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Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies) by Scarlett Curtis

8 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative medium-paced

2.5

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I feel like feminism is a very touchy subject. I feel like I can’t really talk about it within my household or with co-workers, mainly because I'm surrounded by people of the older generations and I’m in a very dominant male work environment and I've always wanted to know more without coming across as a man-hater.

Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and Other Lies is a collection of writing from extraordinary women, from Hollywood actresses to teenage activists, each telling their own story of the personal relationship they have with feminisms. Some are funny, some are surprising, some make you so angry. This book aims to bridge the gap between the feminist hashtag and the scholarly text by giving women the pace to explain how they actually feel about feminism.

Usually, I struggle with non-fiction books, but I think what helped with this book was the sections that it was divided by and how short some of the chapters are - I think there is maybe 3 chapters in each section where they are 12-20 pages long and the rest are 2-6 pages long. This book contains antidotes, poetry and thoughts of the women who are feminists. All of these stories are unique and brutally real. With the discussion of sexism, FGM and toxic masculinity. This was one of those books that when I finished it, I just needed to take a break and to think and ponder what I've just read.

The only thing that kept it from being five stars is I did struggle to get into this book, I knew there was a lot of people involved in this which meant there was a lot of different writing styles etc. I thought it was more like Scarlett was interviewing these women and then there was quotes from the women, but Scarlett only has like 3 or 4 chapters in this and obviously she edited it or she was involved but I wanted more from her as the named author.

This book has motivated me to want to have the discussion more, to get my younger brother to read this, to show my nephew how to treat women and wanting him to grow up in a different environment where women are looked down on.

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gcoulsxn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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ellarch's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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dollys_island's review against another edition

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hopeful informative medium-paced

3.75

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charlottesoph's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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emisbooks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

as this book was written by so many different people, it was hit and miss, hence why i’m rating it 3.75 stars.

some had some very informative, inspiring and heartwarming things to say. notably kiera knightley, kat dennings, charlie craggs, jameela jamil and tapiwa h. maoni. other excerpts i found too short, they didn’t have much to say or they just rushed it.

id recommend this book to anyone who wanted to dive into feminist books. some essays were very accessible and relatable.

overall i enjoyed it. it was quick and easy to read and i loved hearing so many stories from different people.

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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