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alexainsworth's review against another edition
3.0
This would’ve been way better to read in the midst of Tr*mps Administration but some may find it the fire the need lit under them to get out the vote for 2024 so we don’t have a repeat of those 4 years.
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challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
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4.5
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emotional
hopeful
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4.0
the pathology of donald trump, trust black women, and all-american were GORGEOUSLY written and i hope that everyone could read them at some point!
amandae129's review against another edition
5.0
I'm going to start by saying that I actually read this. I can't believe I have to put that, but based on most of the star ratings, with no written reviews, on a book that isn't out until next week, it is clear that many have not. Ironic considering the point of the essays in this book. (And yes, I do believe that 5 star reviews by people who don't read the book are also an issue. I hate when people do that just because they "love" the author or topic.)
This book is phenomenal. As with most essay questions, some are better than others, but all will make you think. This isn't always the most comfortable book to read, even as a woman. YMMV based on where you fall along many spectrums (race, gender, sexual preference, etc.,) but it is important that we read books that make us uncomfortable. Going out of your comfort zone is often how one learns, so read hard books once in awhile.
This comes out next Tuesday (Oct 3, 2017) and you should pick it up. I recommend the paper version as my Kindle version is now full of more highlights and bookmarks than anything I've read since college. I'll be picking up a paper copy for my bookshelf.
Thank you to the publisher and Edelweiss for an advanced reader copy.
This book is phenomenal. As with most essay questions, some are better than others, but all will make you think. This isn't always the most comfortable book to read, even as a woman. YMMV based on where you fall along many spectrums (race, gender, sexual preference, etc.,) but it is important that we read books that make us uncomfortable. Going out of your comfort zone is often how one learns, so read hard books once in awhile.
This comes out next Tuesday (Oct 3, 2017) and you should pick it up. I recommend the paper version as my Kindle version is now full of more highlights and bookmarks than anything I've read since college. I'll be picking up a paper copy for my bookshelf.
Thank you to the publisher and Edelweiss for an advanced reader copy.
the_spines's review against another edition
4.0
Overall, this essay collection is worth a read if you're looking to participate, learn, or even just commiserate on our tragic political state.
Full review here: http://meganprokott.com/nasty-women-various/
Full review here: http://meganprokott.com/nasty-women-various/
eviereads124's review against another edition
5.0
A brilliant book compromising 23 leading feminist writers on protest and solidarity. This book explores what happens after 53% of white women voted for Donald Trump and 94% of black women voted for Hillary Clinton - how can women unite in Trump's America? Nasty Women includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move forward. While I am not American, this book is still deeply relevant and all the different layers of intersectional feminism and authors from all different walks of life, giving their perspective and take in this book, gives you a much better and correct idea of feminism, as well as educate you further outside of your own limited perception.
balletbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
If you read one essay from this book, read Mary Kathryn Nagle’s “Nasty Native Women” - that is a history lesson and a sermon in one.
And once you’ve read that, read the rest of the book. The contributors are diverse, the subjects and responses are diverse, and the ideas for what to do next are myriad.
And once you’ve read that, read the rest of the book. The contributors are diverse, the subjects and responses are diverse, and the ideas for what to do next are myriad.
13iscute's review
3.0
Some of the essays were pretty good, but I felt like I was reading this three years too late. And a lot of repetition between the same essays, citing the same data points and quotes, felt a little tedious. There also didn't feel like there was much of an order or arrangement to these essays. The essays I liked the most had more of a personal spin, like the experience of a Palestinian woman driving across the US or the adopted Asian American deflecting racist questions from her Trump-supporting family.
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
”As it turned out, nearly everything strange and disquieting about Trump – his punitive response to even mile criticism, his viscerally personal insults disguised as ‘jokes,’ his willingness to spread wild rumors about his targets in order to discredit or shame them, his inability to stop lashing out or degrading certain women years after they’d left his life – was also a commonly reported behavior of domestic abusers.” Sady Doyle, “The Pathology of Donald Trump”
All of these essays are excellent. The writers all know we have entered an interesting period in American politics and many of them have great suggestions for how we move forward. The ones that struck home for me were:
“We Have a Heroine Problem” by Carina Chocano
“Beyond the Pussy Hats” by Kathe Pollitt
“The Pathology of Donald Trump” by Sady Doyle
“X Cuntry” by Randa Jarrar
“Trust Black Women” by Zerlina Maxwell
Please, please if you have any interest in national politics, consider reading this book.
All of these essays are excellent. The writers all know we have entered an interesting period in American politics and many of them have great suggestions for how we move forward. The ones that struck home for me were:
“We Have a Heroine Problem” by Carina Chocano
“Beyond the Pussy Hats” by Kathe Pollitt
“The Pathology of Donald Trump” by Sady Doyle
“X Cuntry” by Randa Jarrar
“Trust Black Women” by Zerlina Maxwell
Please, please if you have any interest in national politics, consider reading this book.