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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor)

February 3, 2021 by zinka Leave a Comment

Woof. I have been reading a lot of really amazing critical work this year and a lot of it has been just for fun. Also, a lot of it makes me feel like my brain is exploding but in a way that feels really really good to me, and I think Adrienne Maree Brown would approve. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, by Adrienne Maree Brown, is a collection of essays, interviews, and other writing by Brown as well as a series of […]

Feminism is for everybody. Like, literally.

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

January 9, 2021 by bonnie 4 Comments

I’ve been trying to actively read more anti-racist resources and implement them in my life. I bought Hood Feminism late last summer but have had such a giant stack that I am only now getting to it. I am *so* glad I bought it, because I look forward to returning to it and recommending it to my own students. Mikki Kendall’s premise is that mainstream feminism is too white (it is) and focuses on “lean in issues” that really only protect the comforts of white […]

A rush through the author’s experience

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

December 12, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Let me start by stating that my exposure to poetry is very limited. I have, to my knowledge, read only one or two full collections of poems, so take this entire review with a grain of salt. Home Body by Rupi Kaur is broken down into four parts: mind, heart, rest, and awake. In mind Kaur writes of her depression, anxiety, and her struggles with worth and acceptance. In heart, Kaur write of love: its loss, its elusion, and its impact. In rest, Kaur write of just that. […]

I’m Going to Buy the Paper Copy Too

The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies by Deborah Frances-White

December 5, 2020 by ASKReviews 2 Comments

Best for: Everyone, but especially feminists. In a nutshell: Comedian Deborah Frances-White, who hosts The Guilty Feminist podcast, brings together previous writing, interviews, and new observations on feminism and the search for equality. Worth quoting: I got the audio book, but I still took this one down in the notes app on my phone: “When people get angry about gender quotas setting a target for 30% women on boards or one woman on a panel show of five to seven men, we need to remind […]

Don’t judge a book by its cover

Griz by Eddie Cleveland

November 9, 2020 by katie71483 3 Comments

I’ll be the first to admit guilt: I had zero expectations about this book. The blurb sounded mildly entertaining, a comedic fake relationship romance with a college hockey backdrop. Strike that. I had low expectations. I totally judged GRIZ by E. Cleveland by two things that really shouldn’t have any bearing on the quality of a book: the title, the cover and the fact that it was a Kindle Unlimited selection. Okay, that was three things, but bear with me here. Griz is the name […]

A personal view of intersectional feminism, narrated by the author.

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

October 31, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a great audiobook. It was narrated by the author, and she has a really good reading voice. There were parts where her intonation changed in a weird way, but overall she narrates the book in a clear, strong voice, and with appropriate emotion. (Some authors try to read their own books, and it doesn’t work out so well for them.) This was an excellent book that focuses on the areas that “mainstream feminism”, aka middle class, mostly white, doesn’t take into account. Some […]

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