Reviews

Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism by Emma Bee Bernstein, Nona Willis Aronowitz

eliza_bangert's review against another edition

3.0

This was good, but I think it could have been a lot better if they went more in-depth with their interviewees.

babs_jellymuck's review against another edition

2.0

*Donated

library_lurker's review against another edition

2.0

i was really excited by the premise of this book. the actual product was pretty surface-level and kinda disappointing. i was fascinated by many of the women profiled, but there was hardly any time to learn anything real about them (although the authors devoted pages & pages to their own fights over boys, tripping on acid whilst watching movies, and other trivial matters). i also feel like the author's fixation on whether or not these ladies identified as feminists or not kind of missed the point. as one of their own interviewees said, [paraphrased, i don't have an exact quote:] "who cares how you label yourself? just do the fucking work."

jeffreyp's review against another edition

4.0

Just got this in the mail, and started flipping through it, to check it out--love the design, the gorgeous pages, and the concise style so far. Can't wait to sit down and delve through it.

lanikei's review against another edition

2.0

This is more of a coffee table book than anything else, full of photos and very light interviews. I can appreciate the sentiment behind the project, and I'm sure it was a particularly enlightening event for the authors. But ultimately I didn't get much out of the book.