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A review by chelhet
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist by Franchesca Ramsey
4.0
“Well That Escalated Quickly” is a series of essays from Franchesca Ramsey (a.k.a. @chescaleigh), an internet social justice advocate/YouTuber who always works to break down heavy topics in a way that’s easy to understand.
This book is a guide on how to navigate our (in many ways) new lives online. Franchesca writes about her own experiences online, unexpectedly stumbling into activism after one of her YouTube videos goes viral, and gives advice on how to handle conversations around social justice and where to pick your battles.
The essays in this book manage to be simultaneously both laugh-out-loud funny and super insightful — not an easy thing to balance. Franchesca writes about heavy topics (racism, sexism, call-out culture) in a way that’s funny and accessible, but never sacrifices the quality of the knowledge she shares.
I also appreciated how she wrote about mistakes she’s made in the past — we’ve all been there. It’s only through admitting our mistakes that we can learn from them and grow. Our learning is an ongoing process — we can’t move past our blind spots until we see them — and it’s nice to see that Franchesca views her own learning in that way too.
For anyone who spends a good amount of time online (which let’s face it, we all do), this book is a must read.
This book is a guide on how to navigate our (in many ways) new lives online. Franchesca writes about her own experiences online, unexpectedly stumbling into activism after one of her YouTube videos goes viral, and gives advice on how to handle conversations around social justice and where to pick your battles.
The essays in this book manage to be simultaneously both laugh-out-loud funny and super insightful — not an easy thing to balance. Franchesca writes about heavy topics (racism, sexism, call-out culture) in a way that’s funny and accessible, but never sacrifices the quality of the knowledge she shares.
I also appreciated how she wrote about mistakes she’s made in the past — we’ve all been there. It’s only through admitting our mistakes that we can learn from them and grow. Our learning is an ongoing process — we can’t move past our blind spots until we see them — and it’s nice to see that Franchesca views her own learning in that way too.
For anyone who spends a good amount of time online (which let’s face it, we all do), this book is a must read.