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A review by historic_chronicles
Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee
challenging
informative
fast-paced
4.0
"The witch is undoubtedly the magical woman, the liberated woman, and the persecuted woman, but she can also be the everywoman."
What is a witch?
What makes one a slut?
And how do we define ourselves as a feminist?
These are the questions that the author challenges within this book.
While it may be short, it packs a punch of information that is fascinating and insightful leading to eye-opening debates and persuasive arguments.
Sollée details analysis on current events with passionate reflection of topics such as the comparison between the historic and modern witch, politics, racism and capitalism.
I found this book to be refreshingly engrossing with a clear feminist perspective that provided new context of the consequences to a patriarchal system long known to history.
Perhaps my one qualm would be that it was indeed American-centred and I would have liked a little more on what lay outside the US, however as being a UK resident this allowed me to broaden my knowledge of affairs that I may not have considered fully previously.
What is a witch?
What makes one a slut?
And how do we define ourselves as a feminist?
These are the questions that the author challenges within this book.
While it may be short, it packs a punch of information that is fascinating and insightful leading to eye-opening debates and persuasive arguments.
Sollée details analysis on current events with passionate reflection of topics such as the comparison between the historic and modern witch, politics, racism and capitalism.
I found this book to be refreshingly engrossing with a clear feminist perspective that provided new context of the consequences to a patriarchal system long known to history.
Perhaps my one qualm would be that it was indeed American-centred and I would have liked a little more on what lay outside the US, however as being a UK resident this allowed me to broaden my knowledge of affairs that I may not have considered fully previously.