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Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman
2 reviews
zombiezami's review
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
Truly wonderful and made me appreciate how far progress has come in terms of women feeling comfortable exercising. I suspect, however, that the history of Black people and Black women specifically in fitness is not as peripheral as the author makes out.
Graphic: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Sexism
Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Addiction, Cursing, Incest, Genocide, Pregnancy, War, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia
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).
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Rape
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