Hello comrades, it’s time for our first discussion thread for The Will to Change! Please share your thoughts below on the first two sections of the book. There’s quite a lot to talk about between hooks’ discussion of masculinity discourse within feminist circles, the ways both men and women uphold patriarchy, and the near universal experience of men being forced to suppress their rich emotional worlds from a young age. I’ll be posting my thoughts in a little bit after I’m done with work.
If you haven’t read the book yet but would like to, its available free on the Internet Archive in text form, as well as an audiobook on Youtube with content warnings at the start of each chapter, courtesy of the Anarchist Audio Library, and as an audiobook on our very own TankieTube! (note: the YT version is missing the Preface but the Tankietube version has it) Let me know if you’d like to be added to the ping list!
Our next discussion will be on Chapters 2 (Understanding Patriarchy) and 3 (Being a Boy), beginning on 12/4.
Thanks to everyone who is or will be participating, I’m really looking forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts! 
I really enjoyed this! Listened to the TT version. I know this is just the preface and chapter 1, so the real meat and potatoes aren’t here yet. Some thoughts:
I really find Hooks’ prose compelling, and really grabs the reader. The bit about even kind and compassionate men being looked down upon by others, driving women with even compassionate fathers into toxic relationships because of societal pressures was interesting, and a new layer.
The dying father sections also really struck me, as well as the idea that paternal love is so valued because of its scarcity.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone else has to say, and following this through!