Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

9 reviews

leweylibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I obviously don't like kids, so the entire premise of the book was a bit meh for me 😬 but I did think it made for good structure for the book that was a lot more interesting and engaging than a chronological detailing of her life. I did also like the bit from her husband at the end, although that also felt a little weird? Almost like he had to defend her and their relationship? Also there was one relatively lengthy section in which there was waaaaay too much discussion about all the ways children are disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Hate crime

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Xenophobia, Sexism, and Vomit

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Trafficking, Blood, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Racial slurs

katrinarose's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Miscarriage, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Classism, Animal death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship

amberlfaris's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexism

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Drug use

aargot1's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Miscarriage, Sexism, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Blood

pgivan21's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Sexism

marieketron's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

This book may be awkward to read if you’re actually a daughter of Ali Wong, but it packs some practical life lessons and wraps them up in a lot raunchy humour sprinkled with sincere support. I liked the touch of her husband adding and reading the afterword (the voice sounds very sexy). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Grief

jayisreading's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

So, for the first time, I decided to listen to an audiobook. I still had the ebook as well, but considering that it was narrated by Ali Wong herself, it seemed worth following along as she narrated. And wow, I think I enjoyed Dear Girls far more because of the audiobook. It makes all the difference that you can hear how she wanted the words to come across, and it often felt as though I was actually listening to a standup show.

This is a lighthearted memoir that will make you laugh (especially if you’re a fan of her comedy). I really like the framing of the memoir to be a letter (of sorts) to her children (who definitely should follow their mother’s advice and not pick this book up until they’re of age), especially because it seemed to create moments for Wong to include down-to-earth, silly jabs at domestic life.

Between all the humor, though, you get some genuine advice for her children about navigating life. You can tell this memoir was written with a lot of love and reflection on how Wong’s life went, how it’s going, and what’s to come. She strikes a great balance between humor and thoughtfulness that I appreciated.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Racism and Sexism