HernBn Ronsino was born in Chivilcoy, a small town in Argentina's pampa, in 1975, and moved to Buenos Aires for his studies. The author of three novels and one short story collection, Ronsino is also an anthropologist and professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Samuel Rutter is a translator and writer from Melbourne, Australia. He has translated several authors from the Spanish, including Carlos LabbU, Daniel Sada and Juan MarsU. In 2015 he was awarded a PEN Translates grant.
"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 and foreboding. 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
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