“In short, any attempt to theorize violence directed at women and gender nonbinary people must go beyond addressing interpersonal violence to ending forms of violence from the state. Thus, projects undertaken by many feminist-of-color organizations have involved arguing that gender oppression is central to an understanding of racist violence and that conversely, white supremacy is central to an understanding of gender violence. Capitulating to a carceral feminism that calls upon the state to "protect" women from gender violence would replicate the very conditions that needed to be challenged… The harm that is produced and reproduced through endless cycles of reform continues as mainstream anti-violence leaders stubbornly address gender violence in isolation, disconnect it from other forms of injustice, and reject attention to racist and other forms of state violence."

While some of the more academic passages were daunting, the core of this book was impactful. It has a great balance of theory, history of these movements, and more recent examples of actions and organizations. In the end, this is a motivating call to action.