Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Girls Gone Wild by Deborah SiegelMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I like this book, but for me it wasn't anything new. It is a wonderful book for a quick look at the contemporary women's movement particularly the second wave and the third. I take a little issue with the depiction of the second wave only because of the brevity. Most of the book discusses the second wave, which is fine that history is longer and richer, but still more could have been put into the second wave.
Also, I'm wary and just tired of the notions of dueling waves. I love second wave feminism, and yeah at times I feel the expectations set for my generation are a bit high. Then again no one said we have to meet them. It puts me in mind of another books MidLife Crisis at 30. This book also wrestles with the idea that the second wave set expectations too high and instead of saying young women can do anything the message became young women should do everything. Not that this is the argument in this book, but it is touched upon in the second section.
The argument in this book I found of interest was post-feminist verses third wave feminists. Of course these post-feminists are a group I regularly take shots at for better or worse.
In the end this is a good introduction to feminism and feminist history.
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