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booksandladders's review
5.0
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
This is a non-fiction, self-help book about how to channel your inner BAMF Fangirl into a BAMF Fanwoman that can rock the world. I so so so wish I had read this while I was in university because it would have been so helpful. Instead, I had to do some trial and error to figure out how to use my skillz to advance myself in the Real World. I would recommend this for any teenage fangirl who is FREAKING OUT about college apps, life decisions, and how to balance real life and fangirl-ing. I would also recommend it to people like me who have some idea what they want to do but want their interests and their goals to overlap so we can get paid to do things we actually enjoy doing.
Smith has a good handle on what it's like to be a fangirl and how to transfer those feelings into what it means in real life. I think one of the hardest things for people to do is to see how their skills impact their real life. I used to think that writing meta about Sterek on the internet was The Best Thing Ever™ only for a couple of months (and some rude comments) later to completely erase it from the internet. But how did this help me? It tightened my writing, I was able to analyze and critique things better. All great skills for writing papers in university. And EVERY ONE OF US has something like this. Even if you are just writing book reviews, you have to synthesize what you read and put it in a way that will persuade others to either pick it up or not. Those are valuable abilities to have.
FIND YOUR INNER GODDESS AND SET HER FREE MY LITTLE CHICKADEES. And pick this one up to remind you that sometimes people have those horrible plot lines before they get back on the right track.
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This is a non-fiction, self-help book about how to channel your inner BAMF Fangirl into a BAMF Fanwoman that can rock the world. I so so so wish I had read this while I was in university because it would have been so helpful. Instead, I had to do some trial and error to figure out how to use my skillz to advance myself in the Real World. I would recommend this for any teenage fangirl who is FREAKING OUT about college apps, life decisions, and how to balance real life and fangirl-ing. I would also recommend it to people like me who have some idea what they want to do but want their interests and their goals to overlap so we can get paid to do things we actually enjoy doing.
Smith has a good handle on what it's like to be a fangirl and how to transfer those feelings into what it means in real life. I think one of the hardest things for people to do is to see how their skills impact their real life. I used to think that writing meta about Sterek on the internet was The Best Thing Ever™ only for a couple of months (and some rude comments) later to completely erase it from the internet. But how did this help me? It tightened my writing, I was able to analyze and critique things better. All great skills for writing papers in university. And EVERY ONE OF US has something like this. Even if you are just writing book reviews, you have to synthesize what you read and put it in a way that will persuade others to either pick it up or not. Those are valuable abilities to have.
FIND YOUR INNER GODDESS AND SET HER FREE MY LITTLE CHICKADEES. And pick this one up to remind you that sometimes people have those horrible plot lines before they get back on the right track.
Books and Ladders | Queen of the Bookshelves | Books Are My Fandom | Twitter | Instagram | Bloglovin'
jackipyt's review
This just wasn’t for me. I am not a non fiction girl. I am a fan girl but even this was too much fan girl. It did not apply to me.
whatthefawkes's review
5.0
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
I often feel fangirls are misunderstood and misrepresented. We're bandied up into this collective image of psychotic teenage girls so obsessed with their respective stars/fandoms that we become reduced to nothing more than shrill screeching, incoherent babbling and bedrooms lined with pictures of Justin Bieber's face. This is not the reality of 90% of fandom life, this is the minority. What is so refreshing about 'The Fangirl Life' is that it's not written by someone outside the bubble of fandom, but someone from within. SHE GETS US!
Kathleen Smith examines the fangirl life from all angles, talking us through where we could land on the scale of obsession: mild, moderate or full on squeeflailing, and how we can address it and perhaps change our thought process when it comes to fandom. There is even one super glorious chapter dedicated to the girl crush, hairporn and the psychology of the BAMF. Kathleen taught me that my anxiety is the driving force behind the intensity of my addiction and no sentence has ever been realer than when I read that one.
