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Women Don't Owe You Pretty: The Small Edition by Florence Given

52 reviews

poetricsoap's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

***may contain spoilers of content***

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Outing

paulamarie1468's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

chsm8's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

theundecidedcat's review against another edition

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4.0

For the most part I really liked it. Florence Given writes/reads/speaks so beautifully and infectiously. Half the book feels like you’re in a therapy session, full of reflection, hard truths, and self care. Some parts later on though I don’t fully agree with.  Recommend for women & queer people to give it a read, especially a listen on audiobook. It’s read by Florence.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

feliciavanleeuwen's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

cassie12_21's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.25

This book was good and definitely gave me a few thing to think about (even as someone who is fairly far into the destruction of their internalized misogynist). Language used was inclusive, and I appreciated the inclusion of diverse groups, and not cis-het white feminism. 

 “disability” is not a word, It is supposed to be “ablest” 

A view of western feminism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

amber_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

2.75

Whilst I enjoyed parts of this book, it felt at times repetitive, and honestly at points like a load of clichés thrown together as a series of sentences. Overall I was a little disappointed reading this as it never fully engaged me in its writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

pianokeys's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

cogowno's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, and Abortion

trine_marsvin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment