We Should All Be Feminists

Marte reviewed Sejamos Todos Feministas by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Quem é o nós em "sejamos"?

2 stars

Eu não sou público-alvo desse livro/discurso. Talvez o erro principal do livro seja pretender-se universal estando baseado em um discurso que não é universal. No caso, ele aconteceu em um TEDx com público de uma comunidade diaspórica africana no Ocidente. Como livro introdutório ao feminismo, ele não é bom, também. Afinal de contas, a quem serve esse livro? Provavelmente ao público que acompanha um TEDx na comunidade diaspórica afro-ocidental, justamente o público do discurso.

A realidade desse livro não dialoga com as especificidades brasileiras, acaba resvalando na realidade de classe média nigeriana da autora, entre outras coisas. É superficial mesmo para uma introdução, e leitoras brasileiras podem ter dificuldade para transpor a realidade nigeriana para a brasileira.

Misha (on Bookwyrm) reviewed We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Important points (but no new points)

3 stars

Important points, beautiful/sad points, (but not many new points/ ideas/ calls to action).

Nathan John Cooper reviewed We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

More of an Adaptation of a Speech, but Concise and Appropriate.

5 stars

For a little while now I’ve been wanted to read more feministic literature but I hadn’t gotten round to it till today. I decided that We Should All Be Feminists should the start of my journey through feministic literature. Above all else this book started a desire within me to take up public speaking, to speak for those who have no other means of public communication, to speak to those who otherwise won’t or don’t listen, and most of all, to share, further, and develop ideals that should be globally accepted.

One point in the book that really stood out to me was the mention of the differences between referring to yourself as an egalitarian rather than as a feminist. To quote Adichie, ‘to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending …

For a little while now I’ve been wanted to read more feministic literature but I hadn’t gotten round to it till today. I decided that We Should All Be Feminists should the start of my journey through feministic literature. Above all else this book started a desire within me to take up public speaking, to speak for those who have no other means of public communication, to speak to those who otherwise won’t or don’t listen, and most of all, to share, further, and develop ideals that should be globally accepted.

One point in the book that really stood out to me was the mention of the differences between referring to yourself as an egalitarian rather than as a feminist. To quote Adichie, ‘to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women.’