Laurie Penny: Unspeakable Things

Artikelnummer: 978-1-40885-769-4

Shortlisted for The Green Carnation Prize 2014 'This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.' Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism and class politics as she is in discussing her own experiences in journalism, activism and underground culture.

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Shortlisted for The Green Carnation Prize 2014 'This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.' Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism and class politics as she is in discussing her own experiences in journalism, activism and underground culture. This is a book about poverty and prejudice, online dating and eating disorders, riots in the streets and lies on the television. The backlash is on against sexual freedom for men and women and social justice -- and feminism needs to get braver. Penny speaks for a new feminism that takes no prisoners, a feminism that is about justice and equality, but also about freedom for all. It's about the freedom to be who we are, to love who we choose, to invent new gender roles, and to speak out fiercely against those who would deny us those rights. It is a book that gives the silenced a voice -- a voice that speaks of unspeakable things.'This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.'


Autor*in / Hrsg.: Laurie Penny
Feminismus: Britischer Feminismus
fremdsprachige Bücher: all english books
Details: Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 268 S.
Einband: Paperback
Format (T/L/B): 1.8 x 19.9 x 13 cm
Gewicht: 204 g
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2015
Rezension von Heng auf dem Blog Mädchenmannschaft:

Weg von den Alphamädchen, hin zu den Unsichtbargemachten: Die britische Journalistin und Autorin Laurie Penny distanziert sich in ihrem neuen Buch "Unspeakable Things" von ausgelutschten Feminismus-Diskursen, die vornehmlich weiße, heterosexuelle Cis-Frauen aus der Mittelschicht betreffen.

"This is a feminist book. It is not a cheery instruction manual for how to negotiate modern patriarchy, with a sassy wink and a thumbs-up. It is not a charming, comforting book about sex and shopping and shoes. I am unable to write any such thing. I cannot force a smile for you. As a handbook for happiness in a fucked-up world, this book cannot be trusted."

Bereits in der Einleitung macht Penny klar, dass sie sich vom neoliberalen Feminismus distanziert, zumal er von Klassismus betroffene Frauen*, Schwarze Frauen* und Women* of Color, Sexarbeiterinnen* und alleinerziehende Mütter* nicht nur ausschließt, sondern auch weiterhin unterdrückt.

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