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mwinters__'s review against another edition
4.0
This is an excellent critical navigation of some of contemporary feminism's thorniest questions. Srinivasan's writing and thinking is sharp and careful and more than up to the task of threading these complexities with grace and wit and style.
autreads's review
5.0
The first non-fiction, non-political science book I have read in a while (although I guess it's related because it's contemporary philosophy steeped in politics), and I devoured it in one session. I just couldn't put it down. Really thought provoking. I didn't agree with all of the angles Srinivasan took, but it made me think. It has a really good cadence and is genuinely gripping, which can't be said about many books on philosophy.
pernille's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
librarycat97's review
2.0
I had high hopes for this book, but ended being frustrated with each essay, even though I largely agreed with their assertions. My ultimate problem with the work is its lack of accessibility once you open it up. Srinivasan claims that she aims to "put into words what many women, and some men, already know". The problem is that, in my opinion, the words are all wrong. She uses copious amounts of political and sociological jargon along with needlessly complicated syntax. Readers, especially the working women she champions, do not have the time to weed through the jargon and nonsense. My favorite piece of jargon to hate, used in nearly every essay, is the word "neoliberalism". For those of you who don't know what this means (like me the first 50 times I read it), the definition is: the 20th century resurgence of 19th century ideas about free-market capitalism. Why couldn't Srinivasan just use the word "capitalism" with a general note that she specifically means neoliberalism in the preface? Maybe the book should just have a dictionary of buzz words in the back. Either way, the work is needlessly dense....but at least I learned a new word that I will probably never utilize.
polanabear's review
4.0
anyone who wants to talk intelligently about feminism, the metoo movement, judgement on porn etc should read this first. Srinivasan is a cogent and eloquent writer, she's in her mid-30s and is exceptional at relating to the current moment from the perspective of people of this generation and younger, making this work of philosophy and contemporary history so easy to read but deeply thought-provoking.
isarask's review
4.0
Gute Einleitung zum feministischen Denken, fand ich aber manchmal ein bisschen vereinfacht und nicht genug auf Lösungen fokussiert
anne978's review against another edition
5.0
These essays are truly intersectional, thought-provoking and solid. I could recommend this collection to anyone interested in aspects of feminism which don't get discussed enough and to anyone who is tired of white/neoliberal/surface-level feminism. Especially the last essay, ''Sex, Carceralism, and Capitalism'' I can recommend wholeheartedly. I hope Srinivasan will treat us to more feminist essay collections in the future. (I want them, I need them).