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Again, a moment where I need to listen more than I speak, but also one where I can use what I hear to shape my thoughts and words more carefully...remembering that "it's different because I'm a guy" as the saying goes.
Like some of the other amazing books on social issues, this leaves me thinking differently...about how on one side a position can be so clearly solid ("feminism is a good thing"), and yet mean various things to so many ("feminism as a woman of colour is something entirely different ...more
Like some of the other amazing books on social issues, this leaves me thinking differently...about how on one side a position can be so clearly solid ("feminism is a good thing"), and yet mean various things to so many ("feminism as a woman of colour is something entirely different ...more
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This is not the book I thought it would be. I expected this to be about the tension between what she wants and does and what she thinks she should being wanting and doing. I thought this was going to be about the challenges of maintaining feminists principles while negotiating the pressures of society and pop culture. For example, I like James Bond, and MZB's The Mists of Avalon, I w ...more
This is not the book I thought it would be. I expected this to be about the tension between what she wants and does and what she thinks she should being wanting and doing. I thought this was going to be about the challenges of maintaining feminists principles while negotiating the pressures of society and pop culture. For example, I like James Bond, and MZB's The Mists of Avalon, I w ...more
4.5 stars
I've been wanting to read this for at least a year, and though it is now slightly dated - it came out in 2014 - it's worth reading. Some parts were difficult for me because she makes a lot of cultural allusions, and in some cases I had not read/seen the works in question, but that is ok. There are many others that I had, and really only one section of the book contains this multitude of literary references.
The most important section of the book, for me, was about the intersection of race and ge ...more
The most important section of the book, for me, was about the intersection of race and ge ...more
I should have read this series of essays years ago, but it's hitting me at just the right time. Examining rape culture is part of my new work life and Gay provides many excellent examples of it in action. It took a bit to get through some of the content but I enjoyed the book overall.
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“I am a bad feminist. I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”
Dec 28, 2014
Natalie
marked it as to-read
Jan 07, 2015
Lynne
marked it as to-read-social-justice
Jul 27, 2015
akaellen
marked it as to-read
Dec 31, 2015
Andronike
marked it as to-read
