A review by mariekejee
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

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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