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bonnie333's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
tanja_alina_berg's review against another edition
3.0
Some of this is encouraging, most of it has been said before. It worked well enough on audio, it’s possible it comes across as more aggressive on paper.
egraciec's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
serinatanjira's review against another edition
4.0
great introductory book to feminist ideas, but florence doesn’t really develop these ideas further. would have been useful to read at 16
esfonseca's review against another edition
4.0
Good book to start with basics when talking about feminism and self-love. However, it brings up the necessary messages that we'll always need to remind ourselves. You do you, never let yourself be less or try to fit some pattern because society tells you to. Oh and feminism is not feminism if it doesn't include black women, latina women, asiatic women, mixed women, trans women, non-binary, queer people, any person from a group you know that suffers from the acts of those that act within the ideals of machism, the patriarchy and capitalism.
ashleighfare's review against another edition
2.0
It’s exactly what you would expect when a white, upper middle class woman just discovers the basics to feminism and realises she’s privileged in her early 20s, then thinks that’s enough to write a book.
I think if you are in that demographic and the concept of feminism, racism, homophobia etc. is completely new to you then great - this is the book for you.
But Florence is very opinionated and speaks with authority, sometimes on topics that she could not possibly empathise with. She throws around therapy language in a potentially harmful way e.g. words like “abuse” and “narcissism” are used without much regard for what that actually means in a mental health context.
The book also promotes this really individualistic form of friendship centred around ‘what can I gain?’. Florence suggests that you shouldn’t vent to your friends or learn from your friends - that should only be done with someone you’re paying.
I watched a video essay that discussed this recent phenomena of people “setting boundaries” by not allowing their friends to vent to them, instead suggesting they pay a therapist for that. One of the comments said “we have monetised human connection” and I think that sums up her take on this perfectly.
I think if you are in that demographic and the concept of feminism, racism, homophobia etc. is completely new to you then great - this is the book for you.
But Florence is very opinionated and speaks with authority, sometimes on topics that she could not possibly empathise with. She throws around therapy language in a potentially harmful way e.g. words like “abuse” and “narcissism” are used without much regard for what that actually means in a mental health context.
The book also promotes this really individualistic form of friendship centred around ‘what can I gain?’. Florence suggests that you shouldn’t vent to your friends or learn from your friends - that should only be done with someone you’re paying.
I watched a video essay that discussed this recent phenomena of people “setting boundaries” by not allowing their friends to vent to them, instead suggesting they pay a therapist for that. One of the comments said “we have monetised human connection” and I think that sums up her take on this perfectly.
katelorette's review
3.25
‘Imagine all the past versions of yourself, standing right in front of you. They are all smiling, looking back at you. They are so proud of you. Because you beat what they were going through. You beat the things that tried to kill and destroy them. Because of your strength, you are still here in this present moment, in spite of what happened to those past versions of yourself. They are grateful - you got all of them through this to be where you are today - alive.’