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amerasuu's review
5.0
Aussie feminist essays, just what the doctor ordered in this bizarre world we live in.
tiggum's review
2.0
Really hit and miss. Some of the contributions are good, some seem very dated (even just four years later), some seem like they were probably written for other purposes and then hastily edited for inclusion here, some are just not very well written or interesting. I will say that there were a few pieces that I really liked, but not enough to recommend the book.
meganori's review
3.0
This book was good, but I've read a lot of books like this and it didn't stand out. Even though it's less than ten years old it felt a bit dated.
stefhyena's review
4.0
This book was significant. It is most relevant to Australian readers, but many of the writers in it speak generally enough, or intentionally look wider than our national borders so that it may also be of interest to some overseas readers. It is written in a popular, easy to access style in some ways forgoing depth (but generally giving ideas where the opinions are coming from if people want to learn more).
There is a lot of diversity of voice and many different issues are covered in the book. Some writers have an obvious bias, but the editors' intention was to put together many different voices and sides of politics to show how widespread the problem of the trivialisation of women really is (still). Not all of the book was fun to read but it was well structured in short sections. I found the diversity of genre both interesting and a little bit disorienting.
I felt it was a mistake to end with a fiction piece on one topic (however salient to the whole). It would have been better if the editors had added some afterword, not to try to contain the voices but to bring them together and re-open up the breadth of the scope covered across the chapters.
Anyway even if I like more detailed nerd writing I did enjoy this book and heartily recommend it.
There is a lot of diversity of voice and many different issues are covered in the book. Some writers have an obvious bias, but the editors' intention was to put together many different voices and sides of politics to show how widespread the problem of the trivialisation of women really is (still). Not all of the book was fun to read but it was well structured in short sections. I found the diversity of genre both interesting and a little bit disorienting.
I felt it was a mistake to end with a fiction piece on one topic (however salient to the whole). It would have been better if the editors had added some afterword, not to try to contain the voices but to bring them together and re-open up the breadth of the scope covered across the chapters.
Anyway even if I like more detailed nerd writing I did enjoy this book and heartily recommend it.
librarykath's review
2.0
Mostly middle-class, heterosexual, able-bodied cis white lady feminism. Some really suspect "feminists" included in the list. Lots of nice, polite "feminism".
The standout piece was that by Stella Young, which said a few home truths and made me question my own privilege.
Krissy Kneen's piece was refreshingly confronting, but not my cup of tea, so to speak.
Not sure the world is going to be changed by many of these pieces.
The standout piece was that by Stella Young, which said a few home truths and made me question my own privilege.
Krissy Kneen's piece was refreshingly confronting, but not my cup of tea, so to speak.
Not sure the world is going to be changed by many of these pieces.
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