giudicare da quello che si vede in giro, decisamente non lo sono), e pertanto potrebbe essere un modo perfetto per aprire gli occhi a qualcuno/a e iniziarlo/a a un percorso più approfondito.
Insomma, non un saggio esaustivo, ma un perfetto apripista.
snow0's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.25
It was an insightful book, but it also quite surface-level and not that intersectional regarding especially gender-related issues.
I felt very moved by the author's experiences and it is definitely valuable to listen to her story and interactions she's had. It is a good "collection" of reasons why feminism is (still) important as she touches on various issues that relate to women but also men in the patriarchy (though she never mentions that word directly - also a negative point for me).
For about 45 min runtime (highly recommend the audio, it is narrated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie herself) it is definitely worth listening to and I would recommend it to everyone even remotely interested in feminism!
Again, you do not need any prior knowledge as it doesn't really go deeper into systemic issues (it does touch on those!). Due to the author being nigerian there is also a lot of insight (at least for me being a white european) into the cultural narratives that she has lived through. Regarding the gender aspect, it's a bit dissapointing. There's no relation to queer people whatsoever and she does not name any direct factors (like toxic masculinity and where it comes from) so it didn't feel like she critiqued anything or anyone directly? In that point it didn't feel very progressive for me and even felt kind of outdated.
But yeah, it was overall pretty good and I'd definitely recommend it! I just also have read better feminist work.
I felt very moved by the author's experiences and it is definitely valuable to listen to her story and interactions she's had. It is a good "collection" of reasons why feminism is (still) important as she touches on various issues that relate to women but also men in the patriarchy (though she never mentions that word directly - also a negative point for me).
For about 45 min runtime (highly recommend the audio, it is narrated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie herself) it is definitely worth listening to and I would recommend it to everyone even remotely interested in feminism!
Again, you do not need any prior knowledge as it doesn't really go deeper into systemic issues (it does touch on those!). Due to the author being nigerian there is also a lot of insight (at least for me being a white european) into the cultural narratives that she has lived through. Regarding the gender aspect, it's a bit dissapointing. There's no relation to queer people whatsoever and she does not name any direct factors (like toxic masculinity and where it comes from) so it didn't feel like she critiqued anything or anyone directly? In that point it didn't feel very progressive for me and even felt kind of outdated.
But yeah, it was overall pretty good and I'd definitely recommend it! I just also have read better feminist work.
kkrystenn's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
laufr19's review
5.0
"We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller.
We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man."
"My own definition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better."
Me encantaría meterle este libro en el cerebro a todas las personas.
We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man."
"My own definition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better."
Me encantaría meterle este libro en el cerebro a todas las personas.
haylee_reads's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
This is a short 20 minute read and I think everyone should pick this up at some point, because it’s a really good starting point for learning about intersectional feminism. I really loved the anecdotes used in this story, as it makes the content accessible and easy to digest. I would have loved for this to be a bit longer and dive deeper into what was discussed. I’m definitely going to listen to Adichie’s TED Talk soon so I can dive deeper into her work.