The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
booked_mind_'s review
4.0
even if not revolutionary, it still straightforwardly and on point names issues that have been tiptoed around for ages, and for that it deserves a read
leoniepeonie's review
I'm not sure I can rate this one - it was a real mixed bag. There were moments that were very insightful and considered in this essay, but there were also many where I felt a complex issue was being brushed over with a quote from another text and then not really analysed in much depth. The essay promised so much but didn't really talk about disgust consistently, and got a bit rambly at points. I found McBride's discussions of meat Vs flesh a bit difficult too, with the rambly section on cannibalism just a bit odd and overly conceptual in a way that fell a little flat. In the first half of the book I thought that many examples and quotes mobilised were a little simplistic, and I didn't enjoy the writing style, which I felt could've benefited from a more rigorous edit. Sentences were often too long with numerous clauses buried inside and I had to reread big sections regularly to make sure I could keep a hold on the key argument. I appreciated McBride's openness about 'double stagnation' and women's experiences of both believing in freedom and then finding themselves judging other women, but I wish this discussion could've been a bit more substantial.
An interesting piece, but without either expanding more on the many points raised or having a tight focus on 'disgust', I think this essay lost the way a bit.
An interesting piece, but without either expanding more on the many points raised or having a tight focus on 'disgust', I think this essay lost the way a bit.
siobhanh's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
claire60's review
3.0
An interesting polemic, much of this reads like an essay where she is bringing together many different strands and ideas about women and disgust. Sometimes the wording is spot on and she nails the perspective at other times it feels a little cursory. Sadly in the epilogue her efforts to compare racism and misogyny she inaccurately compares the heavy handed policing of the Sarah Everard vigil to the 'discretion and solidarity' shown by Police to the Black lives matters protests. I remember equal heavy handed and violent policing of the BLM marches and toxic media reporting afterwards. Falling into such a problematic comparison highlights the need and importance of intersectional feminism.