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I've read several feminist memoirs, and I found this to be the most engaging and provocative. Certainly, West spoke to some of my own personal biases, but she's also just a great story-teller. Unlike other memoirs, the narrative follows a smooth arc. Great editing, great writing. Good stuff here.
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I loved this book, as I expected to (I’ve loved everything I’ve ever read by Lindy). But while it’s *screamingly* funny—as expected—I think the moments when she gets into the serious that I most appreciate her skill with words, and how she always seems to choose the right ones to convey ideas I regularly struggle to express. E.g. when she described her dad’s passing like this: “One moment his body was the locus of his personhood, the next moment our memories had to pick up the slack,” I *gasped* aloud in my empty apartment because that is *exactly what it’s like.*
Anyway... this book grabbed me from the introduction and had me going through the full spectrum of human emotion before the end. Memoir is usually not my genre but this was excellent.
Anyway... this book grabbed me from the introduction and had me going through the full spectrum of human emotion before the end. Memoir is usually not my genre but this was excellent.
A few chapters in, my friends asked me how this book stacked up to the other body positive/fat love essay collections I’d read in the last year. I (incorrectly) mused that it didn’t do anything differently. But I’m so glad I was wrong. West tackles so many complicated issues facing marginalized bodies, and constantly checks her privilege while doing so. She discussed body love in a way I’d never heads before — that is, from the point of view of someone who, inherently and at her core, had really *not* hated herself before society told her to. She couldn’t see why she should. How refreshing. How rousing. Please read this book!
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fast-paced
challenging
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inspiring
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It really is that good. A fewish years ago, I first watched Shrill because of Fightmaster then I recently discovered the book during my phase of reading anti-fatphobic books, and I absolutely love it!
Now on to watch everything Lindy West, and keep my eyes out for her next tour.
Now on to watch everything Lindy West, and keep my eyes out for her next tour.
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informative
inspiring
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4.75/5
This was so good! Not only was it well-written, honest, and funny, but it got me seething about the way the world is so many time. I watched the Jim Norton debate after reading this, and I wanted to throw my pillow at the TV, but Lindy was calm and cool. For someone who's loud and opinionated, she still manages to have grace and patience. Her forgiveness of her troll is evidence of that. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the intersections between fatphobia, misogyny, comedy and free speech!
This was so good! Not only was it well-written, honest, and funny, but it got me seething about the way the world is so many time. I watched the Jim Norton debate after reading this, and I wanted to throw my pillow at the TV, but Lindy was calm and cool. For someone who's loud and opinionated, she still manages to have grace and patience. Her forgiveness of her troll is evidence of that. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the intersections between fatphobia, misogyny, comedy and free speech!