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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
3.0
It took a long time for me to grow to enjoy this book, but that is mostly because I related with the adolescent part. I had spent so long thinking my strange childhood made me special. instead it made me normal. I did enjoy the story in its entirety & the author's ability to enjoy her life in the end, but I was let down by a lack of focus around more feminist issues.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
5.0
Wow. This was an amazing & heart wrenching story. But it also highlighted the goodness in people that we often over look just because they are not like us, because they are different. I will make more effort to see behind the differences.
How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
5.0
I will preface this review by stating that I'd listened to an interview with Caitlin Moran on NPR and was utterly enchanted by her honesty.
I loved this book. Not because I agreed with every sentiment (I didnt), but because she gave voice and permission to the notion that there are as many didn't kinds of feminists as there are women on the planet. And, that we are each entitled to our own opinions. We don't have to be a sisterhood, always agree, or shame each other for moments of weakness.
This book was like having a wine bingeing dinner with my dad's favorite free spirited auntie. The same one that my repressed mom would've hated.
Moran gives us all permission to let our freak flags fly, as long as we don't repress another in that effort.
Reviewing the bad reviews of this book I find myself feeling sorry for those readers who just didn't allow themselves the open mindedness to enjoy this uplifting anthem to the modern feminist. They got stuck on a few distasteful word choices and weren't able to enjoy it as a whole.
I highly recommend this read to anyone venturing into the Strident Feminist field of thought, if for no other reason than a different perspective. Enjoy.
I loved this book. Not because I agreed with every sentiment (I didnt), but because she gave voice and permission to the notion that there are as many didn't kinds of feminists as there are women on the planet. And, that we are each entitled to our own opinions. We don't have to be a sisterhood, always agree, or shame each other for moments of weakness.
This book was like having a wine bingeing dinner with my dad's favorite free spirited auntie. The same one that my repressed mom would've hated.
Moran gives us all permission to let our freak flags fly, as long as we don't repress another in that effort.
Reviewing the bad reviews of this book I find myself feeling sorry for those readers who just didn't allow themselves the open mindedness to enjoy this uplifting anthem to the modern feminist. They got stuck on a few distasteful word choices and weren't able to enjoy it as a whole.
I highly recommend this read to anyone venturing into the Strident Feminist field of thought, if for no other reason than a different perspective. Enjoy.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
4.0
When I first started reading this book I was expecting to learn ways in which I can help the causes of women less fortunate than myself. The subject was rather brutal and as a reader sometimes felt abused in being forced to hear the account of such atrocities done to women. Even though there were no surpises as to the sort of horrors suffered by women around the world I must honestly admit that they're pernitious prevelence did take me aback.
This book did change me, but not in any way I had expected. I had nievely expected to learn ways to help women in 3rd world countries when in fact those women have helped me. I have come away from this reading experience with new ways to combat corporate bullies and the corporatizing of the world around me. I have been shown small yet powerful ways to change my own community.
This book was not elequently written, but I have changed for the better for having read it.
This book did change me, but not in any way I had expected. I had nievely expected to learn ways to help women in 3rd world countries when in fact those women have helped me. I have come away from this reading experience with new ways to combat corporate bullies and the corporatizing of the world around me. I have been shown small yet powerful ways to change my own community.
This book was not elequently written, but I have changed for the better for having read it.
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
4.0
Loved it. This was an intriguing character driven mystery that drew me in wondering at every turn who the true villain was. It is not for the impatient reader who needs in your face action to enjoy a book. This was a slow burner, hooking fast bit teasing you with details throughout.