Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

What a Wonderful Collection of Essays

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

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Well I don’t know how to talk about this collection of essays by Lindy West. She does a great job of discussing and analyzing key moments over the past couple of years (the election of Donald Trump, the rise of the left, feminism, etc.) She also manages to make you laugh and at times want to throw hands at people because of the things that are going on and how many people seem to be turning a blind eye to things. Since this is an […]

She’s Done It Again

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

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Best for: People who want essays that critically explore politics and pop culture while making you laugh your ass off. In a nutshell: Author Lindy West follows up her Bestseller (and TV show!) Shrill with this book of essays exploring the Trump era, the Me Too movement, and many other aspects of political and pop culture. Worth quoting: “We need to start calling things by their real names: racism is racism, sexism is sexism, mistakes are mistakes, and they can be rectified if we do […]

A book for everyone

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(Sidenote: In posting this review, I’m noticing that the Kindle version is just $2.99!) 4.5 stars. As a person in the 21st century who exists both in the real world and the internet world, I had a passing knowledge of who Lindy West was. I had mostly only encountered her work that went viral however, so I didn’t go into this book as a hardcore fangirl, just as an interested bystander. I think after reading this, I can probably be classified as a hardcore fangirl. […]

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This is a 4.5 star reading experience, but I’m rounding it up to five because the audiobook increased my appreciation for Lindy as a writer and overall human person. The essays in this relatively short (but not too short) book cover a range of topics, from living with a female body, period shame, abortion, a multitude of essays covering her experiences across all parts of her life as a fat person, dealing with online trolls, sexism, rape jokes in comedy, the death of a parent, […]

Shrill

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I think there’s a movie or show quote somewhere to the effect of “I used to think if I cared about one thing I’d have to care about everything.” That’s a fair description of me. To be perfectly honest, I’m politically (and just generally) lazy. I don’t get into Facebook arguments about ridiculous right-wing conspiracies or correct people when they make tasteless jokes. I don’t campaign for politicians, or even volunteer to drive folks to voting booths. I didn’t write “#metoo” on Facebook the other […]

Hi. I’m Badkittyuno, and I’ve fallen behind again…

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Hi. Sorry. I really thought I was like 10 reviews behind and it turned out to actually be 19. So then I started up this list of reviews…and didn’t post it…and now I’m 26 behind. I would blame my kids/divorce/life, but really — I’d much rather read than write! Also, I’ve been working from home a lot and doing laundry instead of writing reviews (which is what I do when I get bored at the office), so that’s not helping. Anyway, here’s 26 brief reviews […]



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