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The Voice of Labor
Apr 8, 2020

just about done with ho, pr'lly start reading this week

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NeatHeteroDude
Jan 15, 2017

Hey! I'm looking for a leftist book about feminism from a socialist or communist perspective. My wife really wants to learn more about this stuff, and I have no idea what would be a cool, readable introduction into the topic

Masculine Thrust
Apr 23, 2022

NeatHeteroDude posted:

Hey! I'm looking for a leftist book about feminism from a socialist or communist perspective. My wife really wants to learn more about this stuff, and I have no idea what would be a cool, readable introduction into the topic

The Social Basis of the Woman Question by Alexandra Kollontai, 1909

Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism By Kristen R. Ghodsee

There's a book with the same name by the same author.

Edit: sorry on my phone at work, I should explain I picked these two because Kollontai does a very good job explaining class and what separates working women from petit and grand bourgeois women. Before the USSR is established, she talks about the kinds of policies socialism would need to actually help women, and by extension workers in general. She's also a very interesting and accomplished person who deserves more exposure. Her analysis shows that Marxism beats intersectionality at its own game.

I picked the second one by Ghodsee because it looks back at decades of socialist family and women's policy in retrospect, using interviews with the women impacted by them. I haven't read the book yet but I've listened to interviews with her and it sounds scholarly without being so tankie that it would be off-putting to someone who hasn't yet realized Stalin was a good man.

Masculine Thrust has issued a correction as of 06:18 on May 5, 2022

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

I would like to do something like this again, maybe at some point in the future. Outside of actually being very bad at this do any of you have any feedback? Any suggestions for books to read in the future?

Zodium
Jun 19, 2004

AnimeIsTrash posted:

I would like to do something like this again, maybe at some point in the future. Outside of actually being very bad at this do any of you have any feedback? Any suggestions for books to read in the future?

i haven't had much posting time lately, but I enjoyed reading this thread and re-reading the book. also i am not good at communism, but maybe some mao next?

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