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A review by eitakbackwards
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen Lewis
5.0
First kindle read!
Really enjoyed it. I though it was well structured, the information was delivered in a very direct tone, learnt a lot from it and was really pleasant to read, I arrived at the end abruptly (mainly because it said I was only 70% through on kindle - gotta blame that pesky inclusion of bibliography without clarification on the progressometer!) and thought 'oh, is that it?' - a rare occurence in non-fiction world. Also, highlighted some good book reccs embedded in the text?? - thanks Helen! Deffo had a lot of 'LISTEN TO THIS' moments directed at whomever I was nearest at the time.
A q it threw up for me was: how important is consistency of thought in feminism and really in general? A lot of the women did things that furthered the dismantling of patriacal structures which is obviously useful and shouldn't be erased but were somewhat all over the place in the consistency of their ideologies- or maybe this is somewhat explained by examining retrospectively??
I also liked the reaffirmation of these historical victories into modern feminist discourse which can cast off earlier waves (excuse the p u n) as archaic. I think given the likley readership (probably people in their 20-30's) it could contribute to a narrowing of the generation rifts within feminism and the understanding that every generation will have it's landmark battles but these ultimately have been enabled by those that stood before.
Great book.
Really enjoyed it. I though it was well structured, the information was delivered in a very direct tone, learnt a lot from it and was really pleasant to read, I arrived at the end abruptly (mainly because it said I was only 70% through on kindle - gotta blame that pesky inclusion of bibliography without clarification on the progressometer!) and thought 'oh, is that it?' - a rare occurence in non-fiction world. Also, highlighted some good book reccs embedded in the text?? - thanks Helen! Deffo had a lot of 'LISTEN TO THIS' moments directed at whomever I was nearest at the time.
A q it threw up for me was: how important is consistency of thought in feminism and really in general? A lot of the women did things that furthered the dismantling of patriacal structures which is obviously useful and shouldn't be erased but were somewhat all over the place in the consistency of their ideologies- or maybe this is somewhat explained by examining retrospectively??
I also liked the reaffirmation of these historical victories into modern feminist discourse which can cast off earlier waves (excuse the p u n) as archaic. I think given the likley readership (probably people in their 20-30's) it could contribute to a narrowing of the generation rifts within feminism and the understanding that every generation will have it's landmark battles but these ultimately have been enabled by those that stood before.
Great book.