The Change: the must read debut feminist fiction novel and crime thriller of 2022!

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The catch is that when men have been educated about alternate ways of being, "Most men chose not to change” (127). hooks doesn't adequately deal with this fact; instead, she lists more ways that women don't fix men. For one thing, not enough feminists write feminist novels--because there's such a huge market for them? Nach der Lektüre dieses Buches kann ich nun definitiv sagen, dass bell hooks' Bücher einfach nichts für mich sind. Die Bücher werden oft als akademische/wissenschaftliche Texte angepriesen und hooks selbst war als Hochschullehrerin tätig. Dabei ist hooks' Vorgehensweise sehr unwissenschaftlich. In ihren Büchern verkauft sie ihre eigene Meinung als Fakt, ihre eigenen Ideen/Ansätze als belegt. Es fehlen jegliche Quellen und Belege. hooks argumentiert sehr subjektiv, oft sind mir ihre Ansätze auch zu spirituell und abstrakt. Teilweise finden sich sogar Falschaussagen und krasse Verallgemeinerungen in ihren Thesen. We are supposed to have solved this problem in just under 30 years. That’s the same amount of time that has elapsed since Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner smooched in The Bodyguard. Governments’ commitment to limit global heating to 1.5C above the preindustrial average means the huge transition to net zero will have to be made by 2050. By then, renewables should be producing most of our energy – certainly all the electricity in rich countries – and we should all be driving around in electric cars, eating sustainable, mainly plant-based foods and living in well-insulated houses built from low-carbon materials. The many books written about how to avoid the climate crisis will hopefully have become obsolete. Which of them will survive to be read beyond the combustion era, if only by historians – as testament to this period of crisis and uncertainty? Patriarchy demands of men that they become and remain emotional cripples. Since it is a system that denies men full access to their freedom of will, it is difficult for any man of any class to rebel against patriarchy, to be disloyal to the patriarchal parent, be that parent female or male.” There's even an article and video in today's NY Times about the way menstruating girls are treated as untouchable in Nepal. Girls on their periods aren't even allowed to look at boys or men, because it's believed that the glance of a menstruating girl is so defiling that it can kill males. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/op...

Kidding,” she said. “It’s a compost pile. Here in my garden, looks are deceiving. You must judge what you see with something other than your eyes.” She stopped by a patch of unimpressive waist-high weeds with toothed leaves. “These, for example, are stinging nettles. The leaves and stems are bristling with thousands of microscopic needles. When you brush against them, they deliver chemicals that cause a painful rash. Yet nettles are one of the most medicinally useful plants in the world. You can use them to treat everything from arthritis to diabetes.” She moved on to a shrub from which plump orange fruit dripped like teardrops. “This is an iboga plant from West Africa. Its extracts are used in other parts of the world to treat opioid addition. They’re illegal here in the United States.” Last, she pointed to a regal plant on the other side of the path, the top of its tall stem crowded with delicate purple flowers. “And that is a species of aconite, also known as monkshood or wolfsbane. Every part of it is highly toxic. Touching it will turn your fingers numb. Eat even the smallest bit, and you’ll suffocate on your own vomit. Growing beside it is holy basil, which has been used as a medicine for two millennia.” When it comes to her ideas and solutions she stays extremely vague: "Love your spouse", "Dont use violence", "Love your child", "Let your child develope freely", "Dont beat your wife", "Have compession" ... you get the point. Of course everyone would agree with that. But also everyone already knew that. In the past I had "understood" patriarchy as something that primarily only affected women, and saw my job mostly as limiting the damage done to the women in my life and organizing. bell hooks pushed me to look inside myself first and foremost and see how this system has terrorized me personally, and how challenging patriarchy is necessary for my own liberation, as well as the liberation of all men, and everybody. S.M. Stirling's " Hot Night at the Hopping Toad" takes place way in Change Year 41 (our year 2043). You might want to wait and read The Change after The Given Sacrifice, 10, or The Golden Princess, 11. On the plus side, "Hot Night at the Hopping Toad" is one of two that directly impacts on the Emberverse universe and its characters ("Rate of Exchange" involves the third Baron Liu), so you need to decide if you want to know something about the Emberverse future (depending on where you are in the series) as the rest of the stories only mention rumors that these other communities may have heard. Now, onto the bad: past the first few chapters, the book is extremely repetitive. I did not learn much new. A book half this length could have twice the impact.Kier Salmon's " Tight Spot" has Colin and Robin having to make tough decisions to save their people and each other. There are a few stories in this anthology which deal in betrayal, and this one has an added whiff of "The Boy Who Called Wolf". Salmon pulls in some complications as well. Nice. bell hooks defines this project as an attempt to love men enough to understand how patriarchy affects them, and understand how their pain can help them transform and challenge patriarchy. For me it was a profound experience reading this because it touched on so many aspects of my life as a male, from childhood, to school, to sex and relationships, to friendships, etc. It allowed me to see old memories in new ways, and understand that my feelings of pain, confusion and shame were a result of the violent circumstances that I was subjected to growing up in this culture.

Zudem fand ich hooks' These zu Frauen, die arbeiten, sehr treffend: "Die meisten Frauen arbeiten, weil sie das Haus verlassen wollen und weil ihre Familien das Einkommen zum Überleben brauchen, nicht weil sie Feministinnen sind, die glauben, dass Arbeit ein Zeichen der Befreiung ist." Es ist einfach interessant, wie sich manche Diskurse verschieben. Es ist total wichtig, dass Frauen auf die Straße gegangen sind und sich für ihr Recht auf Arbeit und Lohn eingesetzt haben, trotzdem ist die Ausgangslage heute insofern eine andere, dass die kapitalistischen Strukturen in denen wir leben, uns diese Freiheit genommen haben. Wir müssen arbeiten, wenn wir leben wollen. Es gibt keine Wahl mehr (zumindest für den Großteil der Frauen auf dieser Welt). bell hooks ist eine bekannte afro-amerikanische Feministin und Theoretikerin. Ihre Werke werden vielfach rezipiert und empfohlen. Nachdem mich vor einiger Zeit bereits ihr Einstiegswerk Feminismus für alle enttäuschte, hatte ich eigentlich nicht vor, zu einem weiteren Buch von ihr zu greifen. Da Männer, Männlichkeit und Liebe dann aber für kurze Zeit umsonst über die LfPB zu bekommen war, entschied ich mich dafür, hooks noch eine Chance zu geben. Boys learn to cover up grief with anger; the more troubled the boy, the more intense the mask of indifference. Shutting down emotionally is the best defense when the longing for connection must be denied.” (p. 50)The first couple of chapters from 1-5 triggered me repeatedly. It’s not complicated to say why, but it is! There’s something about looking into and attempting to understand the fluctuating emotional state of men and patriarchy that is uncomfortable and yet simultaneously necessary.