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Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee
2 reviews
phvntom's review
reflective
fast-paced
2.5
 Your mileage may vary. Many parts of this book provide space for reflection about our cultural/societal views, but there's definitely a focus on cis, white feminism. The dialogue of the book heavily reflects this perspective, there are mentions of other marginalized identities (the author making an attempt to be intersectional), but it feels performative and surface level at best. After the paragraphs or sections that are meant to target important intersections of feminism, the language inevitably returns back to that focus- I don't fit this demographic and have a limited threshold of relating, and I became uncomfortable reading it after a while.Â
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
cemeterygay's review against another edition
funny
slow-paced
This is time I can never get back. I wish I had never read this book. I knew we were off to a rough start when the author compared herself somehow to both Elvira and Malala Yousafazi.Â
If you want a good introduction to feminism read literally anything else. This is the whitest take on witches and feminism I have read in a while. The author took little to no consideration for intersectionality throughout this book and only uses the struggles of marginalized women for quick mentions to get brownie points. She had an entire section on Hillary Clinton without at all mentioning the harm she's perpetuated against POC, particularly black women and especially young black men.Â
The application of the term witch to people who did not want that word, especially people of marginalized faiths, deeply upset me and shows the author's lack of understanding of intersectionality and colonialism. Also the comparisons between the witch trials and lynchings were absolutely distasteful and were incredibly racist.Â
The author also just does not properly consider queer and gender non-conforming and trans women properly in this, sometimes bordering on straight TERF rhetoric.Â
Not only did this book have no real strong points, it actively misinforms the reader about many historical events. I can't even recommend this book as a hate read, please read anything else. This book is the most privileged take on feminism I have read in a bit.
If you want a good introduction to feminism read literally anything else. This is the whitest take on witches and feminism I have read in a while. The author took little to no consideration for intersectionality throughout this book and only uses the struggles of marginalized women for quick mentions to get brownie points. She had an entire section on Hillary Clinton without at all mentioning the harm she's perpetuated against POC, particularly black women and especially young black men.Â
The application of the term witch to people who did not want that word, especially people of marginalized faiths, deeply upset me and shows the author's lack of understanding of intersectionality and colonialism. Also the comparisons between the witch trials and lynchings were absolutely distasteful and were incredibly racist.Â
The author also just does not properly consider queer and gender non-conforming and trans women properly in this, sometimes bordering on straight TERF rhetoric.Â
Not only did this book have no real strong points, it actively misinforms the reader about many historical events. I can't even recommend this book as a hate read, please read anything else. This book is the most privileged take on feminism I have read in a bit.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Racism
Minor: Transphobia
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