I'm Reading bell hooks

[Cubo de Sangre]

Bad ideas should be ignored when it comes to male development. I won't ignore good ideas simply because it was a feminist who had the idea.

Kinda hard to know if it's good or bad without listening, so I guess that leaves you listening to everyone's ideas. I'm more interested in what men and professionals (i.e. experts on child development) have to say. lol at listening to some feminist group brainstorming how to make boys into men.

 

[BEER]

Kinda hard to know if it's good or bad without listening, so I guess that leaves you listening to everyone's ideas. I'm more interested in what men and professionals (i.e. experts on child development) have to say. lol at listening to some feminist group brainstorming how to make boys into men.

You probably aren't a particularly bright person if you refuse to listen to an idea simply because it comes from someone with an ideology that you don't agree with.

You'd do well to actually pay attention to viewpoints you instinctively avoid. You might just be a better person for it.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

You probably aren't a particularly bright person...

I'm sure you've got me beat so congrats.

 

[Spoken]

This is interesting. I've read a lot of feminist literature but it's almost all within the realm of religion and metaphysics. That is it's the older stuff that kind of creates the conversation.

It's one of those books I just never got around to read. I'm pretty critical of modern feminism and the way the left is weaponizing language, but I certainly buy into the fundamentals of sound feminism. TS, the fact the the author buys into the basic narrative of feminism while critique it, does that make it more compelling?

 

[brothir]

How did you end up with that particular book? Seems like she's written somewhere between 3 and 5 bazillion books: is this one especially well/poorly received?

 

[BEER]

This is interesting. I've read a lot of feminist literature but it's almost all within the realm of religion and metaphysics. That is it's the older stuff that kind of creates the conversation.

It's one of those books I just never got around to read. I'm pretty critical of modern feminism and the way the left is weaponizing language, but I certainly buy into the fundamentals of sound feminism. TS, the fact the the author buys into the basic narrative of feminism while critique it, does that make it more compelling?

For me, like I mentioned in the OP, it's because a lot of her criticism of feminism is directly in line with mine. There are still bits and pieces of the book that I read and go "what the fuck are you babbling about", but it never seems to ponder those points for long before returning to sanity.

 

[BEER]

How did you end up with that particular book? Seems like she's written somewhere between 3 and 5 bazillion books: is this one especially well/poorly received?

I mentioned it in the OP, but I bought the book specifically since it was to theorize on male masculinity, written by a women. It was originally a spite purpose.

I didn't ask any feminist book clubs if this was one of their favorites, but some research showed me that she has pretty consistently been adamant that men, in feminism, have to be "all the way in" or "all the way out", and has been critical of contemporary feminism for making it hard for men to be either of those things.