joliebeth23's review
5.0
I've never felt so SEEN before by a book. I highlighted and annotated it like I was in grad school and would be writing a paper about it. I wish more men would read this.
mollyfischfriedman's review against another edition
5.0
This book was an incredible articulation of the rage, the anger, the frustration that many women I know, myself included, have been feeling since the 2016 election, and maybe since even before that. I saw Traister speak about this book just before starting to read it, and it was powerful how she backed up what so many of us were feeling with other women's stories, with history, with data. Though this book was written before the Kavanaugh hearings, and the publishing date was set well before we could have anticipated any of it, it was particularly timely and will hopefully help to address some of what we're all feeling.
karibaumann's review against another edition
5.0
I tore through this. I loved it - kept reading things to my husband that resonated (and that I knew he would recognize in me) and I cried a lot. There were so many recent things that I hoped would be included (like Nanette!) and then they were and I was delighted every time. I felt so deeply as I was reading it that these were pieces of history I should have been taught as a young girl, about all these brave and angry women who have made change in this country. It was empowering to read and fill in and connect so many things I only partially knew about women in this country, while also documenting how so many of us feel now.
sarakomo's review
4.0
2019: I freaking love Rebecca Traister, and she pours her heart and soul into the research for this book. I would recommend it to everyone, in particular white women in the future who might forget that injustices have been around forever and they require constant vigilance. But, I will say, I think I’m a little too close to the time period to have gotten much out of this book. We are still living it: I know all of the stories in this book, I’ve read all the tweets mentioned, I recognize all of the women referenced. In particular, this book will be helpful and essential when I explain to my daughter what it was like living between 2016-2018, but I didn’t need to spend too much time on it now.
lgadzik's review
4.0
This well-researched book gives context, definition, and direction to the anger and emotion that has been surging in me since the 2016 election. I know parts of this book will echo in my thoughts and help me understand and respond to women and our anger for a long time after reading.
sgjohnson2001's review
5.0
This book provided such comfort and validation. I am not alone in my anger, and my anger is justified. Highly recommend!
ckkurata529's review
4.0
I read prolifically about feminist anger so this is right up my alley. The chapters are short and chunked in a way that made reading it in parts very convenient. It touches on a variety of topics, all tied together by the actions and movements led by women who were/are enraged at the persisting gender inequities. I was most pulled in by the quotes of other feminists at the start of each chapter, but I still recommend this book.