It’s weird rating a book whose viewpoints so closely align with my own so low, but I kind of have to. It amounts to a lot of glib “can you believe this shit?!” recitation of facts that a) won’t convert any skeptics or b) surprise any believers. I’d like to think that some of it is due to the times a’changing, but really the main changes in the 15 or so years since the publication date are that gay marriage is legal and that women […]
Personal account of growing up female
“We have to walk through the rest of our day knowing that our discomfort gave someone a hard-on.” Sex Object (2016) by Jessica Valenti was another book I found on NPR’s list of Best Books from 2016. The list has led me to quite a few good books, and I am usually a fan of a good feminist memoir, so I picked it up. In it, Valenti discusses details of her childhood and adult life, showing what it’s like to live when men use you first as an […]
Sex Object: A ( ball bustingly honest ) Memoir
Jessica Valenti is one of a select group of Generation X feminist bloggers who have cemented their careers online – She is a force to be reckoned with, after publishing a litany of feminist tomes ( Full Frontal Feminist, He’s a stud she’s a slut ) Sex Object is her brutally honest, darkly funny memoir. By retelling a series of formative events in her life, Valenti describes what toll everyday sexism takes on a young woman’s life. The events that helped shape her confident persona […]
Hmmmm.
The day this book (which I had pre-ordered) was released, it was in the 80s out. I was walking home from work wearing two tank tops and covered with a sweater, because even though I was walking 1.5 miles home (uphill) in 80+ degree weather, I have big boobs, and those of us with big boobs know that hot weather clothing and a large chest don’t mix well if one wants to make it through the day without leers and snide comments. Of course, that’s […]