A review by readingwithcarla
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced

1.5

I genuinely really enjoyed the first half of the book! I felt well informed and Given was empowering with her talk on reclaiming time for loving yourself. I particularly loved the switching from a male gaze to queer and feminine gaze. However these parts I did enjoy I wish Given went deeper. She explained how at first her perspective had to change when she took charge of being a queer woman. But other than this there was nothing substantial to add. As for the rest of the book, I found myself growing angry. Her writing become repetitive, often repeating the same phrases every chapter and the teachings became quite obvious to a 21 yr old female with a twitter account. Although the book is marketed to my age demographic, I would have felt like it was needed for a younger audience. I wish I would have read this ten years ago! But towards the end I felt as if I was already well informed on issues being introduced and didn't need a shallow description of feminist terms. Also, and Given does acknowledge that she has only been in one long term relationship with a male identifying individual, but I wish there was more on queer relationships other than 1. you will need to find safe queer spaces to date in and 2. sometimes you won't even know if it's a date or a friendly drink!! I would have loved a description of what it means to be a single, queer identifying woman. How empowering is that!
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