Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism

by Alison Phipps and Alison Phipps

Book Overview

The Me Too movement, started by Black feminist Tarana Burke in 2006, went viral as a hashtag eleven years later after a tweet by white actor Alyssa Milano. Mainstream movements like #MeToo have often built on and co-opted the work of women of colour, while refusing to learn from them or centre their concerns. Far too often, the message is not 'Me, Too' but 'Me, Not You'. Alison Phipps argues that this is not just a lack of solidarity. Privileged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152615580X
• ISBN13: 9781526155801
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"