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Solid 3.5, knocked down to a 3 for use of "retarded" as a derogatory adjective and not even as a quote from someone so there's no flimsy "well that's just how my friends talk" excuse.
The book is great for people who don't realize they're feminists, and backs up some arguments confident feminists make about how how we're not always humorless and dour. I can see this book opening up the minds of women (and maybe men) in a way that other Serious Feminist books can't.
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The book is great for people who don't realize they're feminists, and backs up some arguments confident feminists make about how how we're not always humorless and dour. I can see this book opening up the minds of women (and maybe men) in a way that other Serious Feminist books can't.
I wasn't a huge fan of her wri ...more
I knew nothing about Caitlin Moran before reading this book, but saw that this book had been getting widely reviewed as espousing a "new" kind of feminism. I'm still not entirely clear on how or why Caitlin Moran is famous (journalist? comedian? feminist?), but she's definitely entertaining and tells good stories. This book was a fast read, a great mix of anecdotes and musings on being a woman. I'm glad there are people like her, writing about these things.
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Finally, a book on being a STRIDENT FEMINIST that remembers humor and holding yourself lightly make the best bedfellows in a revolution. I liked this more - and found it better written - than Bossy Pants, which I finally read mostly because of the review pull quote on the front of this book. Remains on my bedside table >2 months later simply because I can't bear to shelve it.
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Aug 07, 2012
Alison
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it was amazing
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This was excellent - it's this wonderful combination of writing on feminism with writing on all the hilariously awful things you have to deal with as a lady. I think my favorite chapter was the one on women's underwear, but there is so much great stuff here. She shares anecdotes from across the span of her life, and the writing is very personal and chatty. If you are at all interested in reading this, go pick it up now.
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The section on child birth is HORRIFYING. It will take some time for me to recover from that. However, I love her and think she is hilarious. I would put this under the "sassy lady memoir/manifesto" shelf.
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LOVED the bits about feminism, was bored by the endless bits about names for female body parts, laughed several times, the end.
Oh yeah, my fav was how she talks about how we view overeating as completely separate and far worse from all other vices, and why exactly that might be. Also how she loves Germaine Greer but also admits she's bonkers. Heart! ...more
Oh yeah, my fav was how she talks about how we view overeating as completely separate and far worse from all other vices, and why exactly that might be. Also how she loves Germaine Greer but also admits she's bonkers. Heart! ...more
I wish I liked this book more. There were moments I was totally with her and moments I was like WTF?? Part of it was the paradox of "Women would enjoy what ever they want to enjoy" but then feeling judged when she comically ridiculed something I liked. Still a very valuable feminist book though!
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Jul 16, 2012
Meg - A Bookish Affair
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