A review by 11corvus11
Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley

2.0

I had to DNF this one. I knew this woman would quote Hillary Clinton chapters before she did. This is a very white feminist book- at least the first half is. I don't know how one could make it that far on this topic and not consider race, particularly how Black and Brown women labor for white women and other white people. I had high hopes for the topic, and the book is not without merit, but this reads more like a memoir of this woman's singular white, heterosexually married, upper middle class life. There's something in every story that is valuable. Just don't present it as a book on women's emotional labor when it's generally about kinds that mirror your own alone. If anyone has a more intersectional book on this topic, please send the recommendation my way.