A review by seclement
Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them by Scarlett Curtis

3.0

This book is an interesting and varied reflection on what it means to be a feminist and experiences of feminists through various stages of progression from discovering that they are, indeed, a feminist through to grappling with what that means and taking action. It is the sort of book that is better read by picking it up at various times while you are sitting on the sofa and reading a few chapters, more so than sitting down and reading front to back. I did it in the latter way and I just found it a bit tedious. The chapters are also highly variable in quality, which makes sense considering the fact that they have everyone from serious, professional women who work on substantive issues to professional lifetyle vloggers who work on YouTube (sorry, I know we are meant to take them very seriously as well now). As you can imagine, who you are as a person influences strongly how you react to the various chapters. It's a book that provides a pretty good introduction to feminism, but it wasn't a book I would strongly recommend everyone read.