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A review by aschwartz184
Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee
2.0
Ugh. Here I come again with my unpopular opinion.
I respect what Mackenzi Lee tried to do here. It's easy to make history dry and not remotely entertaining. How do you make it accessible for youth and more importantly the masses? Apparently by peppering your writing with phrases like "Yaaaaas, Queen."
Many of you smiled or internally chuckled at these editorial remarks. I cringed. Maybe I was in a bad mood when I read it. Maybe I am too entrenched in slang in my daily work life and can't stomach it in my personal time. Maybe I'm a grump who is overly pedantic. Maybe Lee is onto something and I just didn't 'get' it. Or maybe this is best served in small doses, like on a Twitter feed where it originated.
But I found the idiomatic social media-imbued tone a little distracting, like she didn't give her audience enough credit. Because let's face it - if someone is going to pick up this book, they'll have at least a passing interest in history and might not need the achingly modern interjections that I humbly found to be disruptive.
I respect what Mackenzi Lee tried to do here. It's easy to make history dry and not remotely entertaining. How do you make it accessible for youth and more importantly the masses? Apparently by peppering your writing with phrases like "Yaaaaas, Queen."
Many of you smiled or internally chuckled at these editorial remarks. I cringed. Maybe I was in a bad mood when I read it. Maybe I am too entrenched in slang in my daily work life and can't stomach it in my personal time. Maybe I'm a grump who is overly pedantic. Maybe Lee is onto something and I just didn't 'get' it. Or maybe this is best served in small doses, like on a Twitter feed where it originated.
But I found the idiomatic social media-imbued tone a little distracting, like she didn't give her audience enough credit. Because let's face it - if someone is going to pick up this book, they'll have at least a passing interest in history and might not need the achingly modern interjections that I humbly found to be disruptive.