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charliebnl's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
tatyanavogt's review against another edition
4.0
So many great topics and points brought up in this book. I ended up listening to the audiobook and hope to physically read it in the future so I can annotate my book because lots of good things to highlight especially in the beginning. I did feel like some things dragged on a little bit, but I also was longing for a fiction book at that point so I don't know how much of it was the actual book. I still ended up really liking the book and would recommend it in general.
amberjelfs's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.0
izzyisreading's review against another edition
4.5
This was a really well-written and organized book. While it is nonfiction and presents objective facts and evidence, it is also highly informed by the author's own experience as a black woman. This book contains a variety of topics that aren't traditionally considered to be feminist issues- gun violence, food insecurity, poverty, housing insecurity. It also expands on more traditionally considered feminist topics, such as oversexualization and reproductive justice, and reframes them through an intersectional lens. The writing is informative yet brutally honest about white femininity and how it fails, and even further harms, women of color. This is a must read for white people, especially white women. I loved the ending chapter on the pitfalls of allyship and pushing towards an idea of accomplices instead. It really helped reframe my ideas and reconsider what it really means to be "feminist."