How We Get Free

The Combahee River Collective, a group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the anti racist and women s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s In this collection, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to black feminism and its impact on today s struggles. Read How We Get Free – kino-fada.fr I m not nostalgic I m looking back to mine the past for what it can help us with right now, and for what it can help us pass on and create And I still feel part of creation When people start talking about being an elder, I m like, Yeah, but you know, don t be asking about some shit that happened thirty, forty years ago I have an eidetic memory, and I remember it exactly But to me, that s not I m not nostalgic It s like not then What about right now What about right now That s me I m not nostalgic I m looking back to mine the past for what it can help us with right now, and for what it can help us pass on and create And I still feel part of creation When people start talking about being an elder, I m like, Yeah, but you know, don t be asking about some shit that happe...Brief impression Loved this collection LOVED Why Back to basics Back to fundamentals Back to clear articulations of what do we believe and why Sure, blame my displeasure with the ever present market forces to brand feminism and even black feminism a resistant concept from its inception Maybe I m a moody bitch, but I m also tired of hot takes, sound bite, Twitter feminism conceived i...It feels good to get back to reading after a two week hiatus I really, really, really enjoyed this book So many highlights and tabs, and writing in the margins after just one read I totally plan on going back and re reading I really loved all of the interviews, but especially Barbara Smith s I think the main things that you take from this book are the context in which Black feminism began, the importance of the Combahee River Collective, and how much their vision was an anti capitalist soci It feels good to get back to reading after a two week hiatus I really, really, really enjoyed this book So many highl...I went into How We Get Free expecting ahistorical approach, using the oral histories of Combahee s founders to weave a brief narrative about what the collective did and how it came to be Instead we have a reprinting of the Combahee River Collective Statement and transcriptions of interviews with its members as well as BLM cofounder Alicia Garza It isn t bad, but it makes me feel like this book was rushed to print There are a lot of I m not sure s and I can t remember s in the interv I went into How We Get Free expecting ahistorical approach, using the oral histories of Combahee s founders to weave a brief narrative about what the collective did and how it came to be Instead we have a reprinting of the Combahee River Collective Statement and transcriptions of interviews with its members as well as BLM cofounder Alicia Garza It isn t bad, but it makes me feel like this book was rushed to print There are a lot of I m not sure s and I can t remember s in the interviews, and they get in the way of the book s messaging A deeper dive into the politics and history of Combahee would have resonatedstrongly and for longer This book feels very much of the moment It s fine, but I hope it will be surpassed by muchcomprehensive ...This wasn t what I was expecting This weaves the history in with the current political climate seamlessly.Yep, loved everything about this Required reading for white feminists.Some books are windows, and they show you something and it can move you deeply And very rarely a books is a doorway, and open to reveal a whole new place you ve never been before, with an infinite number of new paths to travel This is a small book but a doorway nonetheless Following the statement, there are a series of warm and insightful interviews, including some with the women who founded the collective.If you are new to feminism, you could skip every other text for the time being and star Some books are windows, and they show you something and it can move you deeply And very rarely a books is a doorway, and open to reveal a whole new place you ve...4.5 stars Full review this weekend.I found the interviews very interesting and found the personal histories of the women involved fascinating.This is a short but packed history of the Combahee River Collective, an opening salvo for modern Black Feminist Theory.The author speaks to the key players that created the CRC, and draws connections between the state of Black women 40 years ago and the same fights being handled by ne...

• 08 January 2017
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
• Paperback
• 200 pages
• 1608468550
• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
• How We Get Free