In this little book, Armbrust wants us to consider how capitalism and our current ways of doing business rely on masculine traits that just aren’t working. Wrestling with the tensions between feminism and Capitalism, she proposes a broad roadmap for a way of doing business that calls in feminine traits. Thus, she argues that “business can be a site of feminist practice if we embody our values, create new economies, and experiment with redistributions of power & resources.”

Proposals for the Feminine Economy offers seven proposals to present “a new vision for a feminine economic paradigm.”

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If you are feeling frustrated or even a little hopeless at the state of things, this little book is a chance to dream and explore what a better world could look at feel like. It is clear that our current economy isn’t working for most people, and Armbrust takes us into a basic outline of what it could like if we switched out all the masculine traits that define our current economy for more feminine qualities.

What this little book lacks in depth, it fully makes up for in inspiration. It is really just a proposal, so you really have to use it as a jumping off place to figure out what it might look like your sphere of influence. As an academic, I have to explore how the principles she suggests might be adapted for my classrooms, research, and work with others.