A review by sophiem_ng
Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution by Breanne Fahs

4.0

A good, rather comprehensive collection, with some absolute gems inside, and overall very well edited. The introduction, on manifestos and feminist manifestos was very informative, and I liked the editing in section rather than chronologically. It was really interesting to read through as obviously there was a lot that didn’t align with my perspectives or frames of thought, therefore reflecting the variety of feminisms. There were only a few that I thought could have been skipped like Grimes’s I Don’t Want to Compromise My Morals in Order to Make a Living, v fun bc of course Grimes is married to Elon Musk, but overall the selection was great!

Special mentions to the hacker manifesto by mckenzie wark which blew my mind, the scum manifesto by solanas which deserves to be read in its entirety, the inclusion of the undercommons by moten and harney, the why cheap art? manifesto by bread and puppet theatre, and refugia: a manifesto for becoming autonomous zones by subrosa. I’m probably forgetting some, but I’ll get back to them!