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A review by elixsprite
Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer
2.0
Disappointing read given the promising title and synopsis of this book. Very surface-level collection of anecdotes largely revolving around white popular culture and the author's personal experiences. I kind of chuckle at her attempts to bring in race:
1. her rebuttal to a widespread complaint about a Texas sorority being overly white - "sororities were just very white back then"
2. thinking that quoting a couple of women of color about their female friendships would do the trick
3. acknowledging that there is a lack of media representation of female POC... but no actual stance taken on backing this point??
Other than that, I would have also liked a deeper dive into conflict in female friendships, or any semblance of critical thinking. Instead, what I mostly got were ra-ra depictions of the author deigning to speak to women at her firm (she originally worked at a men's magazine, putting down women's publications as frivolous) or self-congratulatory tales of success in female friendships by gathering women to drink wine and watch reality tv.
1. her rebuttal to a widespread complaint about a Texas sorority being overly white - "sororities were just very white back then"
2. thinking that quoting a couple of women of color about their female friendships would do the trick
3. acknowledging that there is a lack of media representation of female POC... but no actual stance taken on backing this point??
Other than that, I would have also liked a deeper dive into conflict in female friendships, or any semblance of critical thinking. Instead, what I mostly got were ra-ra depictions of the author deigning to speak to women at her firm (she originally worked at a men's magazine, putting down women's publications as frivolous) or self-congratulatory tales of success in female friendships by gathering women to drink wine and watch reality tv.