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Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
8 reviews
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A fantastic inclusive history of women and alcohol, from prehistory right up until the 2010s. Perfect for folks interested in the history of booze, women's history, and all round good, accessible popular history.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism
Minor: Alcoholism
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
I thought this was an interesting concept, but it wound up being way too pop-history for me. Each chapter features a story about a specific woman (with varying levels of connection to alcohol culture, there were a couple extremely tenuous links that felt like "diversity hires" unfortunately) interspersed with buzzfeed listicle style writing about other things happening globally during that time period. The footnotes are not citations (there's a bibliography at the back, but specific facts aren't cited directly) they're just more unfunny "snark" and some of the chapters (especially the more modern years) feel uncomfortably preachy. Also acting like Hammurabi invented misogyny whole cloth is extremely silly.
The different types of alcohol and how they're made were interesting though.
The different types of alcohol and how they're made were interesting though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Colonisation
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Sexual assault
informative
medium-paced
I learned a lot. I think I could actually join a trivia team and have a lot to contribute now. I think if you LOVE research and learning history, this book will be awesome for you. I love hearing about the womxn behind different alcohols. Lots of fun facts.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
What an engaging and informative exploration of the gendered history of alcohol consumption, production and distribution around the world. Loved the feminist bent of this book and the fun, colloquial way in which these stories are told. Absolutely would read more from this author!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
This was a fascinating read! I received an early copy from the publisher and urge others to read this.
While it is dense with information, it’s thoughtful, funny, and informative. I learned so much and enjoyed the structure and content.
I will say it’s probably best enjoyed in small chunks because it is so heavy on info and can be enraging, but overall I had a great time reading
Cheers, Mallory!
While it is dense with information, it’s thoughtful, funny, and informative. I learned so much and enjoyed the structure and content.
I will say it’s probably best enjoyed in small chunks because it is so heavy on info and can be enraging, but overall I had a great time reading
Cheers, Mallory!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia
Minor: Transphobia