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A review by alw_93
Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women by Nora Ephron
3.0
A very interesting read. A collection of articles on women for a magazine in the 1970s. What I find fascinating are the issues brought up in each article - I had no idea people once were giving away free speculums to encourage women to do cervical examination on themselves! How people reacted to feminine hygiene spray as it first came out?! And 'crotch sprays'?
When she wrote about the bitterness between Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, it was clear whose side she was on but then she did try to be neutral or rather, look things from the other person's perspective. I think I liked it because she was honest about supporting one person but then not without showing us that she did try to understand the other's actions.
There are of course, some articles that I don't feel comfortable reading. Felt like she was too harsh in criticising those people. I don't really read magazines so I'm not sure if such articles are a norm even now?
When I was halfway through, I thought I like this book more than her other book; 'I Feel Bad About My Neck'. But I didn't finish this book (I stopped reading with 4 articles left) and I finished the other. Have I had enough of her writing? Or is it because I've got an exam coming up? Not too sure.
When she wrote about the bitterness between Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, it was clear whose side she was on but then she did try to be neutral or rather, look things from the other person's perspective. I think I liked it because she was honest about supporting one person but then not without showing us that she did try to understand the other's actions.
There are of course, some articles that I don't feel comfortable reading. Felt like she was too harsh in criticising those people. I don't really read magazines so I'm not sure if such articles are a norm even now?
When I was halfway through, I thought I like this book more than her other book; 'I Feel Bad About My Neck'. But I didn't finish this book (I stopped reading with 4 articles left) and I finished the other. Have I had enough of her writing? Or is it because I've got an exam coming up? Not too sure.