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lottie1803's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Islamophobia, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Genocide, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Hate crime, Racism, War, Violence, and Xenophobia
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Islamophobia, Racism, Death, Rape, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide
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