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sometimes_i_write_things's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
jrosenstein's review against another edition
3.0
I ended up reading this straight through in one day, not because it was so engrossing but I just happened to have an unusually lazy day. And it certainly is an entertaining and fairly zippy read for a book that grapples with how pop culture can reproduce and solidify systems of oppression, as well as attempt to undo those systems. I have to say I didn't find any of Harris' points particularly profound or original, but I always enjoy writers who take pop culture seriously and have interesting things to say about it.
maregred's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Sexism
marifey23's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Fits neatly into the memoir-through-pop-culture subgenre
from a Black, self-aware, and talented writer's perspective
from a Black, self-aware, and talented writer's perspective
persephonestar's review against another edition
3.0
always difficult to rate books like these because some essays were more to my liking than others
overall i expected more pop culture? (Parents just don’t understand, was more of what I was expecting and coincidentally my favourite) if that makes sense and most of the essays could have been shorter
I also had some issues with her ‘antinatalist’ chapter: i was really liking it at first but it just stopped so abrubtly and the nuance i was expecting never arrived
It kind of felt like ‘in these movies/shows (and it’s not like this is 40 is a nuanced masterpiece) these parents are having a hard time so everyone will regret having children?
So 2,75 stars for the whole thing
overall i expected more pop culture? (Parents just don’t understand, was more of what I was expecting and coincidentally my favourite) if that makes sense and most of the essays could have been shorter
I also had some issues with her ‘antinatalist’ chapter: i was really liking it at first but it just stopped so abrubtly and the nuance i was expecting never arrived
It kind of felt like ‘in these movies/shows (and it’s not like this is 40 is a nuanced masterpiece) these parents are having a hard time so everyone will regret having children?
So 2,75 stars for the whole thing