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. Problematically, for the most part feminist thinkers have never wanted to call attention to the reality that women are often the primary culprits in everyday violence against children simply because they are the primary parental caregivers. While it was crucial and revolutionary that feminist movement called attention to the fact that male domination in the home often creates an autocracy where men sexually abuse children, the fact is that masses of children are daily abused verbally and physically by women and men. Maternal sadism often leads women to emotionally abuse children, and feminist theory has not yet offered both feminist critique and feminist intervention when the issue is adult female violence against children. In a culture of domination where children have no civil rights, those who are powerful, adult males and females, can exert autocratic rule of children. All the medical facts show that children are violently abused daily in this society. Much of that abuse is life threatening. Many children die. Women perpetuate this violence as much as men if not more. A serious gap in feminist thinking and practice has been the refusal of the movement to confront head-on adult female violence against children. Emphasizing male domination makes it easy for women, including feminist thinkers, to ignore the ways women abuse children." 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. 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.

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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Before I get into the issue of whether Hooks fulfills her stated purpose, I'd like to say that there is plenty she says and ideas thrown out that make this book worth the read. She subtly brags by quoting her own books. The quotes aren't exactly good either, but the fact that the only texts she referred to were her own annoyed me.

Relegate ad un cassetto il rinomato "Dovremmo essere tutti femministi" di Adichie e i pamphlet nostrani di Murgia: il vademecum da regalare all* neofemminist* è questo. 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.C'è dentro tutto: la storia del movimento, i suoi ideali, le sue guerre intestine e persino i suoi controsensi. Soprattutto, però, il conforto e la speranza, particolarmente apprezzati, io credo, in questi nuovi tempi di guerra. I would never recommend it as an introduction. No one barely becoming interested wants to know only why feminism failed or who broke it, when so many would dispute that it even was diminished. This book would turn off any newcomer. But all the conventionally known preachings of the book aside, she makes another very pertinent point about stripping the verbiage of jargon from all the academic work on feminism to make them more accessible to students and laymen alike, and working together to raise awareness of how feminism isn't inherently 'anti-men' or 'anti-religion' or even simply restricted to serving the interests of women in civilization, how feminism is for everybody. It is neither particularly accessible, nor does it really help as a guide. Thankfully, I know history fairly well, particularly the history of feminism, so I knew what the author was talking about in most cases, but for a person who does not know much history this book will be a torture. It is jumbled, inconsistent and badly written, but let me start at the beginning.

Right at the beginning the author states that the book's goal is to provide an accessible "guide" to feminism for all. Most citizens of this nation still do not understand the link between male domination and male violence. And that failure to understand is underscored as our nation is called upon to respond to violent murders of family members, friends, and schoolmates by young males of all classes." Honestly, I could go on for quite a while here pointing out the inaccurate, offensive and nonsensical bits, but I won't. Selesai baca ini, aku ingin mengulik lebih jauh tentang feminisme terutama dalam konteks pemikiran dan praktiknya di Indonesia. Ada satu buku incaran yang sudah kucatat yang ditulis oleh seorang Indonesia. hooks wrote Feminism Is For Everybody as a short, accessible introduction to feminist theory, designed to be read by all genders this book wants to provide both a primer to the question 'what is feminism?' and an argument for the enduring importance of the feminist movement today.Setidaknya sudah tiga buku dengan buku ini yang kubaca perihal perempuan dan feminisme. Semakin ke sini, aku semakin sepakat dengan pemikiran-pemikiran feminisme yang ternyata salah-kaprah disampaikan oleh media massa sehingga membuat orang awam melipir lebih jauh dari konsepsi dasar feminisme. 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. Buku ini diklaim bisa menjadi buku pegangan bagi orang-orang yang masih awam mengenai feminisme, dengan klaim bahwa buku-buku feminisme yang lain masih penuh dengan jargon yang kurang dimengerti oleh orang-orang yang masih awam mengenai feminisme. 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.