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elaboratelyemily's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
I remember really enjoying this book, but months later I am unable to remember the content of most of these essays. My favorite was her response to Adrienne Rich's critique of her earlier work. I can see why she is an influential writer - her essays were well structured and written well.
emily2348's review against another edition
3.5
mixed thoughts on this while i think Sontag is one of the smartest people i have read i really don't agree on some of her feminist stances and one of her comments on lesbianism rubbed me the wrong way, i think it is definitely worth reading "The Third World of Women" and "The Double Standard of Aging", will definitely get my hands on another of her books at some point though!
“The domination of men over women is to the advantage of men; the liberation of women will be at the expense of male privilege. Perhaps afterward, in some happy sense, men will be liberated too- liberated from the tiresome obligation to be "masculine”. But allowing oppressors to lay down their psychological burdens is quite another, secondary sense of liberation. The first priority is to liberate the oppressed. Never before in history have the claims of oppressed and oppressors turned out to be, on inspection, quite harmonious. It will not be true this time either”
“The domination of men over women is to the advantage of men; the liberation of women will be at the expense of male privilege. Perhaps afterward, in some happy sense, men will be liberated too- liberated from the tiresome obligation to be "masculine”. But allowing oppressors to lay down their psychological burdens is quite another, secondary sense of liberation. The first priority is to liberate the oppressed. Never before in history have the claims of oppressed and oppressors turned out to be, on inspection, quite harmonious. It will not be true this time either”
leniiiio's review against another edition
3.75
brilliant, aber die letzten beiden texte haben mich leider überhaupt nicht abgeholt & ich hab angefangen mehr zu überfliegen, statt tatsächlich zu lesen
eboygirl's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
i really enjoyed the essay on fascism. re: the feminist critiques, much of the arguments have thoroughly been disseminated and distributed across mass culture/online circles since the 70s, so it was not as 'exciting' to read. but, it still offered new and detailed insight into the theories i'm already familiar with.
the interview section got a little obscure at times but maybe its because i am dumb
the interview section got a little obscure at times but maybe its because i am dumb