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The Indignities of Being a Woman by Megan Koester, Merrill Markoe

krismoon's review against another edition

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5.0

So friggin’ good. I mean, horrifying. Hilarious! But awful. Depressing. Would recommend to every woman.

stephanie_nilsen's review against another edition

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4.0

Covers serious topic while still being funny, very enjoyable listen. I mainly wanted to say that Wendy Davis’s filibuster was 13 hours not 11 during which she couldn’t use the bathroom, drink, lean on her desk, or do just about anything besides standing and talking. I only say this because I thought it was more impressive and better provers there point, I loved that this was included.

hschoneberger's review

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challenging dark funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a tough book for me to listen to for long stretches at a time due to the sometimes graphic nature of the information; however, it was a worthwhile listen. While there are many ways in which women and society have advanced, it's still clear that more changes need to happen before we are considered "equal" among man.

readrunrepeat42's review against another edition

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dark funny informative lighthearted tense fast-paced

5.0

rachelleahdorn's review

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4.0

Funny but raunchy.
These ladies are comedians, not historians, which I knew going in. I enjoyed it, but if you’re expecting academic history or a sophisticated intersectional approach, you may be disappointed. The focus is on “Western” history, and I’d enjoy a broader history, but I think that’s because I enjoyed what was included.
Also definitely do NOT listen with kids around—or husbands, maybe ;-)

sandienease's review

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4.0

If you enjoy self-deprecating humor, and want a lighthearted perspective over the history of sexism and how it carries into today’s world, this may be something you would enjoy.

I loved the wit, the little theme song for each chapter, the banter between the authors and their voices as they explained the history and their experiences of being women.

Of course not everything can be perfect, and I found some annoyances with this audiobook. The past life regressions were a fun idea in theory, but might of been better executed in a visual counterpart to this book rather than explaining in every chapter “oh no I’m going back in time...again.” With that said, it wasn’t a deal breaker.

Overall, it was informative, entertaining and did make me laugh.

cassandrasharp314's review

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2.0

Facts interesting. The "humor" for me just didn't really work. Not a bad book, I just didn't enjoy it

whathappenedtoagoodbook's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a really interesting listening experience - while it was a lively performance, you could certainly tell that it was a performance at times. I felt that although there was a really interesting discussion of women's history - both well-known and under-discussed - that it felt repetitive throughout. Also, I feel that they were trying a bit too hard with some of the jokes and that other jokes were just completely unnecessary. Something odd that I noticed was that the younger author/narrator mispronounced a lot of words, a little jarring as this is an audiobook and a lot of them were common words everyone has likely heard before it was just a little weird. Overall, it was an enjoyable listen, but nothing totally life changing.

teapoweredrobot's review

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Bounced off hard and early. I didn't love the snarky and defensive tone the two authors had. Maybe it's just the audio version where they have a snark chat session at the end of a section because it doesn't seem like it could be written that way. It came of very "OMG Becky, can you believe women were treated like this?" Instead of laying down some historical facts and discussing studies, more like Mary Roach or Eleanor Herman.

sultana_mama1's review

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challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5