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A review by sindibookworm
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
2.0
I picked up this book because I thought the colourful illustrations were cute. Now I finally got firsthand experience of why we “don’t judge a book by its cover”.
Finding out this book was published only 3 years ago shocked me because it reads like it was written in 2012. Maybe if I was reading this as a middle school or high school student, it would’ve been groundbreaking to me but none of this is new to me now as a 22 year old. The narration is a bit all over the place — the author just introduces random pillars of white feminism but doesn’t elaborate or share many relevant experiences to actually drive the point home.
Gave it 2 stars instead of 1 as I recognize there may be individuals that can benefit from this book. I just wasn’t impressed.
Finding out this book was published only 3 years ago shocked me because it reads like it was written in 2012. Maybe if I was reading this as a middle school or high school student, it would’ve been groundbreaking to me but none of this is new to me now as a 22 year old. The narration is a bit all over the place — the author just introduces random pillars of white feminism but doesn’t elaborate or share many relevant experiences to actually drive the point home.
Gave it 2 stars instead of 1 as I recognize there may be individuals that can benefit from this book. I just wasn’t impressed.