A review by ignatzv
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women by Susan Faludi

informative slow-paced

5.0

Backlash is probably one of my favorite books! Faludi takes a heavily journalistic approach to unpacking the history of anti-feminist rhetoric manifested and/or repurposed throughout the 1980s after the successes of the '60s and '70s feminist movement. This book is really useful in analyzing United States feminist history as it elaborates upon political, social, and media influences that are still prominent today. The material discussed is also helpful in analyzing how activist movements overall are treated in the U.S., so this book is also relevant to current manifestations of anti-feminist as well as anti-Black, racist, and queerphobic rhetoric. I would greatly recommend reading this book!