I was very much looking forward to reading this. Started, but stopped dead in my tracks during the intro alone. The authoress chilled me to my bone with her feelings of superiority. She feels that her feminism is the only correct type of feminism and everyone else who is not doing what she does is wrong.She wastes no time in impaling white women for not picking up her cause and says "The problem with mainstream feminism, again and again, is the frivolity of the issues it is concerned with: mansp...

Does anyone else do this: decide that somebody you need to buy a Christmas present for would like a book you've been meaning to read, so you order a copy, but you can't give it to them without checking they'd definitely like it, so you must read it yourself first. Such a self-serving approach to Christmas shopping resulted in me reading the whole of 'Can We All Be Feminists?' last night. The person I've bought it for doesn't have a goodreads account, incidentally, which makes it difficult to det...

This is a very helpful collection in defining the scope of intersectional feminism. The concept of intersectionality has been bubbling up to "mainstream feminism" for the last 5 years or so, but has really started to be seen & heard in the Trump era. I really appreciated having a single volume provide so much clarity as to exactly WHAT we're talking about with respect to intersectionality- for instance, I really appreciated having "immigrant" added to my thinking about intersectional feminism re...

I absolutely loved this essay collection. Illuminating, uncomfortable, important, and the epitome of intersectional. Each essay broadened my perspective and taught me something new. This was absolutely another case where I feel like I nearly highlighted the whole thing, there was just so much to take away. I definitely recommend this for anyone who calls themself a feminist.

This book helped me open my eyes to what it’s called intersectional feminism which seems logical for any feminist to be, yet when we see ourselves from its criteria, makes us realize most of us don’t even make the cut.They way we slight other people’s experiences because they’re different from ours, because of their race, gender, weight, hair, sexual orientation and instead of helping them surpass their own oppression, we turn a blind eye, it’s infuriatingly sad. This is why many women hesitate

Utterly brilliant!

Can We All Be Feminists? does what I’m sure it set out to do: it makes the reader question many of their own assumptions, ideas, and biases. This, in turn, can be uncomfortable for the reader – how uncomfortable? I guess it depends on the reader’s willingness to listen to experiences, ideas and voices that the general public doesn’t often get to hear or engage with. "We are now in an era of feminism as a buzzword, which is tokenistic and minimizes the struggle and everyday oppression that wome...

We must build a feminism reliant on community rather than on hierarchy. I urge all feminists, put gender-nonconforming people at the heart of your work; with alliance and empathy we can truly move toward radical change. Let us speak; give us platforms; ask us to write, talk, and lecture, we can share, create, and thrive if given spaces to do so.— Soofiya Andry, "Deviant Bodies"This excerpt from the final essay of the collection speaks to the crucial work editor June Eric-Udorie has done with thi...

I started to identify as a feminist around 7 years ago. However, in the past few years, I've realized how feminism has become mainstream, and even if at first it was something I celebrated, now I question that feminism which became dominant in our culture: cis-white feminism.I started to question calling myself a feminist as I saw how feminism was becoming trans-exclusionary, sex-work exclusionary, etc. and I no longer knew if I belonged there. Later, I discovered the concept of intersectionalit...

I N T E R S E C T I O N A L .If your feminism doesn't aim to support all kinds of vulnerable people, then you might as well call it what it is: selfish. This collection was really informative for me, as I was aware of many of the ways "feminism" failed to be inclusive, but this highlighted and articulated some of the specific ways it fell short as well as ways in which to educate the reader on how not to be selfish. The recommended reading list at the end is a prime example of the fact that this...

Not only should we all be feminists, we should all be intersectional feminists. There is so much we all need to learn and pay intentional attention to when it comes to being feminists. Some of the essays in this book are simple, some are deep, some are beautiful, and some are intricate and complex, but all of them are thought provoking and absolutely necessary to read. I would recommend the book to anyone who identifies as a feminist, ... or as a human.

"It is my belief that before we can successfully dismantle patriarchy, we have to learn to pledge allegiance to ourselves, and empathize with each other as women.""Mainstream feminism's refusal to take intersectionality into account and to advocate for a group of women who are among the most threatened has devastating consequences.""Sometimes I wonder: What would my life be like if I had more power and privilege? Imagine not having to worry about whether a professor will accommodate you in their...

This is not a book I can review easily without being reduced to tears. A collection of essays by marginalised voices, each essay is searingly honest and heartfelt. It only expresses the writer's thoughts and feelings, but also informs. A must read for those wanting to become better allies and feminists.

Collection of essays, some great, some bad, this is my personal view as average of all.

A great collection of essays that highlighted some known to me key issues of intersectionality in feminism but also pointed to many aspects that I had not yet considered to be of importance. I made many notes, learned a lot, and also love the recommended continued reading list at the end of the book.

This book did a really good job at explaining intersectionality in ways that you might not think about by including essays about the oppression of women of colour, disabled women, trans women, and so on (I do think it would have been really beneficial to the book to include an essay by an Indigenous woman and a Jewish woman but ok). Holding white feminism accountable for its privilege is a theme throughout every essay and the beginning of the book I thought it was counterproductive to be critici...

This is a lot, but it gave me so, so much to think about from so many different points of view.

Highly recommend these brilliant essays . They will not only broaden your definiton of intersectional feminism but will also give you a lot to questionand and think about.

First of all, it was a very interesting read for me. I am glad that I read it and would still recommend it to my friends. A few of the authors were really on point and made very strong arguments. I really liked some of the articles and would like to read more on their subjects. What the editor and authors are trying to do is something I strongly put myself behind it. We should indeed unite all feminists (With that I also include male feminists), in one feminism that is inclusive, intersectional

I am a white woman of privilege who has only recently learned to question established systems of power for their inherent racism. I am also a woman who has suffered misogyny, abuse, fear, and shame because of my gender. This book met me at the intersectionality of these two truths and showed me how far I have traveled, and how very far I have yet to go to better advocate for all women and to be a better human in general. I believe we can't help where and how we are born, but we can help whether