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sookieskipper 's review for:
The Geek Feminist Revolution
by Kameron Hurley
This book left me with mild disappointment. It could be because my expectation from the book was something else and not a semi autobiographical or memoir.
Much of the content is derived from Hurley's own experiences from which she draws inferences and provides her perspective. Her arguments are strong, holds ground and she makes intelligent observations. However, I didn't find the content educational. Hurley introduces her readers to the cliches and tropes that exist in male oriented literature, art and movies. She covers quite a few pop culture hits of past couple of years: Mad Max (movie), True Detective (TV Show), Gamer gate (bunch of incidents involving gaming fandom, online harassment and blatant sexism), Sad Puppy gate etc. Hurley uses her personal struggle dealing witch chronic illness and the politics that surrounds health care system in the US.
Hurley is unapologetic in calling out writers for the content they put up online or otherwise. As she confesses in the third part of the book, her growth as a feminist is seen in her most recent works - The Mirror Empire.
It isn't exactly a book on feminism though it encompasses the subject to a great deal. Mildly disappointing due to expectations but made a decent read.
Much of the content is derived from Hurley's own experiences from which she draws inferences and provides her perspective. Her arguments are strong, holds ground and she makes intelligent observations. However, I didn't find the content educational. Hurley introduces her readers to the cliches and tropes that exist in male oriented literature, art and movies. She covers quite a few pop culture hits of past couple of years: Mad Max (movie), True Detective (TV Show), Gamer gate (bunch of incidents involving gaming fandom, online harassment and blatant sexism), Sad Puppy gate etc. Hurley uses her personal struggle dealing witch chronic illness and the politics that surrounds health care system in the US.
Hurley is unapologetic in calling out writers for the content they put up online or otherwise. As she confesses in the third part of the book, her growth as a feminist is seen in her most recent works - The Mirror Empire.
It isn't exactly a book on feminism though it encompasses the subject to a great deal. Mildly disappointing due to expectations but made a decent read.