A review by bunrab
Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley

3.0

The original article made points that resonated with a lot of women. However, the author chose to expand it to book length far more by repeatedly describing her personal situation and -dare I say it- whining, than through research. She barely admits that her own perfectionism is a huge part of her problem. A lot more in-depth interviews with other women who have had, and solved, this problem would have been interesting, and I would have liked to see the author discuss how perhaps /therapy/ might have helped her see compromise as a two way street, rather than compromise being entirely her hisband finally come up to her perfectionist standards, a lot sooner.