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This is not the book I thought it would be. I expected this to be about the tension between what she wants and does and what she thinks she should being wanting and doing. I thought this was going to be about the challenges of maintaining feminists principles while negotiating the pressures of society and pop culture. For example, I like James Bond, and MZB's The Mists of Avalon, I w ...more
This is not the book I thought it would be. I expected this to be about the tension between what she wants and does and what she thinks she should being wanting and doing. I thought this was going to be about the challenges of maintaining feminists principles while negotiating the pressures of society and pop culture. For example, I like James Bond, and MZB's The Mists of Avalon, I w ...more
Dec 18, 2016
Sarah
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radical-nonfiction,
american-nonfiction
I've been wanting to read this for at least a year, and though it is now slightly dated - it came out in 2014 - it's worth reading. Some parts were difficult for me because she makes a lot of cultural allusions, and in some cases I had not read/seen the works in question, but that is ok. There are many others that I had, and really only one section of the book contains this multitude of literary references.
The most important section of the book, for me, was about the intersection of race and ge ...more
The most important section of the book, for me, was about the intersection of race and ge ...more
Some really thought provoking and fascinating essays- especially liked the Fifty Shades essay.
Nov 02, 2017
Loretta
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audiobooks,
non-fiction
I listened to this via audiobook, and enjoyed it enough that I listened to it at times when I was not driving, which is a sure sign I'm hooked by a book. (I'm too distractable to listen to audiobooks generally unless I'm a captive audience). The essays are not works of profound critical analysis - they often read like blog posts (and I think many of them were originally online pieces - which isn't a problem for me). But I enjoy Gay's voice, her humor, her irritation and her occasional rage. I pa
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I was turned on to this book (and author) by her essay "How to be Friends with Another Woman". That essay is perfect and incredibly insightful. My girls and I have already started to implement a few that we missed in our daily lives (example, give your girls work - men do it, why shouldn't we?). It's still my favorite essay in this book but the other essays all got an emotional reaction out of me. Sometimes I was so angry, I wanted to punch someone in the throat. Sometimes I wanted to cry. Somet
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I enjoyed the use of pop culture to illustrate her points, but I found her voice to be a bit preachy. Good thing I tend to agree with her for the most part.
May 23, 2015
taeli
marked it as to-read
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library-book,
audiobook
