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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis
3.5 AVERAGE
1.18k reviews for:
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis
3.5 AVERAGE
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. I didn't like "Girl , Wash your Face" but I started skimming this one in the bookstore and found it intriguing enough to buy it.
It's uplifting and inspirational and encourages women to follow their dreams and not let society tell them who to be or to restrict them. I am a fan of that. I also found her 'mapping' technique to be fairly brilliant and that alone made the book worth it.
What I didn't like was the weight loss advice from someone who clearly doesn't know a thing about weight loss. She oversimplifies it to "eat less, move more" which we know and have known for years isn't the answer for a vast amount of people.
Also, she talks a lot about how she did all of this despite having 5 kids and says repeatedly that if she could do it, well then so can you. That is utter bullshit. She also had a nanny and a mother who came in for the weekends and a partner with flexible hours. This is not the norm for American mothers. I absolutely think it's bitchy that she was judged for employing nannies, that isn't my problem at all. My problem is that most of us don't have the privileges that she had and we simply don't have someone who can give us long breaks from our children.
The snide comment about store bought cake bothered me also. What the hell is wrong with store bought cake? Someone got you cake for your birthday. Don't demean it.
Overall though, I found it easy to read and motivational.
It's uplifting and inspirational and encourages women to follow their dreams and not let society tell them who to be or to restrict them. I am a fan of that. I also found her 'mapping' technique to be fairly brilliant and that alone made the book worth it.
What I didn't like was the weight loss advice from someone who clearly doesn't know a thing about weight loss. She oversimplifies it to "eat less, move more" which we know and have known for years isn't the answer for a vast amount of people.
Also, she talks a lot about how she did all of this despite having 5 kids and says repeatedly that if she could do it, well then so can you. That is utter bullshit. She also had a nanny and a mother who came in for the weekends and a partner with flexible hours. This is not the norm for American mothers. I absolutely think it's bitchy that she was judged for employing nannies, that isn't my problem at all. My problem is that most of us don't have the privileges that she had and we simply don't have someone who can give us long breaks from our children.
The snide comment about store bought cake bothered me also. What the hell is wrong with store bought cake? Someone got you cake for your birthday. Don't demean it.
Overall though, I found it easy to read and motivational.
One long tone-deaf, sanctimonious, unqualified, gloating humblebrag. Barf.
Rachel Hollis is the reigning queen of that wealthy, white-feminist thing where she thinks empowerment means self-righteously centering herself above everyone and everything else, completely ignorant of the world around her and the context within which she’s able to have everything she’s ever wanted -breast implants, expensive purses, a zillion Instagram followers. She’s all about "prosperity gospel", and Christian-capitalism, and white feminism, and curated, highly-calculated "authenticity". It’s... the worst??
I’m absolutely baffled by her popularity, because she does seem like a kind of an asshole?? Can’t wait for her to be replaced by a wise, authentic, compassionate woman who actually deserves a following.
Rachel Hollis is the reigning queen of that wealthy, white-feminist thing where she thinks empowerment means self-righteously centering herself above everyone and everything else, completely ignorant of the world around her and the context within which she’s able to have everything she’s ever wanted -breast implants, expensive purses, a zillion Instagram followers. She’s all about "prosperity gospel", and Christian-capitalism, and white feminism, and curated, highly-calculated "authenticity". It’s... the worst??
I’m absolutely baffled by her popularity, because she does seem like a kind of an asshole?? Can’t wait for her to be replaced by a wise, authentic, compassionate woman who actually deserves a following.
This book truly has the power to change your whole perspective on life as a woman, professional, and mother. I highly recommend this book!
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Content Warnings
Minor: Cultural appropriation
This was the perfect read for the stage I'm at right now. I needed a reminder that my goals are MINE without guilt and for once, I'm not living every single day for others. It has taken many years but I am getting there. ♡
While the concepts in Hollis’ book were great, I was really turned off by her lack of sourcing what she presented as her own ideas (but rang loudly as concepts previously shared by other authors). Take her references to getting into the ring - and how your comments don’t count unless you’re in the ring with her. Hello, Teddy Roosevelt via Brené Brown. Or her pitch on habit formation, which sounded closely to the Cue-reaction-reward that was introduced by Charles Duhigg in the Power of Habit. Hollis doesn’t shy away from declaring her awesomeness. I was disappointed that she didn’t attribute the awesomeness of others appropriately.
Had some helpful exercises I will use, but the overall tone felt egotistical. The author tried to be relatable to the common middle class, but contradicted that by using examples of her luxurious lifestyle and company.