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A review by giuliana_ferrari
Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett
3.0
When a dear friend of mine bought this book as a gift, I was excited. We saw it at the bookstore and by browsing the pages yeah, sure, the theme was rather gliter-y and kinda silly, but who's not allowed to be silly? Some books, when treating of serious subjects, can use this approach to engage multiple stakeholders into action, and then weave a more serious approach half-way when one's already trapped. I thought it was such a book.
I got disappointed half throughout the book. I liked the fast-paced style, and the fact the author could make light of terrible situations. I don't agree with some comments I've seen here that say the workplace is not like she described. It is not. In a lot of places is far worse.
That said, Bennett uses what someone described as a 'Buzzfeed' style and, being a former author for Tumblr, I can definitely see that trend in her. Nonetheless, for a book designed for adult, mature women in the office, this book seemed almost childish. If this was a book targeted for young women in schools, where girls are suffering from the first major misogynistic attacks, it could perform a much better work at engaging to its desired audience. For older working women, it kind of lost sense.
I only refrain myself of giving it 2.5 stars because the subject of the book is quite important and I think the author indeed performed a good job in explaining several of the tricky sublet ways machismo operates nowadays. But I would also look forward to see a book from her that treats interseccional feminism more seriously, and becomes more assertive that you don't have to have a vagina to be a woman.
I got disappointed half throughout the book. I liked the fast-paced style, and the fact the author could make light of terrible situations. I don't agree with some comments I've seen here that say the workplace is not like she described. It is not. In a lot of places is far worse.
That said, Bennett uses what someone described as a 'Buzzfeed' style and, being a former author for Tumblr, I can definitely see that trend in her. Nonetheless, for a book designed for adult, mature women in the office, this book seemed almost childish. If this was a book targeted for young women in schools, where girls are suffering from the first major misogynistic attacks, it could perform a much better work at engaging to its desired audience. For older working women, it kind of lost sense.
I only refrain myself of giving it 2.5 stars because the subject of the book is quite important and I think the author indeed performed a good job in explaining several of the tricky sublet ways machismo operates nowadays. But I would also look forward to see a book from her that treats interseccional feminism more seriously, and becomes more assertive that you don't have to have a vagina to be a woman.