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Just about anything by bell hooks. But if you want a specific starting point, try "Feminism is for Everybody".
by ceautery 13y ago
Just about anything by bell hooks. But if you want a specific starting point, try "Feminism is for Everybody".
- thescribe 13y agoOk, on your recommendation I found a copy of the book and read it for the last three hours. I am significantly less convinced of the thesis "Feminism is about equal rights" after reading this book. "Most women in the United States do not even know or use the terms colonialism and neocolonialism." I found this statement to be emblematic of the issues this book has, it is right around 125 pages of assertions and 0 pages of proof, data, reasoning, or any sort of factual grounding beyond the implicit goals of the author. "Future feminist studies will document all the ways anti-sexist male parenting enhances the lives of children" This is a second thing the book frequently proposes, while feminism doesn't have an answer today, we're sure we'll have an answer tomorrow. The book itself had a deceptive title, it should be titled "Feminism is for marxists who claim to have all the answers but hand wave giving any".
- ceautery 13y agoThat title would be too long.