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In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.75
In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet
☀️☀️🌤️
This examination of feminism and the cultural bias against women was interesting, though not in the way promised by the title and concept.
I went into this book expecting a look at modern misogyny through the lens of historical witchcraft and the witch hunts that occurred for decades. Instead I was presented with a generalised overview of modern feminism and the various setbacks women face, with the occasional reference to historical context. I'd hoped for much more focus on witches from history and their plights, which was present in the introduction but not so much in the book itself.
The chapters themselves were informative and well researched, though I found them far too long to keep my attention regarding the topic of that particular chapter. I also found some sections to have too much reliance on references and quotes without enough of Chollet's own extrapolation or worldview, and those sections dragged.
I appreciate what Chollet has set out to do with this book, but I've read better modern overviews and would have appreciated the unique take via witchy historical context much more.
☀️☀️🌤️
This examination of feminism and the cultural bias against women was interesting, though not in the way promised by the title and concept.
I went into this book expecting a look at modern misogyny through the lens of historical witchcraft and the witch hunts that occurred for decades. Instead I was presented with a generalised overview of modern feminism and the various setbacks women face, with the occasional reference to historical context. I'd hoped for much more focus on witches from history and their plights, which was present in the introduction but not so much in the book itself.
The chapters themselves were informative and well researched, though I found them far too long to keep my attention regarding the topic of that particular chapter. I also found some sections to have too much reliance on references and quotes without enough of Chollet's own extrapolation or worldview, and those sections dragged.
I appreciate what Chollet has set out to do with this book, but I've read better modern overviews and would have appreciated the unique take via witchy historical context much more.
"Men, it seems, experience the merest breeze of equality as something like a catastrophic hurricane [...] 'We are hurting them so badly that, if we give them the tiniest room for manoeuvre, they will destroy us.'"