Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Outspoken by Pluto)

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This book is a manifesto for radical feminism and its capacity to make change in the world at all levels. Membuat hal-hal tampak "mudah" padahal bagi kulit berwarna dan bukan ras kaukasian seperti Sandberg punya kesulitan dan hambatannya sendiri. It covers a variety of subjects - sex work, immigration, domestic labour, transmisogyny, Islamophobia, art, consent, fatphobia, reproductive justice, and solidarity - from a Black feminist perspective.

Her work focuses on the uses of the feminist imagination and its relationship to cultural production, political demands and futurity.It is often about putting personal views aside and thinking about those who are more often than not left out of mainstream feminist movements.

i think it's especially great as a primer to feminist politics in the uk currently, but if you've already read about this subject quite a bit then it might not exactly be for you. She exposes the yawning chasm between what constitutes mainstream feminist activism and the urgent needs of women of colour in maternity wards, single-mother households, abusive homes, hungry families – and those of disfranchised trans people and sex workers. The introduction failed to make me understand what the aim of the book was, but it soon became clear that the author would be making the case for feminism, going through some of the most common current divides in the movement.Mimo że to teoretyczne podejście do radykalnego feminizmu, Olufemi pisze zwięźle i skutecznie udaje jej się przekazać swoje obserwacje, przez co książkę świetnie się czyta. It's also not just about reproduction rights but how having children is often seen as solely "women's work" and the value of this unpaid labour.

Olufemi non ha paura di apparire arrabbiata, si scaglia contro il patriarcato, contro alcune decisioni dell'apparato statale che colpiscono non solo le donne in generale, ma donne nere, povere e appartenenti alle cosiddette "minoranze" in particolare. The abortion referendum in Ireland, for example, leaned heavily on the cases of two women of colour, but there is little mobilisation for the rest of the maternal experience of women of colour.There will be no reverence here, no tiptoeing around mainstream feminism’s dreams, no grateful acceptance of a black space that is in the gift of white proprietors. Reclaiming feminism from the clutches of the consumerist, neoliberal model, Feminism, Interrupted shows that when 'feminist' is more than a label, it holds the potential for radical transformative work. At points the arguments made could be easily dismissed and rebuked by anti-feminists, and many sound more like commonsensical slogans to a certain group of feminists than actual explanations. Olufemi envisages a living, breathing practice of feminism that is anticapitalist, transnational, and collective.

Lola Olufemi explores state violence against women, the fight for reproductive justice, transmisogyny, gendered Islamophobia and solidarity with global struggles, showing that the fight for gendered liberation can change the world for everybody when we refuse to think of it solely as women's work.The writing is very straightforward and accessible, with quotes and examples from other activists and movements. But loosely, feminists have understood gender as our sense of self in the world, how we present our bodies, speak, move--anything that refers to our own bodies. She is at her strongest and most refreshing when rejecting the fetishisation of black women for being strong or fierce or the embodiment of “ black girl magic”. I would recommend this book for those interested in gender politics and non fiction as it is easy to go through. These divides are also seen through the lens of voices often marginalized in mainstream, liberal feminism, with interesting cultural, historical and scholarly references abounding.