Review: Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution, edited by Breanne Fahs

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the review:

Manifestos clarify antagonisms; they articulate points of conflict by exposing opposing forces. Manifestos of feminism – the practice, theory, and movement opposed to patriarchy – reveal the roots of patriarchy and the ways this very long crisis occludes equality. Burn it Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution, edited by Breanne Fahs, accomplishes this by encouraging us to focus our attention beyond the mechanisms of representation and negotiation, and toward the political itself: the dynamics of social power. The arguments here range from the specific to the systemic, representing feminism’s diversity and confirming feminism’s crucial role in all struggles for social justice.