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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
A very vivacious, lively commentary and argument for women’s rights, highlighting hypocrisy in patriarchal ideology. Recommended, helps with learning and understanding feminist argumentation and progressive changes in societal views.
I started this after a couple glasses of wine and got 50 pages in and was like "woah my reading comprehension for more weighty material has DROPPED since college" and then the next day I started over, sans the glasses of wine, and understood it easily
idk man it feels good to know mary has my back from over 200 years ago
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
informative
slow-paced
The only reason I would give this 4 stars is just due to the difficulty in reading it. I do understand it was written long ago so obviously the language is a bit different. Still an amazing piece that still can be applied to today.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Generally lauded as the first feminist writing in history. See the review in my general account on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6644855501.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
"I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style. I aim at being useful, and sincerity will render me unaffected; for wishing rather to persuade by the force of my arguments than dazzle by the elegance of my language... I shall be employed about things, not words!"
...so that was a fucking lie
This was easily the most difficult reading experience I have ever had in my life - I first encountered extracts from this when Wallstonecraft came up in the first year of Political Science degree in University, but nothing could have prepared for me how horrifically long-winded and dense the entire book was from beginning to end. I'm glad to be able to say I have read it, but look forward to never having to read it again and eventually get around to more modern feminist writers.
...so that was a fucking lie
This was easily the most difficult reading experience I have ever had in my life - I first encountered extracts from this when Wallstonecraft came up in the first year of Political Science degree in University, but nothing could have prepared for me how horrifically long-winded and dense the entire book was from beginning to end. I'm glad to be able to say I have read it, but look forward to never having to read it again and eventually get around to more modern feminist writers.