A review by jasonfurman
Sex Object: A Memoir by Jessica Valenti

4.0

This book--and it's author--grew on me. A short memoir (the Audible version, which is read by the author, is only 4 hours long), to some degree it is about the making of a feminist, dwelling especially on her many experiences with men ranging from bad to terrible, although also describing her very difficult pregnancy and first years of motherhood. Jessica Valenti does not try to draw major lessons, redemption, nor does she put herself in the mode of Amy Schumer or Sheryl Sandberg in terms of either humor or describing an affirmative path forward. Instead, Valenti seems some combination of angry, resolved and tired--and with some of her experiences it seems reasonaly understandable.