I would highly recommend this to all my fellow Lady BAMFs that are struggling to get through the day because they've got fanfiction to write, 8 TV shows to keep up with and a brand new season of House of Cards to binge watch whilst drooling over Claire Underwood's wardrobe and Julianna Margulies' eyebrows. Don't fear kids, Kathleen has got your back.
I often feel fangirls are misunderstood and misrepresented. We're bandied up into this collective image of psychotic teenage girls so obsessed with their respective stars/fandoms that we become reduced to nothing more than shrill screeching, incoherent babbling and bedrooms lined with pictures of Justin Bieber's face. This is not the reality of 90% of fandom life, this is the minority. What is so refreshing about 'The Fangirl Life' is that it's not written by someone outside the bubble of fandom, but someone from within. SHE GETS US!
Kathleen Smith examines the fangirl life from all angles, talking us through where we could land on the scale of obsession: mild, moderate or full on squeeflailing, and how we can address it and perhaps change our thought process when it comes to fandom. There is even one super glorious chapter dedicated to the girl crush, hairporn and the psychology of the BAMF. Kathleen taught me that my anxiety is the driving force behind the intensity of my addiction and no sentence has ever been realer than when I read that one.
I would highly recommend this to all my fellow Lady BAMFs that are struggling to get through the day because they've got fanfiction to write, 8 TV shows to keep up with and a brand new season of House of Cards to binge watch whilst drooling over Claire Underwood's wardrobe and Julianna Margulies' eyebrows. Don't fear kids, Kathleen has got your back.
cyanide_latte's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
While a little dated and flawed, I've got to say that this was one of the sweetest and most heartfelt little self-help books I've ever had the good luck to pick up. Thank you Kathleen Smith, this put a smile on my face and gave me some food for thought!
izzybooks_2000's review
4.0
This was a not-so-thinly-disguised way to build up a girl's confidence using fangirl terms and examples from different fandoms. It had a lot of good advice, especially since it was coming from a licensed therapist, and it was fun seeing it in such relatable ways (although it focused a lot on fashion and "hairporn" and that's just not the kind of fangirl I am). Boys could definitely read it, too, and get just as much out of it, but they weren't the intended audience.
paigereitz's review
3.0
This book started out strong with a good basis in mental health, but I struggled through the middle quite a bit. I didn't quite relate to a lot of the author's fangirl experiences, but it was a decent read overall.
gracekitty's review
1.0
I'm sure this book will help someone, but that person is not me. I find the book to be pandering by throwing in every single reference to any potential nerdy thing. I could not get into the chattery nature of her writing style, which is filled with "disorders" that can be experienced exclusively by fan girls. These disorders are made up by the author, and I find that kind of disrespectful to actual mental health issues. If you enjoy reading self-help books, maybe it's for you. I most certainly am not this book's target audience.
ainiali's review
5.0
Are you a fan of something? Yes? Then you HAVE to read this. It provides a lot of advice on how fangirl should behave, how to deal with fandom's drama, internal conflicts, what others feel about their passion or even how to take your skills in fandom into your job applications. It's a guide to be a fanwoman; a more matured, calm and elegant form of a fangirl. Because a fangirl never stops fangirl-ing.
I love, love, love this book! I just wish I read this when I was in my twenties. Any fangirl knows that being a fangirl, an avid one at that, it's like living a double life. Juggling between study, work and fandom is no easy task but we choose to live that life. Go fangirl!
I love, love, love this book! I just wish I read this when I was in my twenties. Any fangirl knows that being a fangirl, an avid one at that, it's like living a double life. Juggling between study, work and fandom is no easy task but we choose to live that life. Go fangirl!
frogmellaink's review
5.0
I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of this book and The Fangirl Life has helped me in ways I didn't even know I needed. The lessons Kathleen teaches in her pop culture peppered pages can be applied across all aspects of your life not just those fangirl tendencies. The friendly and approachable writing style make this a fun and invaluable life tool.