It’s a great introduction to feminism if you’re interested in learning more about the theory and practice, especially since feminism is all too often defined by its opponents.įrom the outset, reformist white women with class privilege were well aware that the power and freedom they wanted was the freedom they perceived men of their class enjoying. It’s also a personal book as hooks recalls her own feminist journey from the earliest consciousness raising through various conflicts. hooks makes an interesting distinction between feminism that seeks to advance individual women in careers, education, and politics without challenging the system within which they exist – what hooks defines as “reform feminism” and notes is beneficial mostly to privileged white women – and a “revolutionary feminism” which seeks to overturn patriarchal systems and create feminist alternatives. It’s a book that at times is also very critical of some ways in which feminism is practiced. hooks lays down the basic concepts and theory on feminism and how it intersects with race, class, and lesbianism, among other things. This book is a short primer on feminism that bell hooks always wanted but had to write it since it didn’t exist.
Previously read by the same author: All About Love: New Visions Publication Info: Cambridge, MA : South End Press, c2000. Navigate our study guide using the table of contents below.Title: Feminism is for everybody : passionate politics We also welcome further discussion into how her points made below intersect with modern transgender discourse. If you are interested in hooks’ more contemporary dialogues on transgender politics, see her conversation with Laverne Cox here. There are some phrases, particularly pertaining to gender, that leave out modern vocabulary and recognition of non-binary gender identities. One thing to note is that Feminism for Everybody was originally published in 2000. hooks breaks down a different theme of feminism in each chapter and offers her critique of the movement’s history and a vision for its future. Herein, hooks attempts to introduce feminism to the masses and, through education, make everyone feminists. The purpose of Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks is to be a handbook that is concise without being condescending in its simplicity. This study guide was written by Gauri Mande and edited by August Devore Welles and Hannah Ball
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