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thehorrormaven 's review for:
Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling
I do think that people picked up this book thinking: "oh look it's that one girl who was on The Office and now has her own show! And she isn't white or a man or skinny and she's successful! Let's read about how she rose to the top and what advice she has to give us."
But that is exactly what Kaling was expecting. Instead, she gave us humorous essays about how imperfect she is and how she isn't entitled like we think she is just because of how she looks. And I loved it.
I ate this book up. I read it in about two days in total because I couldn't put it down. I loved listening to her humor (I could hear her voice in my head after binging on The Mindy Project for so long) and so much of what she said resounded with me. I loved how the book wasn't just an advice ridden autobiography but did have its moments that really seemed to hit home. The book talked mostly about her college years, her experiences with making her own show, how hard it is to have your own show and how she rarely has any time where she isn't working. She showed us that what we see of her is not as glamorous as we think it is, and that made me feel like she is just somebody I was talking to on the street. She also covered her troubles with anxiety(which I relate to extensively) and she discussed how there is no entitlement without hard work.
I love Mindy Kaling even more than I already did because of how much of a normal person she is, and the fact that she admitted to not being some glamorous feminist that we think of her as. She still has faults like the rest of us do (she talked about how she does fall into the trap of wishing she was thin and looking down on other women who aren't) and it made me feel good to know that it is okay if you aren't an extremely strong, confident woman.
My take away from this book is that you shouldn't feel entitled without a lot of hard work, and there are many people I would like to say that to at this moment in time. "Do the work AND THEN feel entitled".
But that is exactly what Kaling was expecting. Instead, she gave us humorous essays about how imperfect she is and how she isn't entitled like we think she is just because of how she looks. And I loved it.
I ate this book up. I read it in about two days in total because I couldn't put it down. I loved listening to her humor (I could hear her voice in my head after binging on The Mindy Project for so long) and so much of what she said resounded with me. I loved how the book wasn't just an advice ridden autobiography but did have its moments that really seemed to hit home. The book talked mostly about her college years, her experiences with making her own show, how hard it is to have your own show and how she rarely has any time where she isn't working. She showed us that what we see of her is not as glamorous as we think it is, and that made me feel like she is just somebody I was talking to on the street. She also covered her troubles with anxiety(which I relate to extensively) and she discussed how there is no entitlement without hard work.
I love Mindy Kaling even more than I already did because of how much of a normal person she is, and the fact that she admitted to not being some glamorous feminist that we think of her as. She still has faults like the rest of us do (she talked about how she does fall into the trap of wishing she was thin and looking down on other women who aren't) and it made me feel good to know that it is okay if you aren't an extremely strong, confident woman.
My take away from this book is that you shouldn't feel entitled without a lot of hard work, and there are many people I would like to say that to at this moment in time. "Do the work AND THEN feel entitled".