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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Un libro necesario para comprender, abrir mente, y avanzar. No deja de ser una recopilación de textos que la autora ha ido poniendo en internet, y otros escritos para el propio libro, así que no esperéis mucho enlace, o un manual guiado. Y aún así merece la pena para cobrar consciencia
"I am a grim optimist, and this is my hope for you: that you will be louder than me, and stronger than me, and more powerful than me, and that you will look back at me as a relic, a dinosaur, as the minor villain in your own story, the rock you pushed against in your own flight to fame, to notoriety, to revolution. That is my wish for you."
If a book of essays concerning Hurley's biographical experiences along with her bold actions to diversify science fiction and fantasy sound a bit overwhelming to you, then you at least need to read her Hugo-award winning essay, "We Have Always Fought" (available here: http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/).
If a book of essays concerning Hurley's biographical experiences along with her bold actions to diversify science fiction and fantasy sound a bit overwhelming to you, then you at least need to read her Hugo-award winning essay, "We Have Always Fought" (available here: http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/).
3.5
El libro mejora conforme se avanza y de las 4 partes que lo conforman, Revolution es la mejor.
Sigo creyendo que si la autora hubiera crecido con Sailor Moon hubiera sido más feliz y no hubiera tenido tantos malviajes.
El libro mejora conforme se avanza y de las 4 partes que lo conforman, Revolution es la mejor.
Sigo creyendo que si la autora hubiera crecido con Sailor Moon hubiera sido más feliz y no hubiera tenido tantos malviajes.
Although parts of this book were great, the style and repetition was grating.
Kameron Hurley’s collection of essays is incredibly prescient to the world around us, as women continue to suffer an unheralded epidemic of violence. In The Geek Feminist Revolution Hurley isn’t just focused on that, but she brings around the idea that the type, quality, and diversity of pop culture we consume and produce is directly affected by the cultural norms which lead to the erasure of women in public spaces, and the violence experienced by this group and others who are erased.
full review: https://faintingviolet.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/the-geek-feminist-revolution-cbr9-20/
full review: https://faintingviolet.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/the-geek-feminist-revolution-cbr9-20/
I would have given this book five stars because I thought the points and ideas were succinct and delivered with an incredible amount of passion but ultimately gave it four stars as although I enjoyed the content I thought that content was badly organised. It perhaps would have been better if the essays were longer and grouped more cohesively around a theme, as some information was repeated in more than one essay in order to make much the same point. The listing of other feminist/diverse/queer friendly sci-fi/fantasy novels and essayists was also useful.
Standout quote: "The riskier future is the one where we all fear a madman incensed buy something he read online plowing a car into our house more than we fear being hit by a random bus on the street."
Standout quote: "The riskier future is the one where we all fear a madman incensed buy something he read online plowing a car into our house more than we fear being hit by a random bus on the street."
YES. AWESOME. LOVE.
I highlighted so much in "Public Speaking While Fat," and "The Horror Novel You'll Never Have to Live: Surviving Without Health Insurance" is fucking heartbreaking and ridiculous and terrible and OMG.
I (as a white lady) really appreciated her (also a white lady) efforts to include intersectionality in her discussions of privilege and feminism. She spent a lot of time talking about erasure, and while she was speaking from the perspective of a woman, she acknowledged the same is true for minorities, LGBTQ+, and poor folk. She tried to make sure the reader couldn't forget that it wasn't just white ladies suffering under the patriarchy.
I now want to read everything else she's written.
I highlighted so much in "Public Speaking While Fat," and "The Horror Novel You'll Never Have to Live: Surviving Without Health Insurance" is fucking heartbreaking and ridiculous and terrible and OMG.
I (as a white lady) really appreciated her (also a white lady) efforts to include intersectionality in her discussions of privilege and feminism. She spent a lot of time talking about erasure, and while she was speaking from the perspective of a woman, she acknowledged the same is true for minorities, LGBTQ+, and poor folk. She tried to make sure the reader couldn't forget that it wasn't just white ladies suffering under the patriarchy.
I now want to read everything else she's written.
Blunt, self aware and refreshing. I really enjoyed her perspective as a writer. Great collection to read pick up and take a break from. She acknowledges race, class as well as gender.
This book is my mantra. My spirit animal. My patronus. It feels like a bit of my soul put into words.
It's a frank, unabashed, and passionate collection of essays on being a woman in geekdom—traditionally considered an overwhelmingly male environment—on being a feminist in the twenty-tens, and on dedicating yourself to something you love and care about so much you see it through trials after struggles after failures to success.
In a world of Brexit, of Trump, of the alt-right white nationalists, of post-truth—this book has rejuvenated in me the spirit to fight. To uphold my values. To protect my rights. To hold America, and the world, to the standard to which it should be held, and to never back down.
An absolute must-read.
It's a frank, unabashed, and passionate collection of essays on being a woman in geekdom—traditionally considered an overwhelmingly male environment—on being a feminist in the twenty-tens, and on dedicating yourself to something you love and care about so much you see it through trials after struggles after failures to success.
In a world of Brexit, of Trump, of the alt-right white nationalists, of post-truth—this book has rejuvenated in me the spirit to fight. To uphold my values. To protect my rights. To hold America, and the world, to the standard to which it should be held, and to never back down.
An absolute must-read.
I liked it, but I was a little disappointed because, from the title, I expected that this would be a more general discussion of feminist geekdom at large. However, that's just the last section of the book, and while Hurley makes some really good points there, it's kind of introductory as well. In general, it's a collection of essays about Hurley's own work, life, and experiences. And I'm all for that, and good for her, and I did enjoy the essays in general, but it's really not what's advertised. Because I'm not familiar with Hurley's work, this didn't do as much for me as it would have otherwise, being such personal essays.