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norarduffy's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent work. Feminista Jones is one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever read - both on social media where I first discovered her, and on here. She’s extremely well versed in Feminist theory and history. She makes me think outside the bounds of my usual mind in all sorts of ways. This work is one of a kind in covering Black feminist influence and dissemination on social media and I think it will be considered an essential piece of scholarship in the future. Read it!
clarehitchens's review against another edition
5.0
I learned things I didn't know I didn't know. An excellent primer on Black Feminism and its challenges and challengers. I especially loved the chapter "Thread!" which looked at Black Feminist twitter as an extension of call and response.
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challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
vegebrarian's review
5.0
***Required reading.*** Add this to your must read lists. Jones deconstructs the tweet that was the impetus for the book - that feminism destroys the Black family. Chapter by chapter she addresses stereotypes, myths, false narratives, global struggles of Black women and her own struggles. I learned so much from this book.
rebnoel's review
5.0
Generally a quick read but it gives you a ton to think about and look into further. I’ve followed the author on social media for years and she does not disappoint!
mariaotero4's review
4.0
I picked this one randomly because the audiobook was available on BorrowBox with my library card and the title sounded promising.
For me, this one was an interesting ride. I think my rating ranged from 3 to 4 stars depending on the chapter, but I decided to give it a 3.5 (4 rounded up)
Feminista Jones speaks from the intersection between gender and race and, as a black woman, explores how social media —specially Twitter— is the place to be in order to learn about the black feminist experience from black feminist themselves. With all the barriers black women have to access academia and/or traditional publications and with the similarities, according to Jones, between Twitter and the traditional “call and response” style of interactions that defines African culture, Feminista Jones argues that Twitter has been, over the past decade, an incredible source of shared knowledge, activism and feminist discussion that provides global reach for the black feminist movement at just one click away.
The author discusses her own personal journey as a black queer feminist woman. She talks about marriage, motherhood, sex positive feminism, her own sexual abuse story and trauma and how she found therapeutic tools in BDSM, which I thought was widely interesting. However, with Jones identifying as a queer black woman, I was expecting a more inclusive approach to the sex positivity conversation and, the lack of commentary about her own queer experience and journey left me feel disappointed with this section.
I was also expecting that the author elaborated a little more about the concepts of feminist and womanist, since she seemed to used them interchangeably through the book in some occasions and, in others, she would argue that someone would identify as a womanist but not a feminist. I was hoping to get a bit more about these concepts and their nuances.
Jones also explores her journey as a professional social worker and writer focusing on her Twitter presence and activism. Feminista writes about the incredible work that black feminist are doing to support each other and educate a wider audience and how they are a target for hateful comments and threats not only from white people, but also from the black community, specially what she refers to as H*tep Twitter. This and her thesis Mammy 2.0 where Feminista explores how black women have been portrayed in media, may have been one of my favourite sections from the book, maybe because Feminista introduced a lot of content and context that I wasn’t familiar with and I really appreciated she took the time to educate her readers.
For this one, I think the audiobook does not work as well. Since the book features tweets and fragments of interviews, songs and poems, the narration was a little difficult to follow at times and I wasn’t really a fan.
For me, this one was an interesting ride. I think my rating ranged from 3 to 4 stars depending on the chapter, but I decided to give it a 3.5 (4 rounded up)
Feminista Jones speaks from the intersection between gender and race and, as a black woman, explores how social media —specially Twitter— is the place to be in order to learn about the black feminist experience from black feminist themselves. With all the barriers black women have to access academia and/or traditional publications and with the similarities, according to Jones, between Twitter and the traditional “call and response” style of interactions that defines African culture, Feminista Jones argues that Twitter has been, over the past decade, an incredible source of shared knowledge, activism and feminist discussion that provides global reach for the black feminist movement at just one click away.
The author discusses her own personal journey as a black queer feminist woman. She talks about marriage, motherhood, sex positive feminism, her own sexual abuse story and trauma and how she found therapeutic tools in BDSM, which I thought was widely interesting. However, with Jones identifying as a queer black woman, I was expecting a more inclusive approach to the sex positivity conversation and, the lack of commentary about her own queer experience and journey left me feel disappointed with this section.
I was also expecting that the author elaborated a little more about the concepts of feminist and womanist, since she seemed to used them interchangeably through the book in some occasions and, in others, she would argue that someone would identify as a womanist but not a feminist. I was hoping to get a bit more about these concepts and their nuances.
Jones also explores her journey as a professional social worker and writer focusing on her Twitter presence and activism. Feminista writes about the incredible work that black feminist are doing to support each other and educate a wider audience and how they are a target for hateful comments and threats not only from white people, but also from the black community, specially what she refers to as H*tep Twitter. This and her thesis Mammy 2.0 where Feminista explores how black women have been portrayed in media, may have been one of my favourite sections from the book, maybe because Feminista introduced a lot of content and context that I wasn’t familiar with and I really appreciated she took the time to educate her readers.
For this one, I think the audiobook does not work as well. Since the book features tweets and fragments of interviews, songs and poems, the narration was a little difficult to follow at times and I wasn’t really a fan.
kaylathatch's review
5.0
I've followed Feminista Jones on Twitter and learned sooooo much from her over the years. I wanted to support her writing by requesting her latest book at my local library, but I thought it might be too scholarly for me to ACTUALLY read.
I was wrong: the book is a delight. Jones is a consummate expert on many things, but her writing style is straightforward and funny. She really clarified for me the ways that (White) Feminism falls short. While I've thought about unique challenges Black women face in their motherhood, their sexuality, their workplaces, online, etc., there were new details everywhere that I'd never considered before because I'm white.
I was wrong: the book is a delight. Jones is a consummate expert on many things, but her writing style is straightforward and funny. She really clarified for me the ways that (White) Feminism falls short. While I've thought about unique challenges Black women face in their motherhood, their sexuality, their workplaces, online, etc., there were new details everywhere that I'd never considered before because I'm white.
blkbravado's review
4.0
This was an excellent primer for people like me who have always been interested in Black feminism but dont know where to start in terms of understanding its origins and importance through the digital age.
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