A review by machadamia
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

funny informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I learnt so much from this book about linguistics and how words describing or related to women and other marginalised gender groups (like the lgbt+ community) have been putting us at a disadvantage. Things that we'll have never thought about in real life or thought nothing of are brought to light in such a humourous way that it makes me want to read more and more of what this author writes. I also really liked how she puts her foot down on bigoted and misogynistic words and statements but in the more murky and gray areas, she gives people room to think, states her own opinions, but doesn't choose to sway people in any other way (such as passing judgement on people who doesn't think like her).