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We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists
by
Melody Berger (Goodreads Author)
We Don’t Need Another Wave is a critique of the ways in which feminism is discussed in the mainstream media. Today’s young feminists are wary of being labeled. They are media-savvy, hyper-aware of being categorized and marginalized, and are here to tell the world that feminists are feminists — diverse in age and experience — and that it’s time to drop the labels in favor o...more
Paperback, 300 pages
Published
October 16th 2006
by Seal Press
(first published September 25th 2006)
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Mar 15, 2010
Tinea
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3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Tinea by:
Katherine
Shelves:
gender-sexuality
Hit or miss anthology about feminist activism, mostly by youth, in the early 2000s. Much of it was miss, but a few really good pieces did stand out. A remarkable amount of essays began very strongly, pushing boundaries and questioning accepted feminist thought, only to end in inconclusive whimpers. We Don't Need Another Wave, evidently, because we lack theoretical and historical coherence within individual essays, let alone a movement.
Uncertainty ran throughout. Many authors participated in huge...more
Uncertainty ran throughout. Many authors participated in huge...more
I absolutely love the essays in this book! This was assigned as one of the three books in my Intro to WS class and I thought this was a very informative read. This touches on just about every topic you can think of when it comes to feminism, racism, classism, and just about any other -ism you can think of.
Holy Crap this is the best book ever. If you haven't read it yet, your life is shallow and incomplete. Buy it now and be sure to read it cover to cover and read my essay like 3 or 4 times or at least until you have committed it to memory. You'll thank me.
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Dec 10, 2008
Ciara
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
new feminists, young feminists, intersectional feminists, all feminists
i was fairly psyched to read this book, being that i am of the generation of feminists that the book dispatches, as it were. & i recognized several contributers' names as either writers i like or people i actually know. the author even once sent me her zine for distro consideration (but i didn't pick it up--it wasn't really covering any new ground). i guess the "not covering any new ground" criticism could also apply to this book. i mean, it would be an excellent gift to a new feminist, a gr...more
Way more interesting that the average young women's feminist anthology (and there are so many). I reviewed this for Shamelss magazine.
I have a piece in this anthology. Read it!
I'm giving this five stars because it contains some of my favourite recent feminist writings, particularly the essay on polyamory by Dean Spade. Not as comprehensive as I wished (for example there was nothing on female or female-identified prisoners) but some really thought-provoking and accessible stuff.
Melody is one of philly's finest writers. When I picked up the F-Word, I was absolutly amazed to see the famous people she managed to get interviews with. Margaret Cho, Gloria Steinem and Alix Olson are all in here, which makes this zine worth picking up. Melody is coming out with a book in November, which, based on this zine, will be a must-read. I liked the F-WORD because it focuses on positive action and the ability of young feminists everywhere to organize for issues like choice, women's lib...more
This book was mainly antecdotal, with only perspectives from the first person. I would say it is a useful supplement to more theoretical books such as Sisterhood is Powerful.
I read only about half of this book, and thus can't rate the whole thing, but it has the usual strengths and weaknesses of an eclectic anthology. Lots of points of view on contentious topics, invariably resulting some interesting stuff, some banal stuff, and some weird stuff. (An early contender for the latter category is an essay that claims that "the heternormative family structure" - man, woman, kids - is "unhealthy" and a "technology of postindustrial late capitalism". An interesting reminde...more
Overall a wonderful anthology, which challenges the reader to expand the realm of feminism and feminist issues while simultaneously calling for less division between groups of feminists. I particularly liked that many essays gave examples of/from activist work instead of relying on theory. Like any anthology, there are a few lemons, but overall this is an excellent addition to the feminism canon.
My first major disappointment from Seal Press. I think the editor picked the authors more for identity politics reasons than quality of writing for this anthology. Too many of these essays felt like a report for a women's studies class (ex: "I went to the March for Women's Lives and this is what happened..."). Yikes. Not to mention too many of the essays really blurred together in terms of the authors' experiences. For a book that so blatantly tries to demonstrate diversity, it sure lacked in th...more
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Fun Fact: I took a women's studies class with the editor of this anthology. I'm proud of how good her writing is, and really want to purchase her F-word zines.
Other Fun Fact: Some of the writers in this anthology represent exactly what I hate about contemporary young feminist writers (whiny; close-minded about who should be entitled to call themselves a feminist) so I am struggling to finish it.
Other Fun Fact: Some of the writers in this anthology represent exactly what I hate about contemporary young feminist writers (whiny; close-minded about who should be entitled to call themselves a feminist) so I am struggling to finish it.
I appreciated the diversity of voices in this collection of essays, but I didn't find enough of them interesting to give this book four stars. I am glad that there are books like this and that the feminist movement is being revitalized for a new generation.
some of my favorites from this book:
for lovers and fighters - dean spade
a time to hole up and a time to kick ass - leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha
rice tight with beans - lenelle moise
for lovers and fighters - dean spade
a time to hole up and a time to kick ass - leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha
rice tight with beans - lenelle moise
B++ While a lot of these are quite interesting, I didn't find the book life affirming or life changing in any way. Not too many new things have been said; we don't need another anthology.
Oct 10, 2008
Stephy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Lesbians, young, old, in between
Recommended to Stephy by:
a 19 year old lesbian in my small town
`The Newest New Wave in Lesbian activism says "We don't need no stinkin' new wave" With clarity and fun and a great seriousness that the world had best not ignore.
A nice collection, aimed at younger readers... would make a good intro to feminism for teens, but is also inspiration for more seasoned feminist types.
There are some really good essays in this book and a lot of really bad essays. All in all, I admire the objective.
Interesting collection of essays from young(er) feminists. Some incredibly moving.
Excellent collection of essays about feminism and the various struggles in feminism.
Just fine. Some are even quite good.
Jun 18, 2013
Jennifer Gilbert
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