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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the master's house as their only source of support.
There's a reason why this is classic in feminist literature. This is a necessary starting point for those who want to dive into contemporary feminist theory because this is the root of a lot of later works. My only quibble is that there are some arguments and points made that feel out of date, but that's what happens to a nonfiction book published almost 40 years ago.
There's a reason why this is classic in feminist literature. This is a necessary starting point for those who want to dive into contemporary feminist theory because this is the root of a lot of later works. My only quibble is that there are some arguments and points made that feel out of date, but that's what happens to a nonfiction book published almost 40 years ago.
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Lesbophobia
Minor: Cancer
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I crossed paths with this book while watching a Tiktok of a guy in his 50s responding to someone who questioned why there was a #pridemonth . He started slamming books (not naming them) that I understood to be important in his explanation of how PrideMonth came about- so me being the book worm I am and wanting some new perspective- took screenshots of those books and added them to my TBR.
It took me 2 weeks to finish this book- not because it was boring or long but because there is so much umami in her writing that I wanted to take my time to absorb each speech/essay. This is one I know I will find myself reading again in the future.
I also found it somewhat serendipitous that she references the I-Ching throughout her writings. One of my tattoos that holds a lot of meaning for me is of the # 12 from the I-Ching.
"Revolution is not a one time event. It is becoming always vigilant for the smallest opportunity to make a genuine change in established outgrown responses; for instance, it is learning to address each other's difference with respect."
It took me 2 weeks to finish this book- not because it was boring or long but because there is so much umami in her writing that I wanted to take my time to absorb each speech/essay. This is one I know I will find myself reading again in the future.
I also found it somewhat serendipitous that she references the I-Ching throughout her writings. One of my tattoos that holds a lot of meaning for me is of the # 12 from the I-Ching.
"Revolution is not a one time event. It is becoming always vigilant for the smallest opportunity to make a genuine change in established outgrown responses; for instance, it is learning to address each other's difference with respect."