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wellington299's review
4.0
This book cracked me up. Written from a perspective of one of the first female students to break into the Ivy League - specifically Dartmouth. Even in the world of females she felt like an outsider. She felt like Betty Boop in a world of Barbies.
The parts I remember best are the briefs overheard conversations. (from a male student) "We understand women's cycles. We know they happen every OTHER month." or "Quit crying. You're making my armpit wet."
She is a writer and has given me a framework ... a style which I can emulate. I was thinking the other day of writing a tell all about my work place. There are perhaps four or five people who have been there longer making me some kind of an expert. It should be fun to write; of course, I won't publish it anytime soon or I'll no longer have a job and perhaps not any friends.
The parts I remember best are the briefs overheard conversations. (from a male student) "We understand women's cycles. We know they happen every OTHER month." or "Quit crying. You're making my armpit wet."
She is a writer and has given me a framework ... a style which I can emulate. I was thinking the other day of writing a tell all about my work place. There are perhaps four or five people who have been there longer making me some kind of an expert. It should be fun to write; of course, I won't publish it anytime soon or I'll no longer have a job and perhaps not any friends.
mmkkll's review
3.0
A humorous look at college life in the 1970s, with interesting commentary on gender and culture.
thefox22's review
2.0
I don't like memoirs, but I had to read this for my History of Women class. I know I read too much fiction when I kept going with this wondering: where is the plot? And it's a memoir, so everything's not supposed to come together cohesively, right? I don't know. I thought it was a neat read, showing a glimpse into what it was like for a woman going to a college dominated by men. It was insightful, especially with the way women were viewed and how the gender differences played a huge role in life there (not like they still don't now though). But I don't like nonfiction because I need books to have a point (and I must have either missed this one or don't understand it other than the fact that it was not normal that women would want a higher education).
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