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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Super funny, worth the read!
A funny and biting satire on how women have been left out of history and relegated to their own sphere by ridiculous notions of femininity and masculinity. Several male "geniuses" are targeted for their ridiculous theories. Ironies, double-standards, and plain ridiculousness-es are pointed out, such as: Women's hands are weak, so they can't hold paint brushes long enough to create great art, yet at the same time women are also slaves and work in coal mines.
Read my full review at http://www.wildmoobooks.com/2016/12/the-trouble-with-women-by-jacky-fleming.html
Read my full review at http://www.wildmoobooks.com/2016/12/the-trouble-with-women-by-jacky-fleming.html
Excellent. Loved each and every illustration and the sarcastic tone of it
Everyone should read this absolutely hilarious book. This is a short, sarcastic history of the perceptions of women, including some Geniuses (all men, of course) and some women who are, obviously, not in any of your history textbooks. This is the sort of thing you feel when you're fed up of sexism, fed up of men people telling you that women haven't really done anything great in history, and you need to let it all out. It's brilliant.
This graphic novel was on my most-anticipated list and although it's very small format and has only 128pgs I am so happy I bought and read this. This is a humorous and eye-opening take on the history of women, or rather the way history has blocked out women. Every page has a small story, quote or point its making, and each one is satirical, funny or engaging in some way. One of the first we hear about, for example, is that Darwin thought women to be feeble and have smaller heads so they couldn't have brains big enough to be as good as men. From this point onwards all the females within the book who actually act like the 'male-perceived-version-of-women' have tiny heads.
My favourite page within this is probably where Jacky mentions the Dustbin of History and how women are constantly having to 'rescue' other women from within it. This is a concept I hadn't really thought about before, but with more consideration and with reading this I think it's almost certainly a very true statement and it's something which I'm glad I'm now aware of.
I will admit that a lot of the 'great' women that Fleming references within this I have never heard of. I think that this is exactly the point that Fleming is trying to make becuase she mentions how it's an ongoing problem on an interview here (about 32mins in). I am going to, however, look into the women that she mentioned and that I hadn't heard of becuase I would like to know just how unique and influential/interesting they were.
I really enjoyed not only reading the witty comments and twists that Fleming gave to history, but also looking at the imagery she designed to accompany it. Her style is not something I would consider beautiful or lovely to look at, but it's perfect for this book becuase it brings across exactly what she's trying to say.
Overall a really entertaining, yet thought-provoking book with some real funny gems. I would highly recommend this if you want an easy route into a feminist work, becuase it reads more as humour than 'angry-feminists' (which isn't the general opinion but is how some perceive the idea of feminism) and it gets the points across in a blunt but clever way. 4*s
My favourite page within this is probably where Jacky mentions the Dustbin of History and how women are constantly having to 'rescue' other women from within it. This is a concept I hadn't really thought about before, but with more consideration and with reading this I think it's almost certainly a very true statement and it's something which I'm glad I'm now aware of.
I will admit that a lot of the 'great' women that Fleming references within this I have never heard of. I think that this is exactly the point that Fleming is trying to make becuase she mentions how it's an ongoing problem on an interview here (about 32mins in). I am going to, however, look into the women that she mentioned and that I hadn't heard of becuase I would like to know just how unique and influential/interesting they were.
I really enjoyed not only reading the witty comments and twists that Fleming gave to history, but also looking at the imagery she designed to accompany it. Her style is not something I would consider beautiful or lovely to look at, but it's perfect for this book becuase it brings across exactly what she's trying to say.
Overall a really entertaining, yet thought-provoking book with some real funny gems. I would highly recommend this if you want an easy route into a feminist work, becuase it reads more as humour than 'angry-feminists' (which isn't the general opinion but is how some perceive the idea of feminism) and it gets the points across in a blunt but clever way. 4*s
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