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A review by bluenicorn
You Don't Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
2.0
This wasn't bad, per se- thus the "it was ok" star rating. There were a few lines that I thought were great, such as the following:
"Going on a porn site as a woman is also like going to a crap retail store and being plus-sized: here's a tiny section devoted to you that has nothing you like. Good luck! We hate you!" p 205
"Never once do they consider that I might not want to be bought, and that I am not a cow at all." p 141
I guess there were just a few too many topics that while I'm glad she supports and discusses them, she really doesn't have much experience with them. Also, the writing felt a little scattered all over the place. She speaks of inclusion and accepting women, but then says things about going on a juice diet so that she can look good- as if thin is the universal definition of "good"; or being grossed out by the pubic hair on a woman in a childbirth video- as if pubic hair is something disgusting. The writing felt a little... bloggy- and there are good books out there that started with blogs, so it's not blogs I'm criticizing. Her heart is in the right place- I just think the writing needs refining.
"Going on a porn site as a woman is also like going to a crap retail store and being plus-sized: here's a tiny section devoted to you that has nothing you like. Good luck! We hate you!" p 205
"Never once do they consider that I might not want to be bought, and that I am not a cow at all." p 141
I guess there were just a few too many topics that while I'm glad she supports and discusses them, she really doesn't have much experience with them. Also, the writing felt a little scattered all over the place. She speaks of inclusion and accepting women, but then says things about going on a juice diet so that she can look good- as if thin is the universal definition of "good"; or being grossed out by the pubic hair on a woman in a childbirth video- as if pubic hair is something disgusting. The writing felt a little... bloggy- and there are good books out there that started with blogs, so it's not blogs I'm criticizing. Her heart is in the right place- I just think the writing needs refining.