Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

Wow, for a short book, without too many five dollar words, this work is extremely thorough and requires a lot of work and contemplation on the part of the reader.hooks covers so much ground, so many facets of feminism in this work. From what consciousness raising is, to reproductive rights, to the impact of beauty standards, race and gender, classism, parenting, hetero and LGB relationships... Feminism is about love, and more, it's about freedom for men and women, to get away from the toxic societal models that are literally killing us."Most citizens of this nation still do not understand the link between male domination and male violence. And that failure to understand is underscored as our nation is called upon to respond to violent murders of family members, friends, and schoolmates by young males of all classes."Feminism, for those in the back, is NOT about hating men. hooks likes men; I love them - most feminists I know, love men as well as women. When hate enters the picture, it's about hating a dynamic that pits men and women against each other, that forces people into stereotypes that don't fit them. hooks addresses the problems created when feminism seemed to become white, academic, and classist, and encourages us all to learn about intersectionality (something I'm not great at yet, but am working on it)."If feminist movement had not offered a true accounting of the dangers of perpetuating sexism and male domination, it would have failed. There would have been no need to mount an anti-feminist campaign." There's a backlash BECAUSE doing something other than the thing we know, patriarchy, is terrifying to many, and threatens those who might lose their privilege.Yet if they did, there's so much to be gained, for all of us. Feminism is for everybody.

This is an outstanding book, written clearly and simply, that lays out the modern history and goals of feminism. It's easy to follow, even for someone who isn't already familiar with feminist theory. It's a very smart book that challenges everyone, men and women, to think about power and privilege.

It is essentially one of the foremost informative books on feminism, besides "Why we should all be Feminists?". It makes all the concepts clear, a drawback I have is that there isn't a glossary for all the terms.

This Rutledge published book is full of spelling and grammatical errors. I'm really disappointed I spent $20 on something full of errors that I could have read for free online.

This was a good read for understanding the history of feminism, how it has been misrepresented, and in educating how we all contribute to a dialogue and a culture that should embrace equality. However, for the new edition, there was no update as to how to discuss feminism and educate in a broader sense according to our culture, social media, millenialism, etc. It felt old, stale and outdated in ways. And for as many times as bell hooks mentioned feminist education needing to be easy to read and understand, I found many paragraphs hard to focus on for all the jargon.

The cover had a couple of coffee stains but the inside is what matters. It feels new and no marks on the pages. I love it.

Excellent book. Although you need to know a little bit about feminism to understand it better.

Beautifully written! A must read for all women and men to understand that feminism is truly for everybody; we all have a role to stand for women and to support gender rights.

Bought as a gift

A must read for anyone seeking to know more about feminism

Great!

This is an excellent book on feminism that manages not to be too theoretical but still delves deep. Recommend this book to everyone and anyone interested in feminism as a bigger picture: it offers not only a definition of feminism but examines topics such as race, gender & class, feminist parenting/masculinity/sexual politics – and much more. Great book!

Das Buch gibt einen guten grundlegenden Überblick und hat Antworten auf viele Vorurteile und Fragen. Dabei ist es sehr sympathisch und nicht zu schwer geschrieben :)

Everybody needs to read Bell Hooks at least once.

Really accessible book that outlines the American Feminist movement, the inner debates and evolution for the past decades. It covers the basics to understand where the movement has been and where it’s going.

One of the best, most inclusive books ever written about feminism. Everyone should read this. Buy it, read it, pass it on.

I bought the kindle version by mistake. I am trying to cancel and change for paperback version, but there isn’t any option. Help me. I have just made this mistake.

4日遅れで届きましたが、商品状態は良かったので問題ないです。

I downloaded this to my kindle but I wanted a book, I cannot see anywhere to get this sorted

Not my favourite