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Why I Am Not a Feminist : A Feminist Manifesto by Jessa Crispin (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMelville House Publishing
ISBN-101612196012
ISBN-139781612196015
eBay Product ID (ePID)228958614
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhy I am Not a Feminist : a Feminist Manifesto
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFeminism & Feminist Theory, Popular Culture, Women's Studies
Publication Year2017
GenreSocial Science
AuthorJessa Crispin
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-032467
Reviews"The point of 'Why I Am Not a Feminist' isn't really that Crispin is not a feminist; it's that she has no interest in being a part of a club that has opened its doors and lost sight of its politics--a club that would, if she weren't so busy disavowing it, invite Kellyanne Conway in....Crispin's argument is bracing, and a rare counterbalance; where feminism is concerned, broad acceptability is almost always framed as an unquestioned good." -- The New Yorker "Small but mighty, a bracing, contradictory volume full of fury. It's a rousing call for unity that's not afraid to alienate, at once breezy and foreboding. It's a radical text written in accessible, entertaining prose, slipped nonchalantly into the mainstream....A blueprint for women who care about equal rights for all women, and really, all humans." -- Flavorwire "Perceptive and impassioned...There's something decidedly appealing, even romantic, about this vision of a radical movement that will, in Crispin's words, set about 'fully dismantling' the system." -- New Republic "Argues against the current brand of feminism that equates progress with buying into the status quo, and calls for a reinvestment in radical, even revolutionary thinking about what feminism can mean, and do." -- Elle "A searing critique...a necessary contribution to the effort to push contemporary social justice movements further to the left and to weave an understanding of class politics into modern identity-based movements in order to build a radical politics of solidarity." -- Jacobin "Brief, bellicose, and bracing...A call for an examination of conscience." -- Chicago Tribune "The author's ferocious critique effectively reframes the terms of any serious discussion of feminism. You'll never trust a you-go-girl just-lean-in bromide again. Forget busting glass ceilings. Crispin has taken a wrecking ball to the whole structure." -- Kirkus starred review "Feminists have, in fact, become polite insiders, and Crispin is here to show them how to punch their way out. A rallying manifesto; start swinging." -- Library Journal "Laser-like insight into feminism's strengths and weaknesses...Rhetoric that soars and sears...Through insights that provoke discussion and dissension, Crispin rallies the kind of radical verve that once vitalized a revolution in the hope that it will do so once again. " --Booklist, "The author's ferocious critique effectively reframes the terms of any serious discussion of feminism. You'll never trust a you-go-girl just-lean-in bromide again. Forget busting glass ceilings. Crispin has taken a wrecking ball to the whole structure." -- Kirkus starred review "Feminists have, in fact, become polite insiders, and Crispin is here to show them how to punch their way out. A rallying manifesto; start swinging." -- Library Journal, "Argues against the current brand of feminism that equates progress with buying into the status quo, and calls for a reinvestment in radical, even revolutionary thinking about what feminism can mean, and do." -- Elle "The author's ferocious critique effectively reframes the terms of any serious discussion of feminism. You'll never trust a you-go-girl just-lean-in bromide again. Forget busting glass ceilings. Crispin has taken a wrecking ball to the whole structure." -- Kirkus starred review "Feminists have, in fact, become polite insiders, and Crispin is here to show them how to punch their way out. A rallying manifesto; start swinging." -- Library Journal "Laser-like insight into feminism's strengths and weaknesses...Rhetoric that soars and sears...Through insights that provoke discussion and dissension, Crispin rallies the kind of radical verve that once vitalized a revolution in the hope that it will do so once again. " --Booklist
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal305.42
SynopsisAre you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist... or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed meaning for acceptance, and left us with a banal, polite, ineffectual pose that barely challenges the status quo. In this bracing, fiercely intelligent manifesto, Jessa Crispin demands more., Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism . . . and a bracing manifesto for revolution. Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist . . . or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed meaning for acceptance, and left us with a banal, polite, ineffectual pose that barely challenges the status quo. In this bracing, fiercely intelligent manifesto, Jessa Crispin demands more. Why I Am Not A Feminist is a radical, fearless call for revolution. It accuses the feminist movement of obliviousness, irrelevance, and cowardice--and demands nothing less than the total dismantling of a system of oppression. Praise for Jessa Crispin, and The Dead Ladies Project "I'd follow Jessa Crispin to the ends of the earth." --Kathryn Davis, author of Duplex "Read with caution . . . Crispin is funny, sexy, self-lacerating, and politically attuned, with unique slants on literary criticism, travel writing, and female journeys. No one crosses genres, borders, and proprieties with more panache." --Laura Kipnis, author of Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation "Very, very funny. . . . The whole book is packed with delightfully offbeat prose . . . as raw as it is sophisticated, as quirky as it is intense." -- The Chicago Tribune, Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism... and a bracing manifesto for revolution.
LC Classification NumberHQ1155.C756 2017
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