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Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
by Lauren Fleshman
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
So here’s the deal about this book. I put off reading it for so long because I really just expected it to be a classic cis-het white feminism book, and also I’m not a runner. But damn it was sooooo much more than that and I was invested immediately. Damn this book is so important for anyone who is involved with or works in women’s sports. The way that she champions eating disorder prevention right from the get-go as a kid is really really cool to read about since it really flips the narrative of what we usually see.
The story is complex, it’s honest, and it inspires me to coach???Weird. I think I’ll be a better PE teacher after reading this. I want to get a copy and mark it up.
Highly recommend the audiobook.
The book is missing discussion of trans women/people in sports, and I would have liked to see more discussion about that rather than just name dropping it twice. There’s definitely more room to include intersectional feminism as well, and Fleshman’s story needs to be told anyways.
The story is complex, it’s honest, and it inspires me to coach???Weird. I think I’ll be a better PE teacher after reading this. I want to get a copy and mark it up.
Highly recommend the audiobook.
The book is missing discussion of trans women/people in sports, and I would have liked to see more discussion about that rather than just name dropping it twice. There’s definitely more room to include intersectional feminism as well, and Fleshman’s story needs to be told anyways.