Tag: Post-Socialism

History from the Non-Region: A Review of Kristen Ghodsee’s Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women’s Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War

by Brant Roberts
“Undoubtedly this book will ruffle the feathers of many western liberal feminists who feel that they, and they alone, brought equal rights for women to the rest of the world and felt themselves to be the shining beacon of freedom for all women to follow.

Tags Arvonne Fraser, Brant Roberts, Bulgaria, Communism, Duke University Press, Eastern Europe, Elena Lagadinova, feature, Feminism, Houston Review of Books, Internationalism, Kristen Ghodsee, Marxist-Feminism, Post-Socialism, Second World Second Sex, Socialism, Zambia

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Review of Kristen Ghodsee’s “Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism”

Post author By houstonreviewofbooks
Post date June 17, 2020
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by Brant Roberts
“In short, the author walks a fine line between conservative criticism of socialism and uncritically embracing the system, all while asking the readers to take into account what could work for everyone in a democratic-socialist future.”