Russ, Joanna - What Are We Fighting For?: Sex, Race, Class, and the Future of Feminism

[oyceter]

I am not even sure how to start writing about this book; there is so much in it and so much to think about for me

Comments

[rozk]

Apparently she has since retracted some of the hateful anti-trans stuff, but I have to say that when I first read this book, it struck me how inconsistent with her general principles it was, really, and how ill-considered. It's why I stopped writing about Russ for a long time - I felt that she didn't want me to do so and that nothing I could say would be regarded as valid. This is a shame, because she is one of the writers I most admire.

[oyceter]

Apparently she has since retracted some of the hateful anti-trans stuff,

Good! I was really disturbed by her attitude on that, especially given the sections later on intersectionality.

But yes, it really was just a slap in the face.

[oursin]

Have I already done the jumping up and down and recommending bell hooks?

[oyceter]

Hee! Possibly? I am not sure if it was you specifically, but Audre Lorde and bell hooks are the first people on my to-read list.

[oyceter]

*nods* Yes to the transgenderism! The worst bit was that it was so casually tossed in there and not examined at all later.

[fmanalyst]

And not just bell hooks but Donna Haraway. You must read Simians, Cyborgs and Women.

[delux_vivens]

has anyone told you about June Jordan yet? I strongly rec "Some of Us Did Not Die: Selected Essays."

[oyceter]

No, no one has. Thank you for the rec!