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soggystar's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Pretty short book with a wide scope of focus. Due to the length of the book, this really serves as a broad introduction and doesn’t attempt to delve into the complexities and nuances of intersectional environmentalism. The list of resources and further readings at the end are very useful. I was hoping for a deeper more critical look into this topic but overall it was a great introduction and very tangible start place for someone new to the topic and field.
chicana99's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
There are some great notes on the current crises in Turtle Island/The USA and on the international stage with this intersectional lens, though everything is skipped over as this is such a wide-scoped book. For example, the writing about the oil industries placed directly beside poc/poorer communities (which my dad can remember) was really eye-opening, as was the writing about the Flint water crisis.
If some of the writers or activists included had a few more thorough stories throughout the book, I feel like this would have made it a much more engaging read though... There are chunks of text (bios of peers, friends, writers and some of their quotes) that are repeated twice within the book in different sections that read like fodder or a poorly made instagram infographic.
That said, the focus on acting from oneselves positionality, at a local and immediate level of direct action is an incredibly powerful prompt. I did like the quote subverting the "If not you, who?" to "If not you, why?" pushing us to act from where we're at, collectively. Intersectionality as a vocabulary in itself is also an exceptionally helpful tool.
If some of the writers or activists included had a few more thorough stories throughout the book, I feel like this would have made it a much more engaging read though... There are chunks of text (bios of peers, friends, writers and some of their quotes) that are repeated twice within the book in different sections that read like fodder or a poorly made instagram infographic.
That said, the focus on acting from oneselves positionality, at a local and immediate level of direct action is an incredibly powerful prompt. I did like the quote subverting the "If not you, who?" to "If not you, why?" pushing us to act from where we're at, collectively. Intersectionality as a vocabulary in itself is also an exceptionally helpful tool.