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jmanchester0's review against another edition
5.0
Perspective. That's what we're so often missing in life. Seeing things from someone else's perspective is so key to understanding other people.
Do you want to understand life in our culture from a woman's perspective? Read books likes this. Several women (and a few men) have come together and shared parts of their lives, parts of themselves, so we can all understand each other a little better. That's why books like this are so important.
Buffy is referenced in the intro! Yay!
I loved Manifestation by Gabrielle Bell. I laughed so loud I'm glad I was reading this at home. Though this would have been a great book for Read Comics in Public Day. (Is that still a thing?)
And the last story - Labyrinth was different - and interesting. I liked it.
Do you want to understand life in our culture from a woman's perspective? Read books likes this. Several women (and a few men) have come together and shared parts of their lives, parts of themselves, so we can all understand each other a little better. That's why books like this are so important.
Buffy is referenced in the intro! Yay!
I loved Manifestation by Gabrielle Bell. I laughed so loud I'm glad I was reading this at home. Though this would have been a great book for Read Comics in Public Day. (Is that still a thing?)
And the last story - Labyrinth was different - and interesting. I liked it.
dr_ju's review against another edition
2.0
The title is quite misleading, this is not about feminism at all, the whole book is a big butt. I’m not going to argue about the drawings of which most are childish as you can’t argue about art. The stories though aren’t telling us, the readers anything, there is hardly any moral philosophy. Most of the strips are talking about society issues not feminist ones and some even try to copy the political cartoons they made during WWs.
I can’t recommend to anyone this book, the amount of small gems you’ll find here is hardly worth the time and money you’ll spend on it.
I can’t recommend to anyone this book, the amount of small gems you’ll find here is hardly worth the time and money you’ll spend on it.
usernameinvalid's review against another edition
2.0
This anthology is uneven and really hard to physically read at times. Some comics have titles. Others do not. If the comic does not have a title, finding the author and illustrator of that comic is unnecessarily difficult. Some comics were hard on the eyes. Some ended abruptly. Many times I was not sure when one comic ended and another one began. I put this book down and picked it up again so many times. I am an intersectional feminist who is academically and culturally fascinated by the ongoing history of movements and the ways they are written about. It pains me to say: this book was a painful read.
starnosedmole's review against another edition
4.0
Succinctly captures awkward nuances of feminism and gender roles in general. A fantastic anthology of thought-provoking comics!
oczerniecka's review against another edition
2.0
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Collection of funny, sad, pretty and ugly, confusing and sometimes underwhelming comics that present feminism and gender. I like to say that is does is in many different ways, but that is not true. It does sadly lack in a diversity. Comics do not present a wide spectrum of feminism and gender, some of them try to, or present a little bit of a different point of view, not only that of a heterosexual, but I feel that it was not enough. Some of the comics I just didn't get, I do not know what a message of them was.
Overall, I was really excited for this, and now I am disappointed.
I have however find a nice comics, called 'Manifestation' by Gabrielle Bell. It inspired me to finally grab [b:SCUM Manifesto|52263|SCUM Manifesto|Valerie Solanas|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1373996519s/52263.jpg|513872] and read it!
Collection of funny, sad, pretty and ugly, confusing and sometimes underwhelming comics that present feminism and gender. I like to say that is does is in many different ways, but that is not true. It does sadly lack in a diversity. Comics do not present a wide spectrum of feminism and gender, some of them try to, or present a little bit of a different point of view, not only that of a heterosexual, but I feel that it was not enough. Some of the comics I just didn't get, I do not know what a message of them was.
Overall, I was really excited for this, and now I am disappointed.
I have however find a nice comics, called 'Manifestation' by Gabrielle Bell. It inspired me to finally grab [b:SCUM Manifesto|52263|SCUM Manifesto|Valerie Solanas|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1373996519s/52263.jpg|513872] and read it!
skttrbrn's review against another edition
3.0
This collection was fairly good, though I have to agree with the criticism in some of the other reviews here - chiefly that the content is not nearly intersectional enough. Still, it's great to see comic writers tackling issues like pregnancy, ageing and patriarchy.
gayspoon's review against another edition
1.0
For a graphic anthology that claims to be feminist, it does a poor job. The whole thing just screamed white feminism, the lack of POC and trans authors is telling.
itiselizabeth's review against another edition
2.0
it was fine but that's all. From the first few pages I was put off by the reference to "both sexes" which is unrepresentative and the whole anthology was very white and very hetronormative... I expected more. It's food for thought but it's not a good representation of today's progressive feminism