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A review by brogan7
A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman by Sharon Rudahl
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.25
Emma Goldman led such an amazing life. It's hard to imagine her now, when we don't have the category of work she most passionately did--a public speaker, a rabble-rouser, a public philosopher.
I thought she was amazing before I read this and now I think there's even more to ask questions about....
I find her ideas challenging and fascinating (don't advocate for an eight-hour day, look to dismantle capitalism; don't ask for the vote for women, invent a new society)...she is/was delightful.
One small detraction: I didn't like any of the sex scenes...they seemed crude and unrelateable (I don't think that was Rudahl's interest)...and often in fact I didn't like the art, which seemed too caricatured.
But Emma--and the era that she lived in... fascinating.
I thought she was amazing before I read this and now I think there's even more to ask questions about....
I find her ideas challenging and fascinating (don't advocate for an eight-hour day, look to dismantle capitalism; don't ask for the vote for women, invent a new society)...she is/was delightful.
One small detraction: I didn't like any of the sex scenes...they seemed crude and unrelateable (I don't think that was Rudahl's interest)...and often in fact I didn't like the art, which seemed too caricatured.
But Emma--and the era that she lived in... fascinating.