Reviews

Hellions: Pop Culture's Rebel Women by Maria Raha

meredithmc's review against another edition

3.0

hellions had a lot of potential but it didn't exactly live up to it. i felt like her critiques and observations were very superficial, looking only at what's on the surface. there was no room for any other kind of readings of these women besides what the author thought. i was also extremely bothered by the fact that any woman who decided to have children and/or get married and/or find happiness in domesticity was considered weak and not a feminist. that frustrated me a lot and put a sour mood on the book for me.

a quick read about the idea of the rebel in american popular culture, with focus on some great women and female characters, but again...it could've been so much better.