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Ugh, this book is so painful to go through. While the topics are great, the author is completely insufferable with how many times he speaks of himself. I wish I didn't have to use this for the class Im covering - its now still somewhat old and there are much better resources on the topic, but the person whose class Im covering built her entire class on these readings and since its not my class, i cant adjust it.

While this book is seminal in my industry, I have huge issues with its author and how I’ve seen him engage with women and especially women of color online. I find the book quite full of ego that rubs me wrong

I had to pick up a class for a teacher who had a family emergency. Her entire class is based on this book so im listening to refresh

If it was my class I’d teach these topics in another way for sure

Listening to this book to stay ahead of the class I’m teaching as I’ll be giving them readings from this in a couple weeks.

It’s a seminal book in my industry, even though the man who wrote it has been somewhat problematic in recent years for minimizing voices of POC women online.

Unfortunately I don’t have an option to not teach from it otherwise I’d not use it and just teach the topics.