A review by moongirljesse
Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman

dark informative sad medium-paced

2.5

This book gives a good overview of unique hardships women face in politics, but was very white-feminist and girl boss-feminist. I don't like hearing positive things about women like Margaret Thatcher and Amy Coney Barrett, conservative women who have hampered the progression of feminism and are outright war criminals, just because they are women who have faced misogyny. I found myself skipping entire chapters after the first few pages were full of praise for women like Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton and other anti-progressive politicians. Yes these women faced misogyny, but they also did nothing to advance intersectional feminism and I don't think they should be praised in this way.