ms_smith's review against another edition

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1.0

I've never been this glad to finish a book... This was something else, and not in a good way; this book is an extremist feminazi 'piece of literature' and I really wouldn't recommend it to anybody but especially not for young girls/women who are learning how to navigate in life's troubled waters. Most of these women we really shouldn't consider as role models, because they are clearly not. The double standard really, REALLY bothers me regardless of gender. E.g. According to the book, Mae West said 'A man should take as good care of his body as a woman does.' about bodybuilders she performed with. This slip of the tongue says a lot about her, that a man whose body is not worked out is not good. It's really ironic since she clearly wasn't a skinny-malinky herself, but it bothered her if somebody else was plumpy, and she felt she had the right to judge them but if she was the talk of the town she threw a tantrum. So she wasn't okay with her body then. This is clear text book double standard in my understanding.
Then there's Phoolan Devi and Cleopatra who were terrorists, sad but true. Both are presented with this 'bad b*tch' image who we should look up to, because of their strenghts. Like seriously?! They killed people (one of them even family members) and this is, not in any circumstances, okay to do!
Just to name a few of these 'incredible' women of the book (because there's more I could be talking about, but then I should just write a book about it and even that would be better than this piece of sh**). The book is just full of this double standard crap that just boils my p*ss to the max. Not to mention that the 'advices' weren't even offering any kind of guidance, if they had anything to do with the women at all they were listed next to. And then there's the language...The authors thought it would be a good idea to call these women nicknames throught the book, I think it supposed to be hip and cool, but it really was just cringe. Don't read this 'masterpiece' people, this book is a shame to us women.
#dontcultivatemoresnowflakes

ali_w15's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this. Just the tonic I needed. Lessons from the lives of historical women applied to issues that modern women face today. I’ve developed new heroes from reading this book and fallen in love even more with some of my forebearers. Sisterhood is powerful. I’m glad more stories like this are being written. Everyone should know about these women.

dennasus's review against another edition

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Started on 3/12/2023. Might pick it up again at some point. Right now it feels a bit too superficial for me. 

songsaboutghosts's review

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2.0

I learned some things, but I didn't find the book funny at all; to me, it came off as dumbed down and patronising, trying too hard to be relevant to a younger audience. I'm also somewhat uncomfortable with some of the terms used or opinions expressed which show a blindness to certain groups, sometimes particularly when they are trying to demonstrate a connection with groups the writers obviously just don't have.

desgangert's review against another edition

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4.0

Sehr kurzweilige Lektüre, die sicher für jede*n mindestens eine unbekannte Person enthält. Bei sehr vielen Porträts bekommt man wirklich Lust, mehr über die vorgestellte Frau zu erfahren. Sprachlich hat mir das ganze leider weniger gefallen - sei es der ständige Gebrauch von Spitznamen für die Vorgestellten, oder sei es die Überladung mit Abkürzungen und Konzepten aus dem 21. Jahrhundert. - am besten das urban dictionary bereithalten!

cosmicrays's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

nfp's review against another edition

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4.0

I would recommend for young girls. A very sweet book.

cosy_novel_niche's review against another edition

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50 short and sweet biographies of amazing and inspiring women, who still have somethings to teach us, even after centuries in some cases (full review soon on my YT channel)

boggin's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

2.0

alicealbus's review against another edition

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4.0

Loved learning about many lesser known female pioneers. The writing style makes it an easy read, however as the segment on each woman is quite short the book doesn’t always flow very well, making it feel quite stop-start & difficult to get in to.