On Women: A new collection of feminist essays from the influential writer, activist and critic, Susan Sontag
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The third world of women was my favorite part
If you know me, you know that I am a Susan Sontag girl. If I could talk to one person, dead or alive, it would be her. If I had to name a single favorite author, it would be her. If I could pick my dream career, it would be hers. Susan's diaries have carried me through dark COVID days, her essays have made me, and I firmly believe it, a better thinker, writer and person. Bold statment, I know. i said it anyways. David Rieff, her son and editor, is thankfully very much alive and the person who still supplies me and the world with new Sontag texts to read. In May, he published yet another collection of essays by his mother: "On Women", texts about, and I quote, "aging, equality, beauty, sexuality and fascism". Of course I read it. And here's how I liked it. Susan Sontag is brilliant. Period. Her arguments are so precisely worded, so well-thought-out, that I do not envy anyone who ever had to debate her. The first four essays gave me just what I wanted: Susan's take on feminist issues, food for thought, and more quotes than I could underline. But then, on page 104 of 180, we got started on fascism. And I have to say: I have no idea what moved David Rieff to include the last three chapters in this book. They kept revolving around the same point, which was, arguably, an interesting take on the intersection between fascism and sexuality, but they were so LONG and self-referential that I (I can't believe I am about to type this out) got bored. Yes, bored! And I DON'T think that that was Susan's fault, but that these texts were poorly contextualized. If you pick up this book, you need to know what you can expect, which is 60% feminism and 40% nazism, fascism and comments on propaganda. So: 3/5 stars for the collection, but 5/5 stars for Susan Sontag's writing, because duh, this woman just can't go wrong, can she?
4.5
Beschreibung
Beiträge
The third world of women was my favorite part
If you know me, you know that I am a Susan Sontag girl. If I could talk to one person, dead or alive, it would be her. If I had to name a single favorite author, it would be her. If I could pick my dream career, it would be hers. Susan's diaries have carried me through dark COVID days, her essays have made me, and I firmly believe it, a better thinker, writer and person. Bold statment, I know. i said it anyways. David Rieff, her son and editor, is thankfully very much alive and the person who still supplies me and the world with new Sontag texts to read. In May, he published yet another collection of essays by his mother: "On Women", texts about, and I quote, "aging, equality, beauty, sexuality and fascism". Of course I read it. And here's how I liked it. Susan Sontag is brilliant. Period. Her arguments are so precisely worded, so well-thought-out, that I do not envy anyone who ever had to debate her. The first four essays gave me just what I wanted: Susan's take on feminist issues, food for thought, and more quotes than I could underline. But then, on page 104 of 180, we got started on fascism. And I have to say: I have no idea what moved David Rieff to include the last three chapters in this book. They kept revolving around the same point, which was, arguably, an interesting take on the intersection between fascism and sexuality, but they were so LONG and self-referential that I (I can't believe I am about to type this out) got bored. Yes, bored! And I DON'T think that that was Susan's fault, but that these texts were poorly contextualized. If you pick up this book, you need to know what you can expect, which is 60% feminism and 40% nazism, fascism and comments on propaganda. So: 3/5 stars for the collection, but 5/5 stars for Susan Sontag's writing, because duh, this woman just can't go wrong, can she?
4.5