Anyone else read One Dimensional Woman by Nina Power?

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Finished it last night.... interesting.... she seems to write in a deliberately obscure 'I am a po-mo academic' sort of way while arguing for a more political feminism.
Anyone else read it? Would love to discuss as I didn't understand quite a lot of it

I do read her blog (Infinite Thought) and have this book on my wish list - would love to discuss it with you ... would you say it's good enough to fork out for?

Not a queer theorist I don't think - she's a philosopher. She co-wrote this piece with Lindsey German: Recommit to Women's Liberation

Aye, just noticed it's written by Lindsey German who was a big cheese in the SWP (think she left not so long ago?)

Really don't know where Nina P stands!

btw dittany I am reading Andrea Dworkin's Heartbreak at the moment and it's blowing me away. Brilliant stuff

Agree, that passage about not lying is profound. And pretty appropriate coming up here just after mentioning marxist feminism. What courage she had. And an amazing writer. I really can't wait to read her other books - it would be great if we picked one of hers for the book club.

great idea to do a Dworkin one for the book club - not least because it would get people (like me) to read Dworkin who have never read her and mostly just read whatever the latest thing is that Amazon suggests....
I am definitely intrigued by hints on here over the last few weeks that all the things I thought I knew about her are in fact anti-feminist myths.

That's an excellent idea - will definitely be spending some time on the AD website you linked to on the other (world's most famous feminist) thread dittany. Definitely worth suggesting on the book club thread, or there could be a reading group running alongside maybe, if people are interested in doing that?

The trouble is I want to read everything and I'm trying to prioritise my reading a bit here with the major 2nd wave writers at the top of my list, so I think Nina Power will have to wait for a while yet!