FEMINISM IS FOR EVERYBODY: Passionate Politics

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Kalimat tersebut menciptakan miskonsepsi bahwa seksualitas bisa dipilih dan seksualitas hanya terdiri dari dua spekrum: straight dan suka sesama jenis. hooks applies her critical analysis to the most contentious and challenging issues facing feminists today, including reproductive rights, violence, race, class, and work. With her customary insight and unsparing honesty, hooks calls for a feminism free from divisive barriers but rich with rigorous debate. In language both eye-opening and optimistic, hooks encourages us to demand alternatives to patriarchal, racist, and homophobic culture, and to imagine a different future. En cuanto a por dónde empezar a leer libros feministas, es decir, de qué libros nutrirnos para tener una toma de conciencia feminista, “El feminismo es para todo el mundo” es una de las mejores opciones que vais a encontrar. Yo llego tarde a él, no lo conocía hace dos años cuando empecé a leer feminismos, y quizá por ese motivo a mí no me ha resultado un libro mágico y de descubrimiento. Sin embargo, sí es un libro mágico y maravilloso si acabas de empezar a leer feminismos, o has leído pocos, o no has leído desde la diversidad, y solo has leído feminismo blanco y europeo. «Antes de que las mujeres pudiéramos cambiar el patriarcado, teníamos que cambiarnos a nosotras mismas, teníamos que tomar conciencia.» On top of that, I have some major issues with hooks' academic approach. The entire book has no citations, footnotes, or leads to secondary reading about the many topics hooks touches upon. As a person who's new to feminism (maybe even reluctant about it) – hooks' intended audience for the book – one can only assume that hooks' assertions are factual, but there's no way to prove it. hooks positions herself as the leading authority on every issue she writes about, which is why the only citations you will find are from her own previous work. This is actually bogus. How the hell is that okay? hooks continuously presents her own opinion as fact, no matter how questionable or historically inaccurate, and it's driving me insane. Ketiga, hal yang menurutku fatal dan berulangkali terjadi di buku ini dan membuatku akhirnya memutuskan untuk tidak melanjutkan buku ini, Bell Hooks seolah menyatakan bahwa seksualitas bisa dipilih. Hal ini terlihat jelas pada essay Politik Seksual Feminis: Etika Kebebasan Bersama.

i remembered disliking this book quite a bit when i first read it ten years ago. but because i still respected hooks as a theorist & a writer then, i charitably assumed that the problem was the structure--that hooks just wasn't cut out to with elementary introductory primers. she has historically shone as a thinker when writing about the intersections between race & feminism, & her writing on this topic has not always been simple & easy to digest. so i thought perhaps having to wander so far into a different territory necessitating a radically different authorial voice, hooks struggled.Also, while I appreciate the personal and historical context, one has the feeling she is often airing personal complaints against the wrong version of feminism taking over. Her complaints about feminism are kinda hard to cover in a brief review. She makes some interesting points, but still seems to harbor a lot of resentment toward those feminists who have it all wrong (according to her). This would be the substance of an interesting essay, and her personal experiences within feminism would make for an interesting memoir. But then that brings us to the issue of, is this really the right context? Ci troverete, rivelata in modo innocuo, la definizione di ogni vostro dolore la cui causa va ricondotta al patriarcato.

Tujuan dasar feminisme visioner adalah menciptakan strategi-strategi untuk mengubah nasib semua perempuan dan meningkatkan kekuatan pribadi mereka." (hlm. 152) As a consequence, by not providing any material that would support her statements the author can (and does) disguise her personal opinions as facts a bit too often for my liking. She builds questionable arguments and throughout the book develops the problem of stating things that are historically inaccurate. As a scholar I find it unacceptable. Wow, for a short book, without too many five dollar words, this work is extremely thorough and requires a lot of work and contemplation on the part of the reader. Este pequeñito gran libro logro darle un giro de 180º a lo que yo consideraba como feminismo, bell hooks (si, con minúscula) hace una revisión profunda del movimiento feminista en todos sus más importantes temas de abordaje como la violencia, las relaciones, la espiritualidad, etc. Rescata y aboga por un feminismo radical, como el único modo de realizar cambios sustanciales en las estructuras patriarcales, por su lado critica los movimientos reformistas debido a su carácter débil e incluso imitador del sistema opresor, de ese modo hace una constante critica a las mujeres blancas supremacistas que se han apoderado del feminismo como una causa que solo ellas pueden liderar, defendiendo intereses egoístas mientras invisibilizan a otras mujeres e incluso reproducen las mismas prácticas sexistas que en un principio defendían erradicar. In the introduction, she presents this book ostensibly as a primer, as a means for those who know less about feminism, who are interested but full of misconceptions, can understand what it's all about and develop some understanding of theory without all the academic jargon. The case she makes for this is compelling, and I definitely see the need for that book. Even though the internet has made this information widely available, there's still need to put it in a contained, succinct format like a short book.

