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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
if you're a femi-nazi, you'll like this book. if you're not, you'lllike this book. It really gives you something to think about, and you can put into action as much or as little as you want to any of the ideas you get from it. there are tons of useful magazines, websites, and organizations listed at the back of the book, most with succinct summaries of their functions. This is NOT a man-hater book; I read it and I still lurve men.
One of the best feminist non fiction books I’ve read. This book changed the way I thought about so many things. It was empowering and insightful. I recommend it to everyone I know (especially men who need it more than those with vaginas)
It was awful. I got this book, hoping it would be more of a history read about the history of the word. It ended up being a book that vilified science and just read like a laundry list of ramblings that the author had about the world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, Abortion
Minor: Transphobia
Good for bookclub. Blunt. Relatable and also eye opening.
I can't even finish this. All this talk about goddesses and imaging and weird wtf-ery. Very anti-science and judgmental to women who actually believe in medical science for women's health. DNF.
Just no. Misleading and false historical facts coupled with bad grammar... This makes the book shady and not worth it.
Ehhhhhhhh
It's not that I was surprised that a book like Cunt was sort of ~out there~, and it's not like I disagreed with everything that Muscio put forth. Still, I had a few issues with the book:
1. I guess I expected the book to focus more on the history of the word "cunt," but it was actually a collection of ramblings about all of the problems that plague Inga Muscio. And women in general, I suppose. But mostly Inga Muscio.
2. The prose. Oh god. I hope that my future exposure to the word "cuntlovin'" is extremely limited. I resent the fact that Muscio has made me start to hate the word "cunt." Maybe that was her plan all along?
3. Muscio tries to wear several different hats--doctor, historian, art historian, and economist, to name a few--but a lot of her claims are unsubstantiated. I took issue with a few of the things she said, but the self-induced abortion was probably the biggest thing.
4. Encouraging the masses to buy specula and stare at their own cervixes seems like a really bad idea. I wonder how many people injured themselves.
And finally, my biggest problem:
Cunt is cis-sexist (she doesn't even mention the existence of trans or genderfluid people) and vaguely classist; Muscio's suggestion that people buy exclusively from women-owned businesses ignores the reality that most people can't afford to do that. Combatting gynophobic stigma is pretty rad, but gender is tied to so much more than one's genitals.
It's not that I was surprised that a book like Cunt was sort of ~out there~, and it's not like I disagreed with everything that Muscio put forth. Still, I had a few issues with the book:
1. I guess I expected the book to focus more on the history of the word "cunt," but it was actually a collection of ramblings about all of the problems that plague Inga Muscio. And women in general, I suppose. But mostly Inga Muscio.
2. The prose. Oh god. I hope that my future exposure to the word "cuntlovin'" is extremely limited. I resent the fact that Muscio has made me start to hate the word "cunt." Maybe that was her plan all along?
3. Muscio tries to wear several different hats--doctor, historian, art historian, and economist, to name a few--but a lot of her claims are unsubstantiated. I took issue with a few of the things she said, but the self-induced abortion was probably the biggest thing.
4. Encouraging the masses to buy specula and stare at their own cervixes seems like a really bad idea. I wonder how many people injured themselves.
And finally, my biggest problem:
Cunt is cis-sexist (she doesn't even mention the existence of trans or genderfluid people) and vaguely classist; Muscio's suggestion that people buy exclusively from women-owned businesses ignores the reality that most people can't afford to do that. Combatting gynophobic stigma is pretty rad, but gender is tied to so much more than one's genitals.
Everyone, male, female, trans, whatever you identify with...must read this book cover to cover. Funny, informational, motivational, awe inspiring.
Cunt is what turned me into a feminist. I read this in 2011? 2012? And I've never looked back. So much of what she said--originally, I read the second edition--rang true and felt so obvious that I couldn't believe it had taken me so long to understand such fundamental issues of our society today. And now, here I am, six years later and reading the third edition.
Muscio introduces her novel with some anecdotes about fans and critics alike, as well as by acknowledging the very useful critiques she's gotten along the way, such as how this isn't representative for all women--though I think we can acknowledge that this is pretty dang representative for lots of folks who have vaginas. The simultaneous, old-age magic from between our legs and constant threat is something of a common experience. Bleeding every month and having debilitating cramps and not walking alone at night are common experiences.
With her brash and not-fucking-around tone of voice, she tells us why these things are messed up and what we can do to maybe fix them. She offers personal anecdotes of abortions and periods and sexuality. She offers quotations and citations and statistics. Her book is a mish-mash of the personal and political, and I love every cuntlovin' second of it.
Review cross-listed here!
Muscio introduces her novel with some anecdotes about fans and critics alike, as well as by acknowledging the very useful critiques she's gotten along the way, such as how this isn't representative for all women--though I think we can acknowledge that this is pretty dang representative for lots of folks who have vaginas. The simultaneous, old-age magic from between our legs and constant threat is something of a common experience. Bleeding every month and having debilitating cramps and not walking alone at night are common experiences.
With her brash and not-fucking-around tone of voice, she tells us why these things are messed up and what we can do to maybe fix them. She offers personal anecdotes of abortions and periods and sexuality. She offers quotations and citations and statistics. Her book is a mish-mash of the personal and political, and I love every cuntlovin' second of it.
Review cross-listed here!
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced