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A review by nd2712
Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism by June Eric-Udorie
4.0
Especially with feminism, I want a book to teach me something. I want it to open me up to some new perspectives, particularly one that due to my own upbringing and the inherent privileges I'm afforded due to my race/class/sexuality/gender/ability etc. And this slim collection of essays from a variety of amazing and intelligent people definitely taught me something with each different perspective.
This is, in its purest form, an excellent book. It pushes intersectionality right to the forefront of the feminist debate, with many of the writers weaving personal experiences into their essays. Whether they're discussing bisexuality and the Catholic church in Latin America, how feminism often ignores disabled women, how black women are seen in the US, in Europe and in the UK, how transgender rights and non-binary rights are ignored by popular feminism, it's done so in such an eloquent manner that you have to sit up and listen. My favourite essay was by Afua Hirsch, a black British woman who wrote the book 'Brit-Ish: On Race, Identity and Belonging', where she spoke actively about being sought after as 'the voice' for whether children can dress up as non-white characters for Halloween. She made a mention to another essay where a writer discussed the problematic nature of white people dressing up like Moana, and it really struck me as important, especially as I know white people who have done exactly that.
This is an amazing book, and I highly recommend that people go out and buy it, read it and check that intersectionality is a key part of their feminism.
This is, in its purest form, an excellent book. It pushes intersectionality right to the forefront of the feminist debate, with many of the writers weaving personal experiences into their essays. Whether they're discussing bisexuality and the Catholic church in Latin America, how feminism often ignores disabled women, how black women are seen in the US, in Europe and in the UK, how transgender rights and non-binary rights are ignored by popular feminism, it's done so in such an eloquent manner that you have to sit up and listen. My favourite essay was by Afua Hirsch, a black British woman who wrote the book 'Brit-Ish: On Race, Identity and Belonging', where she spoke actively about being sought after as 'the voice' for whether children can dress up as non-white characters for Halloween. She made a mention to another essay where a writer discussed the problematic nature of white people dressing up like Moana, and it really struck me as important, especially as I know white people who have done exactly that.
This is an amazing book, and I highly recommend that people go out and buy it, read it and check that intersectionality is a key part of their feminism.