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Chargement... Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy without Drinking Herself to Deathpar Erin Gibson
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. ![]() ![]() I'm a huge Throwing Shade fan, so an Erin Gibson book promised a real treat. And it is more than that: it is a tour de force of rage, humor, and absurdity over feminist issues that do not receive enough attention. I laughed and raged at the same time, and I left a little more educated. I hope there is a sequel, as well as companion books by Bryan and Sam, named Homosensual and Heterosensitive, respectively. Long live Lady Attorney! I have to admit that when I placed this library hold, I thought the author was someone else. My bad. Nevertheless, this was a genuinely funny take on the continuing problems that women encounter everywhere from politics to medicine in living their lives, and how Gibson handled it from teenage-hood through two marriages. She narrates as an admittedly imperfect but sharp and likeable protagonist that you want to cheer for, whether she's facing off with her loony gynecologist or Mike Pence. Some of the content was v-e-r-y bawdy and I have to admit that even my jaded ass blushed a few times, but it was all done in service of a consistent theme and in a genuinely funny tone. If you like your feminist tirades full of crude humor, swear words, and zero tolerance for bullshit, then this one is for you. Needless to say, I was on board from the very beginning. Gibson takes on several topics affecting women, from lack of representation in STEM fields to abortion to #MeToo. Sample chapter title: "The Terrifying Prospect of Mike 'Vaginas are the Devil's Mouth Flaps' Pence." She is funny and irreverent and angry, and she makes some good points (she makes some not-so-good ones, too, drawing simplified conclusions about certain topics or research in a sloppy way that weakens her important points). Her goal is to entertain but also to enlighten - to draw attention to ways in which women are discounted, dismissed, and disrespected every. single. day. And in ways we often take for granted. This book won't be for everyone, but I appreciated her frankness and bravery. As she says in the introduction: "For the last nine years, I've dedicated my career to repackaging lady sadness into digestible comedy so that we can all be a little smarter and a little savvier and can laugh together at the insane ways people try to control us." aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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