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ammonite's review
2.0
Okay, this book is kind of tough to review - on one hand, LOTS of stuff applied to me and I'm probably going to get a used copy so I can do the exercises. On the other hand, a lot of it feels dated, to the point that I was surprised to see that it came out in 2008. On another, this book is written for cisgender heterosexual monogamous women, full-stop; people who exist outside these definitions will not be found here.
This is disappointing because a lot of my own issues relevant to this text are specifically due to being a queer transgender person who happened to get every possible negative repercussion from being socialized as a Southern girl.
There is value here, but caveat emptor. Her tone can also come off is trying too hard to be "tough love" and the phrase "Strong Woman" kind of makes me want to roll my eyes so far back in my head that they'll never see outside of my brain again. She also makes a few troubling statements that I think may not actually be factually correct. I would have felt more comfortable if she'd included more scholarly data about socialization and gender, but I'm also an SJW nerd.
tl;dr:
Sift through the good stuff and keep it, then step away from the book carefully when you go to bang your 2017-educated self's head against the wall. If you do not think that you suffer from "Nice Girl Syndrome", probably look elsewhere.
This is disappointing because a lot of my own issues relevant to this text are specifically due to being a queer transgender person who happened to get every possible negative repercussion from being socialized as a Southern girl.
There is value here, but caveat emptor. Her tone can also come off is trying too hard to be "tough love" and the phrase "Strong Woman" kind of makes me want to roll my eyes so far back in my head that they'll never see outside of my brain again. She also makes a few troubling statements that I think may not actually be factually correct. I would have felt more comfortable if she'd included more scholarly data about socialization and gender, but I'm also an SJW nerd.
tl;dr:
Sift through the good stuff and keep it, then step away from the book carefully when you go to bang your 2017-educated self's head against the wall. If you do not think that you suffer from "Nice Girl Syndrome", probably look elsewhere.
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