I didn't finish this book because life kicked my ass. Main thesis, though: Feminism is not necessarily free from harming others, depending on the branch. There is such thing as imperialist feminism, for instance, TERFs, etc. This isn't really a surprise when you think about why "intersectional feminism" needed to become a term, but people often "no true scottsman" about this and refuse to accept that there are branches of feminism that are white supremacist aka racist, and at times specifically advanced their (aka white women) cause against the rights of people of color (particularly Black people), participated in genocide, etc., and this is specifically what got them legitimacy in the eyes of power. And they have no qualms about it. The list of these bigoted strains of feminisms that are still with us today are in the table of contents, listed as follows: The Anti-Antiracist Abolitionist The Civilizer The Prohibitionist The KKK Feminist The Blackshirt The Policewoman The Pornophobe…
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