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A review by smalltownbookmom
White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck
4.0
A great critical overview of the various waves of feminism over the years and the MANY ways these efforts have mainly served white women, often completely ignoring or outright excluding women of color, queer women, disabled women, plus-sized women and Indigenous women (among others). I really enjoyed the journalistic nature of the book and how much research Beck put into the book - it's very detailed and covers a wide variety of issues and aspects of the shortcomings of modern feminism. Beck convincingly shows that privileged white women need to start caring for more than just themselves and start working with all women to overturn the structural inequality that is preventing a cohesive feminism. For fans of Hood feminism, Girl, gurl, grrl, White tears/Brown scars or Seven fallen feathers.
Favorite quotes:
"White feminism of then and now has demonstrated an unwavering dedication to focusing only on sexism and has deflected multi-generational attempts to expand this lens."
"White feminism is very singular in its execution. It is about getting ahead in the existing power structure regardless of the harm it causes to other people."
"Our country, our respective fields, our culture, has been very effective in taking us away from one another, even as certain rights have been achieved."
Favorite quotes:
"White feminism of then and now has demonstrated an unwavering dedication to focusing only on sexism and has deflected multi-generational attempts to expand this lens."
"White feminism is very singular in its execution. It is about getting ahead in the existing power structure regardless of the harm it causes to other people."
"Our country, our respective fields, our culture, has been very effective in taking us away from one another, even as certain rights have been achieved."