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A book for everyone
(Sidenote: In posting this review, I’m noticing that the Kindle version is just $2.99!) 4.5 stars. As a person in the 21st century who exists both in the real world and the internet world, I had a passing knowledge of who Lindy West was. I had mostly only encountered her work that went viral however, so I didn’t go into this book as a hardcore fangirl, just as an interested bystander. I think after reading this, I can probably be classified as a hardcore fangirl. […]
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This is a 4.5 star reading experience, but I’m rounding it up to five because the audiobook increased my appreciation for Lindy as a writer and overall human person. The essays in this relatively short (but not too short) book cover a range of topics, from living with a female body, period shame, abortion, a multitude of essays covering her experiences across all parts of her life as a fat person, dealing with online trolls, sexism, rape jokes in comedy, the death of a parent, […]
Shrill
I think there’s a movie or show quote somewhere to the effect of “I used to think if I cared about one thing I’d have to care about everything.” That’s a fair description of me. To be perfectly honest, I’m politically (and just generally) lazy. I don’t get into Facebook arguments about ridiculous right-wing conspiracies or correct people when they make tasteless jokes. I don’t campaign for politicians, or even volunteer to drive folks to voting booths. I didn’t write “#metoo” on Facebook the other […]