A review by 2jam4u
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Verso Classics), by Wallace, Michele Wallace
1.0
I OFFICIALLY GIVE UP! What the flying fuck did I just read?!?! How in the world is this a landmark of black feminist text???? I could actually write a dissertation on how fucked up this book is, but I don't even want to put enough effort into writing a proper review on how much I hated this!
DNF @ 75% when Wallace essentially says: yes black people were stolen and forced into deplorable slavery but white people were also sold as slaves so like.......
We're lucky I wasn't near a fireplace or something because when I read that line I actually chucked the book so far from me I looked like a cartoon character. Bullshit.
(I will say though there was some nice critical lines that I enjoyed.. but honestly I don't even know how to consume them. Are they satirical? Are they genuine? Is she saying these things only to use as a contrast to the insane claims she wants to make later?? I really couldn't figure out what the fuck the author was doing with this book. The funny thing is, I read it with the 2 updated forwards!!! And it was still trash!!!)
DNF @ 75% when Wallace essentially says: yes black people were stolen and forced into deplorable slavery but white people were also sold as slaves so like.......
We're lucky I wasn't near a fireplace or something because when I read that line I actually chucked the book so far from me I looked like a cartoon character. Bullshit.
(I will say though there was some nice critical lines that I enjoyed.. but honestly I don't even know how to consume them. Are they satirical? Are they genuine? Is she saying these things only to use as a contrast to the insane claims she wants to make later?? I really couldn't figure out what the fuck the author was doing with this book. The funny thing is, I read it with the 2 updated forwards!!! And it was still trash!!!)