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Bezig met laden... Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifestodoor Jessa Crispin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Short punchy polemic. Makes me want to read Andrea Dworkin. ( ) There are dozens of thorough and substantive reviews so I’m not going to trouble myself to write another. I’ll just say that if feminism were the narrow-minded, inconsistent, hypocritical straw feminist set of beliefs Crispin describes, I wouldn’t be a feminist either. Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. If it’s not intersectional it’s not feminism. A quick read that articulated pretty much all of my concerns with contemporary feminism that also made me rethink some of the things I consider "feminist". She makes some very good points about outrage culture and the use of politically correct language. Overall, this was a thought-provoking read, no matter which side of the debate you're on. I was hoping she'd have more actual statistics and data to back up her arguments, as well as some suggestions for what we can do about the situation. But I see the subtitle for this book calls it a manifesto, so it may be too much to ask for a solution. I suspect the issue is too big and complex for a neat solution anyway. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism . . . and a bracing manifesto for revolution. Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist . . . or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed meaning for acceptance, and left us with a banal, polite, ineffectual pose that barely challenges the status quo. In this bracing, fiercely intelligent manifesto, Jessa Crispin demands more. Why I Am Not A Feminist is a radical, fearless call for revolution. It accuses the feminist movement of obliviousness, irrelevance, and cowardice--and demands nothing less than the total dismantling of a system of oppression. Praise for Jessa Crispin, and The Dead Ladies Project "I'd follow Jessa Crispin to the ends of the earth." --Kathryn Davis, author of Duplex "Read with caution . . . Crispin is funny, sexy, self-lacerating, and politically attuned, with unique slants on literary criticism, travel writing, and female journeys. No one crosses genres, borders, and proprieties with more panache." --Laura Kipnis, author of Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation "Very, very funny. . . . The whole book is packed with delightfully offbeat prose . . . as raw as it is sophisticated, as quirky as it is intense." --The Chicago Tribune Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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