Reviews tagging 'War'

Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, Cinzia Arruzza

2 reviews

violetends's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Read for my bookclub. This little booklet is vast and impressive in its content. In only 11 thesis the authors summarise, analyse and criticise the complex structures of capitalism and its effects on society, communities, work, the exploitation of the global south through the global north and filter it all through a gender-focused lense. I am deeply impressed by how they condensed these complexities so briefly and how well they connected how so many crisis, struggles and difficulties faced by different groups of people today all come together under neoliberal capitalism. 

I could imagine though that this book could be overwhelming for those who just start out to learn about the intersections of feminism, colonialism and decolonoial movements, capitalism and ecology. Many definitions are only given in the postface, after the 11 thesis are layed out in detail, and I felt that some things were expected knowledge. Even though it is difficult for me to be precise on the latter since this is a field I am well-read and educated in, but not far enough yet to again put myself into the perspective of a person new to these discourses. I think that a book of this high level has its place but I think it is equally important to have the same theories in a more accessible form as well.

Lastly, I am a little frustrated by the claim of the book to go beyond criticism and analysis of the existent political, economic and social systems. I did not find much that grants a future perspective or details how a society after capitalism and all its forms of oppression could look like. Personally, I enjoyed that this book is simply a broad and complex analysis of the current state of things but I would have preferred it if the authors had understood and communicated it in the same way.

Overall, I am deeply impressed by this manifesto and will certainly get back to aspects of it again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Colonisation, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Sexism, Racism, Rape, Violence, and War

emsavors's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Abortion, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, War, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia