Reviews with content warning for Misogyny - Women & Power: A Manifesto

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Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

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lavieee's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

As many have mentioned before, the worst part avout this book is that there is not more of it.

The book tackles some rather compex topics in what I feel is an accessible and easy to understand way. The vocabulary isn't overly complex, each idea is very well developed and explained. You don't need to know the greek poems that come up through the book for the comparison and explanations to make sense. Mary Beard does an excellent job of explaining the struggle of womeb to reach and stay in power.

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mariekejee's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.75

A very interesting and powerful duology of essays on how women have historically been, and are currently, systemically separated from power. From the history of how power has been seen as typically male and how the public voice of women has been silenced since the earliest recorded history, to how the current exclusion of women from power is culturally embedded and how imagery and language from ancient history still feed misogyny today. It's a quick read, and one I would recommend for feminists and sceptics alike.

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niccolowilliam's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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hanna's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.25

A good starting point into interesting feminist topics. I especially enjoyed the part of the "Public Voice" of women and how it's able to be related to ancient times. I greatly appreciated Beard's thoughts on the #MeToo movement at the end of the book and how she puts them into the bigger picture of the book. These are well written speeches and Beard herself acknowledges that they aren't as fleshed out as they could be but I wish they had been! The length they're now, it all just feels like a very long introduction.

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