Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
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Average rating3.7
It's a reminder of the injustice world in which we live right now. Even if we think that we fight for the same problems and issues, the book set an idea of how different can be seen the perspective of the same problem and how it can not be answer at the same way to everybody, knowing how “diverse” we are. It's just the description of the world that we're in now and how hypocrite are the governments that disguise their speeches full of “liberation” or “equality” when in the reality they are not interested in it.
Just two questions while finishing the book: 1. I know it is clear that the way this ideas should be taken to the real world can not be answered right now and will depend to the future context, but I am so curious to know how this demands can be resolved bases on their own concepts; 2. How can we fight against the leftist that comply with the same negative characteristics given in this book. We usually just condemn right and far-right parties for taking inequality, homofobic and racist decisions, but there are many examples around the world of the same measures taken by “left-wing” governments.
I want this revolution, but this is not written for the 99%. Even for the already converted, at a would-be punchy fifty pages, it's repetitive and low on solid indictment and action to grab onto. The conclusions to each thesis come across as wispy as self-help fluff and the argumentation is too generalised to be rallying.
It's nice and short, but manages to talk about the intersectionality of feminism and other socioeconomic issues. It's the mortal enemy of the “Lean-in Feminism” being pedaled by the 1%.