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Every chapter contained some snide asides or bitter remarks on people hooks claims aren't "real feminists", anyone who doesn't align with hooks' own personal opinion was sidelined. She often bemoaned the fact that these fake feminist women are often the ones who get the media attention and become the face of the movement, like, honey??? are you aware that you are one of the most famous feminists in the world??? Why are you so bitter? It was hella weird and unprofessional, and not the right place for a book that claims to be a primer for basic feminist theory. Aku DNF buku ini dan memutuskan tidak melanjutkannya lagi. Ada 25 halaman lagi yang kupikir tidak akan kubaca karena sejujurnya ada hal yang sangat mengganjal buatku. The write style is awful. The sentences are sometimes pretty confusing because the author, apparently, was tempted to throw in as many pseudo-intellectual terms as she could. But even worse is the poor grammar and the problems with punctuation and believe me, if I notice poor punctuation and grammar it means something because I am not very good when it comes to punctuation myself. For instance, in the chapter on reproductive rights, hooks states that to be anti-choice is to be anti-feminist. So far, so good. But then she goes on and on about how she is personally opposed to abortion. Why? Why is that important in a book that is NOT hooks' memoir or diary, but claims to be an introduction to feminist theory. hooks own stance on abortion is irrelevant and shouldn't have been elaborated upon. Especially not when she spews nonsense about repeat abortions causing health problems etc. Or the chapter on radical lesbians, where she claims that some women "chose" bisexuality, as if a person can choose their own sexuality.

First, feminism is not and should not be used a vehicle to hate men. Feminist theory IS a movement to end sexism, and that alone covers an enormous amount of details in shaping one’s worldviews. She also makes an important distinction between what it means to be a man and what it is to live under a patriarchal system or in an overbearing, patriarchal environment. hooks is never critical of the former, and in fact, she encourages gender identity. Her anti-sexist position, however, is a strong criticism of systemic abuse of women and children (and even men) that creates a socially entitled construct of class, race, gender, and economics. This must be upended, or at least radically scrutinized if any meaningful, egalitarian change can be implemented. hooks speaks to all those in search of true liberation, asking readers to take look at feminism in a new light, to see that it touches all lives. Issuing an invitation to participate fully in feminist movement and to benefit fully from it, hooks shows that feminism—far from being an outdated concept or one limited to an intellectual elite--is indeed for everybody. Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression." I love this definition...I love it because it so clearly states that the movement is not about being anti-male. It makes it clear that the problem is sexism. And that clarity helps us remember that all of us, female and male, have been socialized from birth on to accept sexist thought and action. As a consequence, females can be just as sexist as men. And while that does not excuse or justify male domination, it does mean that it would be naive and wrong-minded for feminist thinkers to see the movement as simplistically being for women against men. To end patriarchy (another way of naming the institutionalized sexism) we need to be clear that we are all participants in perpetuating sexism until we change our minds and hearts, until we let go of sexist thought and action and replace it with feminist thought and action." Aku tidak merekomendasikan buku ini pada siapapun, terutama pemula. Sangat disayangkan, padahal beberapa essay cukup bagus. Ada essay yang membahas tentang ketimpangan kelas dan pentingnya untuk mencegah kekerasan terhadap anak-anak, baik yang dilakukan perempuan maupun laki-laki.Buku ditutup dengan bab feminisme visioner yang bisa dilakukan oleh semua orang termasuk laki-laki beserta langkah apa saja yang bisa dilakukan. Ajaibnya, buku yang ditulis sekitar 2 dekade lalu ini masih relevan hingga sekarang. In this engaging and provocative volume, bell hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of experience. Hers is a vision of a beloved community that appeals to all those committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice. Second, and most importantly, is her foundational beliefs in intersectional feminism. Again, her critique as a feminist isn’t to blame all the world’s ills on white women, but she strongly supports action that white women learn to accept responsibility for the damage they’ve done, since the inception of feminism in the early 18th Century, by letting go of their personal agendas for material success at the expense of women of color. She is also very critical over the fact that sexism isn’t a “man” thing. Women have also been conditioned to perpetuate sexist beliefs or simply choose to do so conscientiously. Defiende en cada punto la importancia de tomar en cuenta la interseccionalidad de la raza y la situación socioeconómica junto con el género, de lo contrario no se llegara a ningún lado, el patriarcado continuara fortalecido y el feminismo debilitado. Además hooks justifica porque El Feminismo es Para Todo el Mundo, porque no es como piensan muchos y lamentablemente algunas supuestas feministas, que es una confrontación de mujeres contra hombres pues eso solo reproduce la política patriarcal de divide y vencerás, porque los hombres también pueden ser aliados, ser feministas y defender la causa, ya que el patriarcado también les afecta, así como a los niños y los ancianos. “La seguridad y la continuidad de la vida en el planeta requiere que los hombres se hagan feministas.” hooks también remarca en la importancia de crear espacios feministas en la educación o en el hogar, en hacer del feminismo algo accesible a todos y no una cuestión elitista que solo ciertos intelectuales puedan entender.