A review by anna_hepworth
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

5.0

Wonderful collection of essays. The essays on writing were interesting, but from a somewhat voyeuristic perspective. Those with a (somewhat) intersectional feminist perspective on geek culture were fascinating, and managed to have some ideas new to me. The section of very personal essays told me a lot I didn't know/understand about the USA medical system, and while I appreciate Hurley's honest, I felt uncomfortably voyeuristic about it*. The final section (Revolution) had essays on a number of events that I remember experiencing in real time, and it was quite jarring to realise how much of those I'd forgotten, even while I'd attempted to be well-informed at the time.

* unlike the writing essays, where the voyeuristic feeling was more like having been invited in to observe something not entirely public, these felt like having accidentally found oneself in a private conversation.