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nike_1212's review against another edition
4.0
Caroline Criado-Perez, has once again done a fantastic job by sharing the stories of women who today are making a difference and dedicating their lives to what matters so deeply to them, a more equal world where women regardless of where they are in can break themselves free from the sexists chains that limit them and come in all shapes and forms. One of the most important and wonderful parts of her book is her inclusion of women from all around the world. It’s awe inspiring to listen to their stories and their commitment to the causes they work for. Those women are role models and I am hopeful that their stories and relentless efforts inspire other women who read this book to take a step and change the world for the better.
dreamofdata's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
3.5
mrs_bonaventure's review against another edition
5.0
The more I read, the angrier I got, and the more privileged I felt. My life has been lucky; I have worked hard and made choices to be responsible, but I started from a good place - born in Western Europe in the 1970s with a free education, social mobility and access to sex education and contraception. As a woman, if don't have those, you're fucked, generally, and also sometimes even when you do. This book is all about women doing all sorts of things the Daily Mail thinks we can't or shouldn't, here in the West and in places where women have to really struggle. Both sets of circumstances are treated equally because sexism, and bravery, exist everywhere.
Criado-Perez is a great campaigner. What a great voice. I wish this were more mainstream. But then that's the whole point - if it were, we wouldn't have such a big problem, would we?
Criado-Perez is a great campaigner. What a great voice. I wish this were more mainstream. But then that's the whole point - if it were, we wouldn't have such a big problem, would we?
aimeesteph's review against another edition
2.0
This book was just fine? It was interesting to hear the stories of different women but this book was really just a fact listing book and didn’t have much flow to it, I would’ve liked a bit more analysis/discourse on the topics to make it a bit more interesting to read
holly_ed_'s review against another edition
5.0
A surprisingly good read for a book so full of facts and stats and acts, this gripped me from the first anecdote and confirmed a lot of sad truths about why feminism is so important today. Perhaps preaching to the converted, but Criado-Perez's accessible style (the audiobook is narrated by her too) brings humour, urgency and humanity to the stories of these amazing women doing amazing things. Sometimes the amazing things are as simple as driving a car, sometimes it’s more like becoming the country’s first female fighter pilot. The loose structure hangs together and is linked nicely by Criado-Perez's interviews with women, and it’s nice to hear their stories being told in their own words. A book which made me full of rage and well up and also be glad that there are women who have the fight left in them to tell the patriarchy to eff off in spite of the odds stacked against them.
heidipolkissa82's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0