Philip of Macedon asked this question about Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody:
So, who's actually read it? It's interesting that this book is still more than a month from release, but there are already a dozen ratings for it and zero reviews. I'm confident it'll be a good book, because Helen and James do fantastic work. But this seems to provide more evidence of the disappointing recurring theme I see on Goodreads, which is that a lot of people rate or review books they haven't even read.
Men Read Too I bought it on 10/6 and finished it a few days ago. I wanted to buy it sooner, but Amazon kept listing it as 'out of stock' so I finally ended up driv…moreI bought it on 10/6 and finished it a few days ago. I wanted to buy it sooner, but Amazon kept listing it as 'out of stock' so I finally ended up driving to the bookstore. Overall, it was very difficult to put this book down. A book like this is much needed for our society. People should encourage others to read this.(less)
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