Scan barcode
happinessie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, and Abortion
ratxheart's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.75
I suggest reading the essays that intrigue you instead of this book as a whole from cover to cover, it will give a much better impression.
it would have been mindblowing to read this book as a 15 year old facing sexism that other people brushed off. however reading it now was boring. it's really circular, common to find sentences with series of three or more terms listing bad things that can happen to women without ever going in depth.
- women face xyz
- yes i agree, what's next?
i feel like the book should have assumed it is on the same page with the reader and moved forwards instead of trying to convince a skeptic who would never read this in the first place. critique of pornography was rare breath of fresh hair throughout the book.
I liked the essays about stories and indentifying with women characters in stories and how the common literature criticism narrative is we are supposed to feel for the male protagonist.
it would have been mindblowing to read this book as a 15 year old facing sexism that other people brushed off. however reading it now was boring. it's really circular, common to find sentences with series of three or more terms listing bad things that can happen to women without ever going in depth.
- women face xyz
- yes i agree, what's next?
i feel like the book should have assumed it is on the same page with the reader and moved forwards instead of trying to convince a skeptic who would never read this in the first place. critique of pornography was rare breath of fresh hair throughout the book.
I liked the essays about stories and indentifying with women characters in stories and how the common literature criticism narrative is we are supposed to feel for the male protagonist.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual harassment