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A review by sam_rockbrune
Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life by Erin Wunker
4.0
I love this book. I want to buy it (**I plan to buy it). Erin Wunker is a feminist academic (love) and wrote this book on 4-ish topics. The main three are rape culture, friendships and feminist mothering. The final part is about being an ally and Canadian issues and solidarity with MMIW protests. I really enjoyed reading that final part because it made me think, like really think about these issues.
The first part, on rape culture was your standard rape culture read. I may feel this way though because I literally read profound writings about rape culture all the time. It was truthful and I could easily relate to it. I found myself easily moving along because it was all things I agreed with. Easily agreed with.
The second part, on friendship was more difficult for me to read. Community and the magic of community is something I only realized the importance of recently. Reading this at times I found to be meh but at other times I found profoundly important.
The third section was probably the most difficult for me since I don’t have experience with it. I don’t have kids and therefore cannot really related on a personal level to the material. It was still an interesting read but I’m just not at that point yet.
I really enjoyed the perspective of being a mother, and how this book was written during that time of Wunker becoming a mother. I think it added an interesting perspective to it.
The first part, on rape culture was your standard rape culture read. I may feel this way though because I literally read profound writings about rape culture all the time. It was truthful and I could easily relate to it. I found myself easily moving along because it was all things I agreed with. Easily agreed with.
The second part, on friendship was more difficult for me to read. Community and the magic of community is something I only realized the importance of recently. Reading this at times I found to be meh but at other times I found profoundly important.
The third section was probably the most difficult for me since I don’t have experience with it. I don’t have kids and therefore cannot really related on a personal level to the material. It was still an interesting read but I’m just not at that point yet.
I really enjoyed the perspective of being a mother, and how this book was written during that time of Wunker becoming a mother. I think it added an interesting perspective to it.