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A review by zedohee
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Verso Classics) by Michele Wallace
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
“Never realizing how imaginary my "strength" really was, I swore never to use it.”
wry, direct, refined, and contradictory. the areas in which wallace spoke on her life were the most engrossing and revealing. i just really enjoyed her command of language & the obvious skill she displayed. would love to read her autobiography.
on the black macho, well. i felt wallace was way milder—the perceived maliciousness is just that—on BM than critics would have you believe. if anything, i had expected her to make those same (or more) allowances for black women—while there is obvious care for black women in her dissection, sympathies or understandings are almost always followed up with a cool brush off or distanced scolding—but alas.
her understanding of women’s lib/lesbian feminism at the time of writing were muddled and lacking and felt hastily tacked on rather than purposefully curated like the majority of the book.
still, a useful read.
wry, direct, refined, and contradictory. the areas in which wallace spoke on her life were the most engrossing and revealing. i just really enjoyed her command of language & the obvious skill she displayed. would love to read her autobiography.
on the black macho, well. i felt wallace was way milder—the perceived maliciousness is just that—on BM than critics would have you believe. if anything, i had expected her to make those same (or more) allowances for black women—while there is obvious care for black women in her dissection, sympathies or understandings are almost always followed up with a cool brush off or distanced scolding—but alas.
her understanding of women’s lib/lesbian feminism at the time of writing were muddled and lacking and felt hastily tacked on rather than purposefully curated like the majority of the book.
still, a useful read.