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Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media by Nora Ephron
kimmeyer's review
2.0
This book is compromised of essays written in the 1970s, and some of it manages to be surprisingly timeless, particular the parts of Crazy Salad that appear earlier in this book. However much of it is also very dated and covers people and events I've never heard of it and didn't take an interest in through her essays.
christopherwilson13's review against another edition
3.0
3.5. At the beginning Nora says this is just stuff she wanted to write about and therefore the collection wasn't mean to be a thorough examination at the time, which is both a blessing and curse. Some of the entries are excellent (hanging out at the '72 convention with the women's movement leaders, much of the media stuff as it covers the rise of the celebrity journalist and general failures of the industry that have plagued it for four decades now) but some of it is so of its time that it would be perfect for someone doing a deep dive on 70s culture but is tough without additional context. All of it is very smart and funny because no duh of course but I will note the last piece in Crazy Salad feels like a founding document for the TERF movement.
alexisgarcia's review
funny
slow-paced
3.0
i love nora ephron’s writing but some parts of this definitely were before my time and things that i wasn’t as familiar with which obviously made the reading experience a little less enjoyable. however ephron could write the phone book and i would enjoy it. i do think some parts of this are dated and uninformed.
nakedsushi's review against another edition
3.0
This collection of short pieces is my first foray into Ephron's writing. While I found most of the pieces entertaining, Crazy Salad does suffer from being dated. A lot of the politicians and journalists mentioned were before my time. I got bored enough of names with no faces that I mostly skimmed the Scribble Scribble section.
miamickut's review
4.0
3.5 stars. It’s a collection of essays so hit or miss. Incredibly 70s perception of gender issues so I took it more as a primary source. What struck me about this book was how far we have come as a society in 50 years, while all of the issues echo the same way. It’s the same issues but embodied in different ways.
I think I like her headspace. I think I thought she was this monolithic being and it really brought it down to earth for me. She presented the Women’s Movement in such a grounded way and really signaled where the media was going. Just really clever.
I think I like her headspace. I think I thought she was this monolithic being and it really brought it down to earth for me. She presented the Women’s Movement in such a grounded way and really signaled where the media was going. Just really clever.