Synopsis
An anthology gathering anarcha-feminist voices across generations to argue that the fight against the state and the fight against patriarchy are one struggle.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workHierarchy in the home and hierarchy in the state share a root, so liberation must dismantle domination everywhere at once rather than seizing power.
It insists feminism without anti-authoritarianism, and anarchism without feminism, are each incomplete and self-defeating.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with Voltairine de Cleyre, The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader.
Reading note
Read it as a conversation across eras, tracking how figures like Emma Goldman are reclaimed by later anarcha-feminists.
Best paired with
Voltairine de Cleyre, The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader