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lilacsun999's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
carrie1352's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
unladylike's review against another edition
3.0
A very sparse and "Continental" version of feminist history. I.e., the creators seem to know and care much more about feminism and philosophy in Germany and France than anywhere else. There were some interesting tidbits and stories in this book that I didn't know before, but the illustrations are mediocre and bland when they could have presented a much more interesting story-telling aspect to this history. Some of the important women in ancient history, as well as 18th-21st century points in feminism are either ignored entirely or just barely mentioned and glossed over in a way that gave me the impression the authors don't really comprehend the significance.
It's true that, based on the introduction establishing the parameters, they accomplished what they [cl]aimed to do. But even then, it's clunky, full of typos, and most importantly, seems very detached from an actual understanding of white supremacy and queerness when those concepts are important and relevant to the history.
It's true that, based on the introduction establishing the parameters, they accomplished what they [cl]aimed to do. But even then, it's clunky, full of typos, and most importantly, seems very detached from an actual understanding of white supremacy and queerness when those concepts are important and relevant to the history.
reba_reads_books's review against another edition
4.0
This was an unexpected library pick up for me and, having said that, I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. The visuals made some complicated historical concepts much easier to digest. I thought the introduction was unnecessary; the only thing I got from it was that this was a brief history of only the feminism that the authors were already aware of or already interested in. They admitted to not including a worldwide perspective by choice.