From d53d149cca3cfd5f02b114d16c66578c99700c09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 18:26:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] stub out Material Girls book review intro The book isn't out yet, but I know what to expect and know how I want to open. --- content/drafts/book-review-material-girls.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/drafts/book-review-material-girls.md diff --git a/content/drafts/book-review-material-girls.md b/content/drafts/book-review-material-girls.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e916dee --- /dev/null +++ b/content/drafts/book-review-material-girls.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Title: Book Review: Kathleen Stock's Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism +Date: 2021-05-15 05:00 +Category: commentary +Tags: categorization, sex differences, feminism, review (book) +Status: draft + +_Material Girls_ puts me in the awkward position of not knowing how to divide my emotional energy between praising the book, and condemning the state of a world that made this book necessary. The subtitle _sounds_ unduly condescending, the kind of thing that makes you suspect the author of being a blinkered partisan in need of exercising the principle of charity. "Why Reality Matters for Feminism"—oh, so your ideological opponents _don't think reality matters_, huh? + +But, well—in this case ... yes! They actually don't! It's really creepy! You get the sense that Kathleen Stock would rather be somewhere else—in some other world, doing some other kind of philosophy for lower stakes, like extending her [intentionalist theory of fictional content](https://www.amazon.com/Only-Imagine-Fiction-Interpretation-Imagination-ebook/dp/B0758FWTBL/). + +just like I would rather be blogging in some other world without [Something to Protect](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SGR4GxFK7KmW7ckCB/something-to-protect) -- 2.17.1