• alex [they/them]
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    1011 months ago

    So many, but that’s a really really wide topic and also different “levels” and I don’t know if you’re looking for introductions or for very specific stuff!

    Here’s a small selection of things I enjoyed reading, though:

    Books

    Nonfiction

    • Pretty much everything by bell hooks, especially Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center for a general overview and The will to change specifically aimed at men
    • The Guilty Feminist (also a podcast)
    • Whipping Girl, specifically about trans women

    Fiction

    • The first woman, on the birth of modern feminism in Uganda

    Essays

    • Lionir [he/him]
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      411 months ago

      I’ve been meaning to read The Will to Change by bell hooks but I’m not a consistent reader…

      • alex [they/them]
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        311 months ago

        I haven’t read that one yet (my partner just finished it so I’m hoping to steal it from them next time I see them!), but if it’s anything like the other books I’ve read by her, it’s made up of short chapters so you can finish a chapter in one go and then forget you own the book, then go back to it for another chapter a few months later, etc.

    • @Fearofthefamiliar@beehaw.orgOP
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      311 months ago

      Thanks! I think I’ve got a decent grasp of most basic ideas, but I haven’t read much theory, so I was curious what other people read

      • alex [they/them]
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        11 months ago

        Ah fair! In that case yes my big recommendation is bell hooks’s work (both super foundational and surprisingly easy to follow) and Whipping Girl.