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Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen by Alix Kates Shulman
4.0
No one ever said "girls will be girls"; for girls were expected to be ladies.
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Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen is set in the 50's-60's and has been out of print in the UK since the 80's and yet it's still depressingly relevant.
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The book is narrated by Sasha, who is approaching 30 when her beauty will have faded and her personality set (I'm 33, this is upsetting!), as she looks back over her life. The everyday sexism begins when she's in kindergarten and just gets worse. She has to hide her intelligence, and her paranoia that she is ugly and abnormal follows her through the years as she seeks validation from men. Oh, the men. The hashtag #menaretrash was made for all of them!
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I enjoyed reading this one, as the blurb says, it remains funny and heartbreaking. Definitely a feminist classic.
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Thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy for review.
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Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen is set in the 50's-60's and has been out of print in the UK since the 80's and yet it's still depressingly relevant.
.
The book is narrated by Sasha, who is approaching 30 when her beauty will have faded and her personality set (I'm 33, this is upsetting!), as she looks back over her life. The everyday sexism begins when she's in kindergarten and just gets worse. She has to hide her intelligence, and her paranoia that she is ugly and abnormal follows her through the years as she seeks validation from men. Oh, the men. The hashtag #menaretrash was made for all of them!
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I enjoyed reading this one, as the blurb says, it remains funny and heartbreaking. Definitely a feminist classic.
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Thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy for review.