Bad Feminist is a book of essays in a time where social justice is getting perhaps more mainstream positive press than any time before. While every thinkpiece in this vein will have detractors, such thinkpieces have more outlets and more exposure than they might have enjoyed even ten years ago, when blogging was an established medium for this kind of thing but the social justice corner was still just that — a corner. What that means is that Bad Feminist doesn’t necessarily cover new ground, […]
A Review in Two Segments
The Story I want to start this review with a discussion of the story Ms. Guerrero tells. It is a fascinating, interesting, sweet and inspirational story. You likely know Ms. Guerrero from her roles on Jane the Virgin and Orange is the New Black – she’s tiny, Colombian and talented as hell. A couple of years ago, she shared that her parents had been deported after authorities learned they were undocumented. This left Ms. Guerrero – then 14 and a US citizen – to essentially […]
She’s Right: Your Credit Score Matters
I purchased this book on Tuesday as part of my women-authored-memoir spree. So far I’ve read Mara Wilson’s and Abby Wambach’s; I have two book club books to read before I can dive into Diane Guerrero’s book. As evidenced by the photo I’ve included, this book was perfect as the fall equivalent of a good beach read – enjoy it with a cup of cocoa or tea, and be ready to go through it in one sitting. Ms. Rivera is best known to most of […]
We all go a little mad sometimes
Furiously Happy is hilarious, fast paced, sad and sometimes exhausting to read. Often you are feeling one more of these emotions at once. I suspect this is sometimes what it’s like to be Jenny Lawson, a well known blogger who has written frankly about her struggles with mental illness. The title is inspired by a blog post Ms. Lawson made when she was in the depths of depression in which she vowed to be “furiously happy” during the times her brain wasn’t trying to […]
Brilliant Storytelling
I cannot believe I failed to pre-order this book. I follow Ms. Wilson on Twitter and knew the book was coming out this week. I’ve been very excited to read it because I know she is a great storyteller and writer. I figured it would be insightful and entertaining, and even though my to-be-read pile is absurd at the moment, I bought this yesterday and started reading it immediately. It did not disappoint. Ms. Wilson is an extraordinarily talented storyteller. In this collection of essays, […]
[Uncomfortable Downward Glance Because a Couple Is Fighting in Front of You]
How in the world do I rate this book? On one hand, there is a lot of truth in it (“They say if you just let babies cry, they will eventually cry themselves out. This is not true. Not only will babies not cry themselves out, but the act of crying actually slows down time itself—the more you let them cry, the slower time goes.”) There is also comedy (“Having a rent-controlled apartment in New York is like living in medieval Europe and having spices.”) […]
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