Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Written by bell hooks
Narrated by Robin Miles
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About this audiobook
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.
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.
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to participate fully in feminist movement and to benefit fully from it, hooks shows that feminism—far from being an outdated concept or one limited to an intellectual elite–is indeed for everybody.
bell hooks is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books on the politics of race, gender, class, and culture. A frequent lecturer in the United States and abroad, she is Distinguished Professor of English at City College, City University of New York
bell hooks
bell hooks was an influential cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, she was a charismatic speaker and writer who taught and lectured around the world. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks was the author of more than 17 books, including the New York Times bestseller All About Love: New Visions; Salvation: Black People and Love; Communion: the Female Search for Love, as well as the landmark memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood.
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Reviews for Feminism Is for Everybody
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everyone needs to read this. Please! It should be essential reading for everyone to get an idea of what it should look like for everyone to be equal.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A must need to read. This is my second read of a bell hooks’ book and I enjoy her insightful takes, my mind is always racing (in a good way) after. ✨
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A must read for any left minded person! A great overview of the usefulness of feminism for all people, and the failures of historical messaging and good ideas to address and rectify them
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5More of the same from a "two-faced" ideology claiming the goal of "love for all" whilst simultaneously practicing that of "divide and blame"
An ideology so "inclusive" that's its very name discounts 50% of the population. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While perhaps slightly dated in that it only discusses the gender binary, this book remains incredibly relevant and important. I highly recommending reading it or listening.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The simplicity and clear message of this author.
She gets to explain, breaking into details, what feminism is about. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A quick treatise reminding us that feminism is inclusive. It might have got a little lost, but is more important than ever.