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Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power by Lola Olufemi

6 reviews

lucy12345's review

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Transphobia, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Body shaming and Colonisation

epellicci's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Feminism, Interrupted presented some really eye opening perspective shifts, and is structured in a way that is very 'readable'. Manageable chapters with lots of sub-headings mean that this is a book that is easy to sit with, and to pause and reflect on each passage which I really enjoyed. The only thing that lets it down is that the audiobook is not great quality, with quotes in the text being quieter than the rest of the book, and occasional passages that sounded like they were being played underwater. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Misogyny

Moderate: Fatphobia

laelolou's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Death

Minor: Transphobia

bookedbymadeline's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

"Feminism does not promise us easy answers. It promises us the hard work of seeing each other for all we are: including our faults, oversights, and the ways we fail one another." 

This book was a fantastic read! I've read some books on feminism and gender before but even so I still learned new things. I was also able to reflect on how I could do better and confronted my previous beliefs on feminism. One thing I learned is that the "waves" of feminism are actually harmful in constituting what was/wasn't feminist history and milestones. The waves ignore the "splintered nature of feminist struggles" and ignore how race and class intersect and are often neglected in feminist issues (ie white middle class Suffragettes in the 19th and 20th centuries). 

I also learned an important lesson on the history/ origins of the Reproductive Rights movement. 

Olufemi also gives a clear explanation of what it means to fight for Reproductive Justice and how it's more inclusive and intersectional compared to Reproductive Rights. 

I was glad to see Olufemi include trans people in many of the chapters. It's important to have that discussion of non binary and trans women being part of feminism and the fight for equality! Great discussion on how TERFs only create a fighting narrative between cis and trans women which takes away from our common goals and fighting our shared oppression. It taught me a lot of things that I didn't know before and found it to be one of the most important chapters for me personally to learn how I can do better.

Overall I learned so much from this book and had a lot to reflect on, so l highly recommend for everyone to read and learn from! The writing was relatively easy to understand and read, very accessible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, Racism, Death, Rape, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

actualspinster's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia

mahela's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is mind-opening! Although many of the topics talked about in the book were not new for me, it was great to be reminded of what feminism is about: justice for all. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Body shaming