Named one of Vogue’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2019”
This is a manifesto for the 99 percent
Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, inadequate healthcare, border policing, climate change—these are not what you ordinarily hear feminists talking about. But aren’t they the biggest issues for the vast majority of women around the globe?
Taking as its inspiration the new wave of feminist militancy that has erupted globally, this manifesto makes a simple but powerful case: feminism shouldn’t start—or stop—with the drive to have women represented at the top of their professions. It must focus on those at the bottom, and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism. Feminism must be anticapitalist, eco-socialist and antiracist.
Yeah! I really enjoyed this takedown of liberal feminism. This is a fantastic explanation of why liberal feminism fails us, and how it plays into capitalism and perpetuates oppression, even when it seems "progressive." My only complaint is the authors still often defaulted to saying "women" instead of just "people" even while, at many other times, stressing that feminism must be inclusive of trans and nonbinary folks. Still a thoughtful read.
Reading updates
-
Started reading
-
17 May, 2019:
Finished reading
-
17 May, 2019:
Reviewed