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Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

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poetricsoap's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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In general I really like the book. I specifically loved the highlight of the privilege because I think we tend to overlook these pretty easily! There are only one or two point that I don't agree with the author, e.g. if you have trauma, you shouldn't enter into a relationship. 

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sarahjx's review

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inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.0


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the_reading_italian's review

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challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Fantastic book! Had me doing a lot of self reflection, and I really enjoyed a lot of the anecdotes. I think this is an important read for everyone, no matter their identity/gender/orientation. It was eye opening in a lot of ways, and a very enjoyable read! 

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paulamarie1468's review

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challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0


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chsm8's review

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75


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frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

The book is gorgeous.  Each page has its own pattern of colours and the art is so well done.  The chapters were a great starting point, and I really appreciated how the book was written.

However, I think the book would have been more impactful if I was still in my 20s. In fact, I wish this book existed when I was in my 20s. I think a lot of young women would benefit from reading this (and more than a few males.)

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chb's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0


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inkyinsanity's review against another edition

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This isn't a bad book, but it is very entrance-level feminism. I’d recommend her podcast or videos instead.

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feliciavanleeuwen's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

As a chronically online intersectional feminist this brought no real new info but it reinforced my ideas of feminism and my leftist ideals. 

I like her writing style and a lot of the book is very recognizable as a bi woman of the same age. Its a great introduction for people that are not that deep in to (intersectional) femenism yet. 

The only thing that I'm missing is when she lists marginalised groups she tends to omit disabled in the list. Maybe she focuses on it more in the full version, but sometimes every marginality is mentioned but that. I know it's the short version but it wouldn't have added a page I think.

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mariadsilva21_'s review against another edition

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4.75

It lacks some chapters from the original edition, which I was not aware of before purchasing, however, it does have an extra chapter the original does not have.

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