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queerandweird's review against another edition
3.0
Agreed with most but not all of the philosophies of political action in modern times, too much focus for me on twitter and hashtags - just not how I engage politically.
senevilla's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic book on intersectionality and a recent history of social media’s role in activism (focusing on Twitter and blogs). Highly recommend!
jennms_qkw's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, I was at that NN 2014 panel with FJ! This book taught me so many things. Thank you, I will be better.
contrabandit's review against another edition
3.0
It wasn't an eye opener, but if you're active on twitter, it's a historic recounting of how black women shaped activist organization utilizing social media.
mzjai117's review against another edition
5.0
I'm a Feminist. I'm a Black Woman. I'm a Black Feminist. After reading Reclaiming Our Space I wanted to proclaim it and shout it from the rooftops. I don't remember how I even learned about this book but I decided to buy it last week. I'm not sorry that I did, in fact this has become one of my favorite books that I've read this year. Feminista Jones gives me the language to express how I feel about being a feminist and a black woman. There's a particular quote in the book that I had to put a star by just so that I can quote it properly. As a matter a fact I dogeared about 25% of the pages in the book just so that I can go back and read/quote many of the important things in the book.
"The reaction of Black men to feminism has been notoriously negative. They are, of course, even more, threatened than Black women by the possibility that Black feminists might organize around our own needs. They realize that they might not only lose valuable and hardworking allies in their struggles but that they might also be forced to change their habitually sexist ways of interacting with and oppressing Black women. Accusations that Black feminism divides the Black struggle are powerful deterrents to the growth of an autonomous Black women's movement."
THIS. QUOTE. ENCOMPASSES MY FEELINGS.
Feminista discusses how she and many other black feminists have been accused of working with the CIA or FBI to take down the black family by putting black men in jail. I know from my own personal experience any Black woman that doesn't subscribe to black male patriarchal thinking is always accused of "working with or for the white man". For a long time, I think I was sad about that though but I can now be proud and hold my head up high knowing that I'm one of a long line of Black Feminists that are changing the world and dismantling systems that have oppressed us for so long.
Some of the notable Black Feminists have been:
*Soujourner Trfuth
*Audre Lourde
*Queen Latifah
*Angela Davis
*Alice Walker
*Lisa "Left Eye Lopes
*Florynce Kennedy
*Missy Elliot
*Michele Wallace
*Patricia Hill Collins
*Amy Garvey
*Kimberle Crenshaw
"The reaction of Black men to feminism has been notoriously negative. They are, of course, even more, threatened than Black women by the possibility that Black feminists might organize around our own needs. They realize that they might not only lose valuable and hardworking allies in their struggles but that they might also be forced to change their habitually sexist ways of interacting with and oppressing Black women. Accusations that Black feminism divides the Black struggle are powerful deterrents to the growth of an autonomous Black women's movement."
THIS. QUOTE. ENCOMPASSES MY FEELINGS.
Feminista discusses how she and many other black feminists have been accused of working with the CIA or FBI to take down the black family by putting black men in jail. I know from my own personal experience any Black woman that doesn't subscribe to black male patriarchal thinking is always accused of "working with or for the white man". For a long time, I think I was sad about that though but I can now be proud and hold my head up high knowing that I'm one of a long line of Black Feminists that are changing the world and dismantling systems that have oppressed us for so long.
Some of the notable Black Feminists have been:
*Soujourner Trfuth
*Audre Lourde
*Queen Latifah
*Angela Davis
*Alice Walker
*Lisa "Left Eye Lopes
*Florynce Kennedy
*Missy Elliot
*Michele Wallace
*Patricia Hill Collins
*Amy Garvey
*Kimberle Crenshaw
fluffdragon's review
3.0
Fairly informative regarding the influence of Black women and social media on the current political moment. Too memoiry for me though, unfortunately.
Used for the Popsugar 2020 prompt: "a book about/involving social media."
Used for the Popsugar 2020 prompt: "a book about/involving social media."
baddogjordan's review against another edition
5.0
Great read. I love the detailed explanations of how social media works and how Black women are using it to do the good work. I think this book would be helpful for bringing less Internet savvy people up to date with how effective a tool Twitter is and how contemporary thought leaders are using it. A lot of really good things in this book and a lot of great introductions to bigger movements.