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A review by ria_mhrj
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
4.0
I picked this book up, expecting a series of essays on women and geek culture, a subject dear to my heart. I wasn't expecting such an intensely personal book but there's no escaping the fact that Kameron Hurley is angry, driven and smart, and she has some thoughts to share.
Throughout this thought-provoking collection, I found myself questioning my own prejudices and examining my reactions to popular culture (I did criticise Young Adult for having such an unlikeable lead character... but good news, I didn't like Sideways either!). She makes some excellent points calmly and thoughtfully. Her experience of the jungle that is US healthcare was particularly heartbreaking. She asserts several times that she's an optimist, and that was certainly a key takeaway I had after reading this - the world can change for the better, we just have to fight against those who would push for maintaining an unfair status quo.
I must check out her fiction next.
Throughout this thought-provoking collection, I found myself questioning my own prejudices and examining my reactions to popular culture (I did criticise Young Adult for having such an unlikeable lead character... but good news, I didn't like Sideways either!). She makes some excellent points calmly and thoughtfully. Her experience of the jungle that is US healthcare was particularly heartbreaking. She asserts several times that she's an optimist, and that was certainly a key takeaway I had after reading this - the world can change for the better, we just have to fight against those who would push for maintaining an unfair status quo.
I must check out her fiction next.