A review by squirrelfish
Re-Enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici

5.0

Interesting reminder that economics and feminism can't really be separated. I'm listening to [b:Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America|53056522|Mediocre The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America|Ijeoma Oluo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569299522l/53056522._SY75_.jpg|66444954] right now too, and male failure on household responsibilities comes up there, but Federici reminds us it's a deeper thing than the habits of time at home. It's an entire neglect of the home and food and childbearing and rearing by economics as a field. An assumption of women getting pregnant, having kids, raising kids, and never getting paid for that, and somehow living while doing it. Federici points out the social networks and urban farming and informal labor and trade practices that so many people have relied on to live are generally operated by women. Early essays point to micro-lending as almost a predation on those social networks, and then show similar incursions into commonly farmed lands and urban farming practices through 'development' programs which threaten the basics of living. There's good excerpts and examples from Africa and Latin America, some discussion of Asia and great footnotes. Definitely one of those books where finishing inspires a few more, in this case some [a:Dolores Hayden|61364|Dolores Hayden|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1504128460p2/61364.jpg] and [b:Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories|21971548|Compañeras Zapatista Women's Stories|Hilary Klein|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1422216445l/21971548._SX50_.jpg|41281543].

Read through my Kobo e-reader, purchased from the publisher and as part of a political book club, although I forget which one. Sunrise Movement maybe?