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Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford

tracie's review

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3.0

3.5

irmamari's review against another edition

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sad tense

3.75

Idk why but I remember the first part of the book being a drag and thinking to myself I won’t be able to finish the book. I believe certain aspects could be classified as yapper station (especially when talking about media and the lack of media literacy nowadays) But I would like to highlight for future me the segment when she talks about having a son.
That is literally so frightening 
At first I think of the kid that has Andrew Tate as his wallpaper.  Jbt zamisli to ti dijete , šta ćeš onda moraš ga razbit ubit boga u njemu al i to možda dijete pobudali i onda postane još veći retard. Ma sam sve mislila biće dan kad u porodicu dode  novi član i ja od tuge ko zelda Fitzgerald počnem plakat jer je svijet okrutan prema ženama al onda skontas jbt zamisli ti si zaslužan za razvoj djeteta i ono je muško :0
Teško je imaš žensko al donekle  to se doživljava pasivno, u smislu zajednica je katastrofa ljudi su monstrumi nekako smo totalno udaljeni od ideje da patrijahart i zajednica u kojoj živimo  postoje skupa i da svi utučemo na toksična vjerovanja i održavanje tih tradicija. Al ono kad imaš muško ti si svjesno nesvjestan da postoji šansa da tvoje dijete bude agresor i da šteti okolini. Ono sto se desilo 2015 sto je silovao curu iza smeća, pa brate u toj situaciji ni milosni silom vazi ja sam tebe napravio mogu te i ubit. Zamisli to ti smeće dijete i onda jer je tvoj opet ga voliš. Al ono šta je on Tito a mi smrtnici. Msm da se današnje knjige previse fokusiraju sa prošlošću ali nedovoljno sa uticajem na sadašnjost na nekim subrilnim razinama. Ukoliko je neki moderni thunkipiece uvijek ima taj neki buzzfeed feminizam ti ne znaš šta je to Boa bla. Ja msm da je potrebnije ljudima kritičko znanje prenijeti, doslovno npr kao suknja se može nosit ,to je ok. Ok, jest ok al moraš malo historijski djetetu objasnit hej vidi u srednjem vijeku to je Vako bilo al se prestalo nositi radi ovog, klima ovde je razlog zašto se to ovo koristi bla bla bla i tako.

philomath1983's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0


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oceanday8's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars - tough stuff to read but we don't do ourselves any favors by ignoring it. I struggled a little bit with the author's tone.

maddiemooney's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0


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wathykite's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

ajg417's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

raving_reads's review against another edition

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4.0

as taylor swift once said, f*** the patriarchy

vari's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

sineadmfinch's review against another edition

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challenging emotional slow-paced

3.75

a little intro to feminism 101 but still worthwhile