Lean Out Dawn Foster 9781525234385 Books
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In her powerful debut work Lean Out, acclaimed journalist Dawn Foster unpicks how the purportedly feminist message of Sandberg's book neatly exempts patriarchy, capitalism and business from any responsibility for changing the position of women in contemporary culture. It looks at the rise of a corporate '1% feminism', and at how feminism has been defanged and depoliticised at a time when women have borne the brunt of the financial crash and the gap between rich and poor is widening faster than ever. Surveying business, media, culture and politics, Foster asks whether this 'trickledown' feminism offers any material gain for women collectively, or acts as mere window-dressing PR for the corporations who caused the financial crash. She concludes that 'leaning out' of the corporate model is a more effective way of securing change than leaning in.
Lean Out Dawn Foster 9781525234385 Books
Readers looking for an alternative view of the Lean In movement of how women can succeed in the workplace will be disappointed. Most of this work is a scathing criticism of modern social movements in Great Britain. At times it reads more like a Sociology thesis than a self-help book. Much needs to be done to advance the cause of equality and it is not the sole role of any one individual or entity, however this book provides little practical advice that hasn’t been stated elsewhere.Product details
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Lean Out Dawn Foster 9781525234385 Books Reviews
This book is a very quick read.
The author tries too hard to blame men for everything, and has an incredibly condescending, blanket opinion of women. She just cannot accept some women make choices which are different to hers, and can't accept most men have no interest in keeping women down.
The book would be much better if it was based on facts instead of emotion.
One of the best feminist books out there; a must read!
A quick read that brings together a number of examples to enlighten the reader that feminism is more than fighting for the corner office. Women are disproportionately hurt by inequality and poverty, and ‘popular’ feminism rhetoric often leaves this fact out.
Everyone should read this book, the contents impact all of us.
When I first read the Sandberg book that this takes its name from, I was excited.
Basically, here was a feminism that someone can do on your own. No mass movement needed.
But I was thinking in context of the world that Sheryl brought us into. It was one of privilege and one that couldn’t be changed, so it must be navigated. It’s actually a really pessimistic book, and one that only will work for the educated white-collar classes who have some say in the terms of their own exploitation under capitalism –those so deep in their own exploitation that they don’t see their chains.
So it has been refreshing to see antidotes to the leaning in. I first saw it in part of Aschoff’s book “New Profits of Capital” (cited in this work), and in other more radical publications that don’t take the establishment view for granted. I came across this text because the Verso blog called it one of the best books of 2015 (Even though it wasn’t published in the states until early 2016, which to me is a recommendation to get into publishing and criticism if only for early access to crucial texts). I like this book. It is a call for the mass movements and a justification for them. It touches on that other book early on, but becomes more general on what is needed for women to do (still!) in terms of making the world work better in gender terms. It is a short but meaningful read, and one that should be undertaken. It will help explain why feminism is necessary (still!)
Readers looking for an alternative view of the Lean In movement of how women can succeed in the workplace will be disappointed. Most of this work is a scathing criticism of modern social movements in Great Britain. At times it reads more like a Sociology thesis than a self-help book. Much needs to be done to advance the cause of equality and it is not the sole role of any one individual or entity, however this book provides little practical advice that hasn’t been stated elsewhere.
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