A review by catalogthis
Dying of Politeness by Geena Davis

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Picked this up because I'm impressed by her commitment to gender equality in media and wanted to learn more about her journey to activism. 

But also found her surprisingly relatable in on a number of fronts, such as her reaction to experiencing bias and harassment:

You tell yourself, I’ll never let that happen again, and though you’re ready for it now and know what you’d do differently, nothing exactly like that does happen again. Something else will happen, something you didn’t see coming or anticipate ever happening, and you will suddenly find yourself unequipped to handle that, too.

and becoming her full self:

I think the big task of my life is to close the gap between when something happens to me and when I react authentically to it.