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Feminism is for Everybody
by bell hooks
4.5 stars rounded up.
bell hooks is one of my personal favorite feminist theorists and I credit her with altering my entire view of feminism back when I originally read her book "Feminist Theory."
One of my favorite things about hooks is the fact that she goes beyond the broad term of "domestic violence" and specifically addresses violence against children perpetrated by both parents. I remember in "Feminist Theory" she speaks out against corporal punishment and that was really encouraging because a lot of people just do not speak out about our obsession with using physical punishment to control our children and how widely accepted and often celebrated it is.
My only hold up with this book is the fact that she claims it is supposed to be a kind of introductory or primer on feminism - particularly for people who only have negative concepts of feminism or have anti-feminist ideas.
Being raised in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, I know for a fact that a majority of the people still engrossed in fundamental thinking will absolutely throw this book out the window and would have no concept of what hooks means when she talks about the imperialist white supremacist patriarchy.
She talks about the importance of breaking down the barriers of the patriarchal/fundamentalist types of religion, specifically the typical Western Christianity that seems to be dominant in America, but how do we actually do this? While I am personally very pleased with the book and hooks ideas overall, I am worried that this book unfortunately does not accomplish the primary goal she mentioned of breaking down feminism in non-acedemic terms for society in general, and especially for fundamentalists.
I wish there was a way someone could break down her ideas even more into some type of text that could be used before reading this one. And to be honest, I actually think "Feminist Theory" might be a better introduction to a more radical type of feminism than this specific book.
bell hooks is one of my personal favorite feminist theorists and I credit her with altering my entire view of feminism back when I originally read her book "Feminist Theory."
One of my favorite things about hooks is the fact that she goes beyond the broad term of "domestic violence" and specifically addresses violence against children perpetrated by both parents. I remember in "Feminist Theory" she speaks out against corporal punishment and that was really encouraging because a lot of people just do not speak out about our obsession with using physical punishment to control our children and how widely accepted and often celebrated it is.
My only hold up with this book is the fact that she claims it is supposed to be a kind of introductory or primer on feminism - particularly for people who only have negative concepts of feminism or have anti-feminist ideas.
Being raised in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, I know for a fact that a majority of the people still engrossed in fundamental thinking will absolutely throw this book out the window and would have no concept of what hooks means when she talks about the imperialist white supremacist patriarchy.
She talks about the importance of breaking down the barriers of the patriarchal/fundamentalist types of religion, specifically the typical Western Christianity that seems to be dominant in America, but how do we actually do this? While I am personally very pleased with the book and hooks ideas overall, I am worried that this book unfortunately does not accomplish the primary goal she mentioned of breaking down feminism in non-acedemic terms for society in general, and especially for fundamentalists.
I wish there was a way someone could break down her ideas even more into some type of text that could be used before reading this one. And to be honest, I actually think "Feminist Theory" might be a better introduction to a more radical type of feminism than this specific book.