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The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism
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An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who've continually defied them Women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate themselves. In The Trouble with White Women , Schuller brings to life the two-hundred-year counter history of Black, Indigenous, Latina, poor, queer, and trans women pushing back against white feminists and uniting to dismantle systemic injustice. These feminist heroes such as Frances Harper, Harriet Jacobs, and Pauli Murray have created an anti-racist feminism for all. But we don't speak their names and we don't know their legacies. Unaware of these intersectional leaders, feminists have been led down the same dead-end alleys generation after generation, often working within the structures of racism, capitalism, homophobia, and transphobia rather than against them. Building a more just feminist politics for today requires a reawakening, a return to the movement's genuine vanguards and visionaries. Their compelling stories, campaigns, and conflicts reveal the true potential of feminist liberation. An Entropy Magazine Best Nonfiction Book of 2020-2021, The Trouble with White Women gives feminists today the tools to fight for the flourishing of all.
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"Schuller is a gifted storyteller, her counterhistory equal parts writerly craft and scholarly diligence ..."
"Nonetheless, this is a timely and essential piece that should find a wide audience in both public and academic libraries."
"passionate and persuasive ..."
"She excels in letting the voices and lived experiences of women of color, trans women, and otherwise marginalized women come to the fore."
"This book may have high appeal for readers who share the author's anti-capitalist sentiments; the unpersuaded are likely to remain so ..."
"Considering the examples of antiracist feminists provided in the book, who were ceaseless and tireless in their resistance efforts, and who attempted to leverage capitalist institutions to the best of their ability, Schuller's critique of self-optimization would be strengthened through further, clearer differentiation from self-determination ..."
"And where do feminist men fit in?"
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