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Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman
1 review
lynap's review
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
This book was okay. I didn’t really find any groundbreaking info.
Intersectionality felt like an afterthought, often being tacked on to the last few paragraphs of each chapter.
I personally lost interest quickly reading about thin, white, upper/middle class women opening boutique fitness studios throughout history.
I did enjoy the chapter on running which featured Bobbi Gibbs, the first woman to compete the Boston Marathon.
Enjoyable enough, but not one that I’d enthusiastically recommend or reread. (My criteria for 3 stars).
Intersectionality felt like an afterthought, often being tacked on to the last few paragraphs of each chapter.
I personally lost interest quickly reading about thin, white, upper/middle class women opening boutique fitness studios throughout history.
I did enjoy the chapter on running which featured Bobbi Gibbs, the first woman to compete the Boston Marathon.
Enjoyable enough, but not one that I’d enthusiastically recommend or reread. (My criteria for 3 stars).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Rape
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