A review by jrayereads
The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism by Kyla Schuller

3.0

 

This was more of a “it’s not you it’s me” kind of book, I think. I really struggled to get through it - it took me at least a couple months of reading it on and off. Two standout sections for me were the chapter on white women’s maternalistic “activism” directed towards Indigenous folks, and the analysis of the “Feminine Mystique”. The blend of individual stories of the women in this book with broader historical events felt clunky. I agree with the author’s rhetorical goals and appreciated the research put in, but found the writing repetitive and dry.