In the book Feminist Theory: From the Margins to the Center written by Bell Hooks, an African-American author, social activist and feminist first published time in 1984, the author explains what she believes to be the fundamental principles of feminism. Throughout the book, the author examines early feminist theory and critiques it by saying that it was not aimed at systematic change and that the movement has the potential to enormously improve the lives of both men and women. In the book, the author studies the performance of African American women in the movement and what is needed to lead the movement toward an end to oppression of all kinds. Among the many topics covered in this book are the three classes of oppression: gender, race, and class in addition to the ways in which they intersect. As well as the importance of the inclusive movement, defending the idea that feminism is in fact for everyone. The author also addresses education, parenting and violence. She begins her book with her key argument, asserting that feminist theory and the movement are primarily led by upper-class white women who have ignored the plight of disadvantaged non-white women. Hooks begins by arguing that feminism in the United States did not arise as a result of victimized and disadvantaged women who faced sexist oppression to the extent that they internalized it, but in fact by women upper-class white women whose idea of ​​equality was very different. She begins this review with Betty Friedan, a leading figure in the women's movement and author of the classic The Feminine Mystique, arguing that the book ignored the difficulty and even the existence of poor, non-white women, assuming its concerns were harmonious. wi...... middle of document ......l.However, the stigmatization of openly sexual women has not been eliminated, which undermines the sexual freedom of women due to the stigmatization that they carry into society.In conclusion, chapter by chapter Hooks highlights how feminist theory has repeatedly excluded non-white and working-class women by ignoring white supremacy as a racial problem and ignoring the impact highly psychological class on their political and social status, while being confronted, in the case of black women, with three classes. of oppression in a racist, sexist and capitalist state. Throughout the book, the author defines feminism, the meaning of sisterhood, what feminism is for men in addition to addressing power, work, violence and education. Although I found some elements of this book problematic, the critiques of feminist theory and the movement are well presented, piercing, and remain relevant..