A review by kimia_hyperfocuser
Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Alice Robb weaves together her own ballet story with the stories of her peers and some well-known ballerinas. The thread that runs through all the stories is how objectification of a ballet dancer's body shapes her psyche and her life. While mostly critical of the ballet culture, the author gives room to the good ballet can do like the beauty and the physical aspiration. All in all I enjoyed the reflective, "it is what it is" mood of the book. 
P.S. Surprise mention of Keith Raniere was fun.