Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto

"The point of 'Why I Am Not a Feminist' isn’t really that Crispin is not a feminist; it’s that she has no interest in being a part of a club that has opened its doors and lost sight of its politics—a club that would, if she weren’t so busy disavowing it, invite Kellyanne Conway in....Crispin’s argument is bracing, and a rare counterbalance; where feminism is concerned, broad acceptability is almost always framed as an unquestioned good.” — The New Yorker “Small but mighty, a bracing, contradictory volume full of fury. It’s a rousing call for unity that’s not afraid to alienate, at once breezy andxa0foreboding. It’s a radical text written in accessible, entertaining prose, slipped nonchalantly into the mainstream….A blueprint for women who care about equal rights for all women, and really, all humans.” — Flavorwire “Perceptive and impassioned…There’s something decidedly appealing, even romantic, about this vision of a radical movement that will, in Crispin’s words, set about ’fully dismantling’ the system.” — New Republic "Argues against the current brand of feminism that equates progress with buying into the status quo, and calls for a reinvestment in radical, even revolutionary thinking about what feminism can mean, and do.” — Elle “A searing critique…a necessary contribution to the effort to push contemporary social justice movements further to the left and to weave an understanding of class politics into modern identity-based movements in order to build a radical politics of solidarity.” — Jacobin “Brief, bellicose, and bracing…A call for an examination of conscience.” — Chicago Tribune "The author's ferocious critique effectively reframes the terms of any serious discussion of feminism. You'll never trust a you-go-girl just-lean-in bromide again. Forget busting glass ceilings. Crispin has taken a wrecking ball to the whole structure.” — Kirkus starred review"Feminists have, in fact, become polite insiders, and Crispin is here to show them how to punch their way out. A rallying manifesto; start swinging.” — Library Journal "Laser-like insight into feminism’s strengths and weaknesses...Rhetoric that soars and sears...Through insights that provoke discussion and dissension, Crispin rallies the kind of radical verve that once vitalized a revolution in the hope that it will do so once again. ” —Booklist "Jessa Crispin offers a biting critique of modern feminism... This is a good read for any feminist looking for an opportunity for self-reflection, or any person who questions the consumerist bent that modern feminism has taken." —Eugene Weekly Jessa Crispin is the editor and founder of the on-line magazines Bookslut -- one of America's very first book blogs -- andxa0 the on-line literary journal Spolia . She is the author of The Dead Ladies Project and The Creative Tarot , and has written for the New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books , NPR.org, Chicago Sun-Times , and Architect Magazine , among other publications. She has lived inxa0 Lincoln, Kansas; Austin, Texas; Dublin, Ireland; Chicago, Illinois; Berlin, German, and elsewhere, and currently resides in New York City.