Thank goodness for a finally readable, clear, organized piece of writing dealing with theory!
I was really intrigued by the information about women keeping women down that Hooks brought up throughout the book. I think it important to blame sexism and not just men for the problems that many women experience. The fact the rich with women often times held other women down solely to get ahead in a patriarchal industry is an important issue to be aware of in concerns with feminism. I also like the points Hooks made about mass media skewing feminism. It's apparent that the media has their own agenda based on profit. This also comes out in Hooks' chapter on beauty, and the commodification of a women. Feminism also deals with action against capitalism and I thought Hooks made great points about comfortable clothes and the fashion industry.
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Hooks does make some valuable assertions, but I am bothered she includes comments like, "career-based changes led to forms of career opportunism wherein women who had never been politically committed to mass-based feminism struggle adopted the stance and jargon of feminism when it enhanced their class mobility" (Hooks 10). Isn't upward mobility something feminism should enhance for women? Hooks's comment suggests that feminism is misused by women who are not properly educated about its appropriate use. Coincidentally, Hooks is just the educator we're looking for.. Of course, I do love pants...
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