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lattelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
This is probably one of the best "feminist 101" books I've ever read. It focuses beyond just white women and general, everyday (but important!) topics such as rape culture, equal pay, and more. She also discusses intersectionality, how race ties into our experiences of women, and why immigration rights matter. And even when discussing the "typical" feminist topics, she brings in other important means of viewing such dilemmas--for example, instead of stating why the wage gap is an important topic, she includes statistics that involve various races and discusses how such a wage gap also ties into women being viewed as a separate class, and how such financial disparity affects the economy and small businesses and other rippling, domino effects.
Even more interesting to me, however, was her general perspective as a mother. I personally am not a mother, nor do I ever want to be one, so such perspectives are ones that I do not search out or happen upon. So, that being said, such a new viewpoint helped illuminate some new points for me, such as the increasing cost of child care, or immigration rights, or health care.
What I also found very helpful was the engaging and accessible way that she describes these issues. She also offers various ways to make one's voice heard, from contacting our representatives to urging women to run for office, from city council and onwards--not only does she make this sound important, but she makes it sound fun!
Overall, I found this to be a strong book full of valuable insights that I think most anyone would agree with both opinion-wise and fact-wise. I also think that this is a great book for white moms to better understand just why and how we need these discussions today, and why these discussions are still necessary. Definitely worth reading!
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Even more interesting to me, however, was her general perspective as a mother. I personally am not a mother, nor do I ever want to be one, so such perspectives are ones that I do not search out or happen upon. So, that being said, such a new viewpoint helped illuminate some new points for me, such as the increasing cost of child care, or immigration rights, or health care.
What I also found very helpful was the engaging and accessible way that she describes these issues. She also offers various ways to make one's voice heard, from contacting our representatives to urging women to run for office, from city council and onwards--not only does she make this sound important, but she makes it sound fun!
Overall, I found this to be a strong book full of valuable insights that I think most anyone would agree with both opinion-wise and fact-wise. I also think that this is a great book for white moms to better understand just why and how we need these discussions today, and why these discussions are still necessary. Definitely worth reading!
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librarydanielle's review against another edition
3.0
Written by one of the founders of the Women's March, Keep Marching is a primer on how we can stay involved, and more importantly WHY we should stay involved. Written in fairly easy to read text (think less textbook, more informational text) this will appeal to women who are struggling with feeling defeated and knowing what to do next.
I was hoping this would appeal to teens as well, but I don't think it really will, it is definitely geared towards adults (I kind of felt specifically white adults). New Adults will find this book tremendously useful though. I received an ebook galley of this, and have to say it was not very visually appealing. I was hoping for color and eye-catching imagery. I got several black and white graphs. There is a lot of very useful information laid out in this book, but it's laid out as giant blocks of text. Adding in color and breaking up the giant blocks of text would have made the book more accessible, which is a huge part of this book, so the author/editor missed their own point a bit. Hopefully the print version addresses this a bit (galley ebooks often miss a bit, so I'm hopeful.)
Ultimately this is a decent book, well written, and helpful.
I was hoping this would appeal to teens as well, but I don't think it really will, it is definitely geared towards adults (I kind of felt specifically white adults). New Adults will find this book tremendously useful though. I received an ebook galley of this, and have to say it was not very visually appealing. I was hoping for color and eye-catching imagery. I got several black and white graphs. There is a lot of very useful information laid out in this book, but it's laid out as giant blocks of text. Adding in color and breaking up the giant blocks of text would have made the book more accessible, which is a huge part of this book, so the author/editor missed their own point a bit. Hopefully the print version addresses this a bit (galley ebooks often miss a bit, so I'm hopeful.)
Ultimately this is a decent book, well written, and helpful.
guida315's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great primer for getting involved! It’s got harrowing stats, excellent resources, and terrific processes for next steps.
What it isn’t is unbiased, so if you can overlook that, it’s an outstanding read on how to make a positive impact in your community.
What it isn’t is unbiased, so if you can overlook that, it’s an outstanding read on how to make a positive impact in your community.
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