Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere By Jeanette Winterson
2018
Weight:3.2 oz
Method of Disposal: Lending Library
This is a quick easy read. There’s a short essay on women’s suffrage/feminism, then and now, by Winterson and then a speech by Emmeline Pankhurst—“Freedom or Death.” It is fun to read and reminds me of other feminist books I read in the 90s that were equally frank, not complicated, very gender focused. There was nothing newly inspiring, but I appreciated the British touch. It is definitely white woman feminism through and through. There was not an examination of intersectional oppression or a clear, laid out call to arms, but that feels like the point. It’s a flashback to the suffragettes and a call to be involved in the fight for social justice and feminism in particular.
My favorite parts?
1. anorexia scholastica
-What the actual fuck?
2. “When women are respected we don’t need protection.” pg 36
-Amen. This is one of those quick, political, sound bites that rings true and stirs your inner
activist. It’s so simple that you think everyone should understand and get it.
2018
Weight:3.2 oz
Method of Disposal: Lending Library
This is a quick easy read. There’s a short essay on women’s suffrage/feminism, then and now, by Winterson and then a speech by Emmeline Pankhurst—“Freedom or Death.” It is fun to read and reminds me of other feminist books I read in the 90s that were equally frank, not complicated, very gender focused. There was nothing newly inspiring, but I appreciated the British touch. It is definitely white woman feminism through and through. There was not an examination of intersectional oppression or a clear, laid out call to arms, but that feels like the point. It’s a flashback to the suffragettes and a call to be involved in the fight for social justice and feminism in particular.
My favorite parts?
1. anorexia scholastica
-What the actual fuck?
2. “When women are respected we don’t need protection.” pg 36
-Amen. This is one of those quick, political, sound bites that rings true and stirs your inner
activist. It’s so simple that you think everyone should understand and get it.
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