Myrtle’s Reviews > Women Don't Owe You Pretty > Status Update

She finally put the heat on! “Single doesn’t mean waiting for someone”

Amazing concepts have been discussed about desirability politics and how rejecting beauty standards is only a privileged afforded to a specific few

Some key takeaways:

- guilt is an inactive emotion, you need to use it for something!
- access to information is a class privilege!
- I am really enjoying the illustrations in the book!

But she’s eating with how much space take up on public transport! I was sitting by myself and there were a bunch of empty seats and this man chooses to sit next to me and MANSPREAD! When he moved I cheered!

Also hating chick-flics PERSONALLY isn’t a sign of feminism, I see where she is coming from, but I think the 2025/2026 reclaim of women-targeted media might flag her point here

Interesting… so far I’m getting a palatable ‘everything is wrong’ feminism from the book, but this could just be a sign of the times

“Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”