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kjthereader's review
5.0
Excellent book for diving into gender and equality concepts with real life examples. The book is written like a story with a narrative that explores all the topics while also citing references and research. Highly recommend!
vurawnica's review
5.0
wow!!! what an insanely good look into how an entire organization can suffer from inequality and relying on women to speak up without putting forward a thought into lifting them up and helping. it can be a bit exaggerated but that's the best way to make the point, and honestly, real life can make you feel like you're going crazy with how blatant things can be. i want everyone to read this tbh.
nsfinch's review
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I thought that using fiction to illustrate all the different forms sexism can take in the workplace was really clever. Business books can be so boring, but using consistent characters throughout the book made the concepts so clear, and directly showed the consequences of the characters' actions. Yes, some of the characters give little speeches explaining why something is sexist that you wouldn't necessarily hear in real life, but, honestly, it gave me some good ideas for how to articulate the same ideas to other people in the workplace.
Melanie Ho makes it clear that this book is only about the gender equity gap. It very briefly touches on the intersection of other identities with gender, but that's not what the book's about, and a single book can't be all things to all people. This isn't the *only* book you'd want to read for your company's diversity, equity, and inclusion program, but I'd definitely include it on the reading list.
I've experienced (or at least witnessed) every SINGLE example of sexism in this book. If you're a woman or female-presenting, I'm sure you have too. You might not need to be taught that sexism exists, but I did appreciate the new ways of talking about specific gender equity problems presented here. Obviously, the people who really need to read this are men, but I don't hold out much hope that they will. Hmmm, maybe I could anonymously send copies to a long list of people...
Melanie Ho makes it clear that this book is only about the gender equity gap. It very briefly touches on the intersection of other identities with gender, but that's not what the book's about, and a single book can't be all things to all people. This isn't the *only* book you'd want to read for your company's diversity, equity, and inclusion program, but I'd definitely include it on the reading list.
I've experienced (or at least witnessed) every SINGLE example of sexism in this book. If you're a woman or female-presenting, I'm sure you have too. You might not need to be taught that sexism exists, but I did appreciate the new ways of talking about specific gender equity problems presented here. Obviously, the people who really need to read this are men, but I don't hold out much hope that they will. Hmmm, maybe I could anonymously send copies to a long list of people...
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