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Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change the 21st Century
by
Naomi Wolf (Goodreads Author)
Most women embrace equality, but reject "feminism." In clear and brilliant prose, the author of the best-selling The Beauty Myth shows how this rift came about, and how to close it. A practical and inspiring road map for personal and political equality in our time.
Hardcover, 373 pages
Published
November 16th 1993
by Random House
(first published 1993)
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This book is excellent and I recommend it to everybody. Wolf analyzes in a clear, differentiated and personally honest manner the double standards and intellectual dishonesty of a particular branch of feminism - that which cast women in the roles of eternal, saintly victims and declares men to be "the enemy" - and how this "victim feminism" has damaged and still damages the struggle for women's rights. She makes it clear that women do not have to proove that they are somehow better than men in o...more
I read this book quite a few years ago, and it changed the way I thought about feminism. So much of what was written previous to Fire With Fire was about how women have been victimized. Naomi Wolf turned that attitude on its head with a powerful paradigm shift: As long as we think of ourselves as victims, we remain powerless.
Reading this more than 10 years after publication , the issues of North American feminism from that time do not seem so compelling in the face of greater problems today such as the prevalence of recreational rape and rape as a weapon of war and the massive growth in human trafficking.
My first feminist book. I loved that she doesn't rant or have angry overtones. Her comments and perspective are supported with facts, newspaper articles and specific examples, leaving the readers to draw their own conclusions.
The premise of this book is very promising; the execution doesn't follow as well. It is a hopeful book, but the writing feels rushed and not nearly as well edited as I would have thought, given The Beauty Myth.
A must read for anyone interested in feminism.
Naomi Wolf explores the gains we've made as feminists, the current weaknesses of the movement and how we can move forward in the future.
Having done some research of my own into the topic, Naomi's section on what prevents women from identifying as feminists was extremely interesting.
Naomi Wolf explores the gains we've made as feminists, the current weaknesses of the movement and how we can move forward in the future.
Having done some research of my own into the topic, Naomi's section on what prevents women from identifying as feminists was extremely interesting.
bought for daughter
After being so inspired by the Beauty Myth I anxiously awaited Naomi Wolf's next book and this was disappointed.
I saw her interviewed for this book tour and found a disconnect between what she was saying she wanted to achieve with this book and what I read. The gist is we need to jettison the victim mentality and claim our power. I am all for that, but did not find anything in the book that resonated with that message
I saw her interviewed for this book tour and found a disconnect between what she was saying she wanted to achieve with this book and what I read. The gist is we need to jettison the victim mentality and claim our power. I am all for that, but did not find anything in the book that resonated with that message
I need to reread this, I think it has many points that I would agree with even more today than when I first read it.
Jul 09, 2007
Pera
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When I read it I thought more highly of it. In retrospect, Wolf has been not very helpful to the work of feminism for some time.
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Aug 26, 2008
Kristen
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Not my favorite work by Wolf, but still an interesting collection of essays.
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Naomi Wolf is the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Beauty Myth, The End of America and Give Me Liberty. She has toured the world speaking to audiences of all walks of life about gender equality, social justice, and, most recently, the defense of liberty in America and internationally. She is the cofounder of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, which te...more
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