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jmarchek's review against another edition
4.0
Hey - I'm still putting the laundry away and its 2019. Well researched feminist podcast compilation by two female comedians. Lots of f bombs if that bothers you. After listening it made me want to research further into the topics covered. You will always want to vote after listening to this!
chaosetc's review against another edition
4.0
There were way too many bits of information for me to remember but the overall picture was clear enough. If I had a daughter I would give her a copy of this broadcast before sending her out in to the world so that she'd know what she was really up against. The biggest downside was all the references to current events, which will be less well known to future listeners. I personally liked the snark. It felt like a form of gallows humor.
historyteacher's review against another edition
5.0
Spoiler alert to all non women: being a woman sucks. DoNOT recommend
luminous's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to love this, and for the most part, I loved the topics and I even loved the forced corny humor. The narrators are comedy professionals and that part shows.
There are a few downsides that made even me, a reader who LOVES this topic and kind of presentation, like it a bit less. First, it's very much a product of its time and a former president is mentioned often. Makes sense, as it was an awful time and he was awful for women but right now the memories and the horrors are too fresh. Right now it's hard to listen to. The same references might make the book more interesting ten years from now. Or we'll all be in wimples and forbidden to read, take your pick.
Another negative is the narrator's often sounded like they were reading a book report, which took away from the impact of the deluge of horrors. Maybe that was actually helpful.
Read if already a topic you are interested in and don't mind references to recent US history.
There are a few downsides that made even me, a reader who LOVES this topic and kind of presentation, like it a bit less. First, it's very much a product of its time and a former president is mentioned often. Makes sense, as it was an awful time and he was awful for women but right now the memories and the horrors are too fresh. Right now it's hard to listen to. The same references might make the book more interesting ten years from now. Or we'll all be in wimples and forbidden to read, take your pick.
Another negative is the narrator's often sounded like they were reading a book report, which took away from the impact of the deluge of horrors. Maybe that was actually helpful.
Read if already a topic you are interested in and don't mind references to recent US history.
rachelellyn's review against another edition
4.0
Loads of laughs and a few jaw drops at the absurdities.
svnz's review against another edition
4.0
It's simultaneougly funny and depressing that this our history of how women have been treated. It's a good one to listen as an audiobook and works really nicely. The authors are the narrators as well and this helps to see exactly the kind of tone they were going for.
I didn't enjoy the banter between the narrators that was spread out throughout the book as it just felt really forced. I assume this was not part of the original book and was added in for the audiobook version.
Overall not a lot to complain about! It was very entertaining and I listened to it in only two sittings.
I didn't enjoy the banter between the narrators that was spread out throughout the book as it just felt really forced. I assume this was not part of the original book and was added in for the audiobook version.
Overall not a lot to complain about! It was very entertaining and I listened to it in only two sittings.
h3dakota's review against another edition
5.0
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this one! Both hilarious and infuriating, this book had me laughing out loud while also feeling angry, disgusted at the stupidly slow progress that we've made as women. It's one of those rare books that I can easily see myself listening to on a regular basis. Definitely give it a go!!
lezreadalot's review against another edition
3.0
I had to go into this with low expectations. Books that try to be humorous already walk a thin line with me, and especially books that try to be humorous about serious things. This is pretty much a conversational style stand up routine about sexism through the ages, narrated by two women with lots of sarcasm and quips and irreverence. It doesn't purport to be all-encompassing, and indeed, other than a lot of obscure and interesting facts, it didn't really give me any truly NEW information? But I still liked it.
Like I said, I set my expectations very low, so the fact that we got little bits of intersectionality re: race and sexuality was nice? It was cis-centric most of the time, and there was a lot of "the two genders" rhetoric, but there was inclusion of trans women in some chapters. It was very very minimal though, so don't go in expecting much. There were lots of interesting factoids, a lot of depressing historical titbits that you just had to laugh at. Misogyny has taken a lot of weird forms over the centuries, and the was they discussed it was informative while also being funny. I liked the conversational interludes where the authors chatted and kept things personal and light, even while discussing terrible things. I'll say that at least: they succeeded in making me laugh! But they also succeeded in making me cringe several times. Even if the book wasn't trying to be all encompassing, I feel like a couple of the historical sections, especially about non-Western cultures, could have used more nuance. And there were some, uh, opinions that I couldn't take v seriously. I'm sorry.
Listened to the audiobook as read by the authors, and that was fun. Like I said, sorta like a stand up show, with fun little musical interludes. I almost skipped over this one in my 'You Bought It So You Must Read It' journey, because I was so sure it would be an out-dated version of feminism. But it wasn't bad. Wasn't all good either. But at least I don't feel like I wasted my time.
Like I said, I set my expectations very low, so the fact that we got little bits of intersectionality re: race and sexuality was nice? It was cis-centric most of the time, and there was a lot of "the two genders" rhetoric, but there was inclusion of trans women in some chapters. It was very very minimal though, so don't go in expecting much. There were lots of interesting factoids, a lot of depressing historical titbits that you just had to laugh at. Misogyny has taken a lot of weird forms over the centuries, and the was they discussed it was informative while also being funny. I liked the conversational interludes where the authors chatted and kept things personal and light, even while discussing terrible things. I'll say that at least: they succeeded in making me laugh! But they also succeeded in making me cringe several times. Even if the book wasn't trying to be all encompassing, I feel like a couple of the historical sections, especially about non-Western cultures, could have used more nuance. And there were some, uh, opinions that I couldn't take v seriously. I'm sorry.
Listened to the audiobook as read by the authors, and that was fun. Like I said, sorta like a stand up show, with fun little musical interludes. I almost skipped over this one in my 'You Bought It So You Must Read It' journey, because I was so sure it would be an out-dated version of feminism. But it wasn't bad. Wasn't all good either. But at least I don't feel like I wasted my time.
dreamsngr's review against another edition
4.0
Beware, there be politics ahead....and a few mentions of marital rape...but if you're non-political or left leaning, this witty banter about the absurdities of sexism is funny as hell.