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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Some interesting, practical strategies for advocating for yourself in the workplace, and I enjoyed the overall encouragement to cultivate and value your girlfriends. Only three stars though because the points are repetitive, issues often seemed oversimplified, and it was sometimes very unclear whether the book was suggesting or warning against a specific action.
While I really enjoyed some of the content (the factual information, and history of feminism) some of the cutesy names for things and the way they assumed about the readers interests were off putting.
I have a lot of smaller critiques of this book but the overarching one I felt was this huge gap between the problems presented and the solutions proposed.
Generally it highlights problems faced by women in the workplace in a well researched, mostly intersectional light. There’s consideration for women of color and plenty of statistics to back up her assertions. On the other hand the solutions Bennet offers come across (sometimes explicitly) as whatever she and her friends came up with over drinks. They clearly lacked an understanding and appreciation for the complexities that women of color and queer women and trans women and working class women face and they didn’t feel like they tried to take it into account.
Overall the book reads like a self help book by I kept having to question if it really would help and ultimately it doesn’t feel like it will for most women.
Generally it highlights problems faced by women in the workplace in a well researched, mostly intersectional light. There’s consideration for women of color and plenty of statistics to back up her assertions. On the other hand the solutions Bennet offers come across (sometimes explicitly) as whatever she and her friends came up with over drinks. They clearly lacked an understanding and appreciation for the complexities that women of color and queer women and trans women and working class women face and they didn’t feel like they tried to take it into account.
Overall the book reads like a self help book by I kept having to question if it really would help and ultimately it doesn’t feel like it will for most women.
I stopped reading after about 5 pages.
If your feminism states that you have to have a vagina to be a woman, your feminism is shit.
If your feminism states that you have to have a vagina to be a woman, your feminism is shit.
I'm going to direct you to reading the reviews from Sheryl Sandberg and Bitch Magazine rather than write my own.
But if you want a fun book to help you cope with your male-dominated work environment, this is the book for you. Also possibly helpful for male allies who want to do better.
But if you want a fun book to help you cope with your male-dominated work environment, this is the book for you. Also possibly helpful for male allies who want to do better.
Mostly information I've heard before, but nicely presented and fun to read.
I loved this so much I got copies for my key work ladies.
I'm going to direct you to reading the reviews from Sheryl Sandberg and Bitch Magazine rather than write my own.
But if you want a fun book to help you cope with your male-dominated work environment, this is the book for you. Also possibly helpful for male allies who want to do better.
But if you want a fun book to help you cope with your male-dominated work environment, this is the book for you. Also possibly helpful for male allies who want to do better.
The repetitiveness of this book became incredibly boring to me. But on the other hand I would highly recommend keeping this book on your desk and referring to it as needed. The information is incredibly useful, humorous and a fantastic asset to refer to as needed. I would recommend the book as reference but not as a read from cover to covet book.
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
must-read for women professionals