Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316348406 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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She also was listed as "Internet's Most Fascinating of 2015" by Cosmopolitan, and helped launch the viral #ShoutYourAbortion hashtag in defense of women's reproductive rights.. In 2015 she wrote and recorded a story for This American Life about confronting an Internet troll who impersonated her dead father. She's currently a culture write
the book is hilariously funny and I immediately worried because I wasn’t sure how Martina CLARK If Shrill isn’t already on your summer reading list, you may need to shift your priorities. I mean, the book has been out for a week, so, seriously, get on it.When I attended Lindy West’s first reading on her book tour for Shrill last week, she mentioned that she wanted “think pieces” about her work because with those, a person learns what works but also what they can fix.So, I thought about it and decided I’d try that approach with my little review that, admittedly, probably only two people will read (Hi Mom! Hi random person who thought this was something else!). So, here goes.In. LOVED IT Paris A. This book is hysterical and also very thought-provoking. She asks the question, "So, what do you do when you're too big, in a world where bigness is cast not only as aesthetically objectionable, but also as a moral failing?" She tells her story – that of a big woman with a big mouth who doesn't fit the mold of a "normal, pretty woman" and what she's supposed to be. She is very honest and has a great way with words, plus the humor helps your heart not break for her. She is very very good at combining honesty and humor. This is one of the funniest books I've ever read – tears were rolling down my chee. Rudy P said Yes, I recommend!. I bought this book after reading a positive review. I'm glad I did. I was a bit wary after finishing the first chapter and wasn't familiar with the author from Jezebel or Stranger, so her writing was a new experience for me. Ms. West is refreshingly honest about, well, everything. Loved her take on periods and becoming the person she was meant to be. Fat shamers, Internet trolls, rapey dudes? They're all in there. At times laugh out loud funny - other times - poignant and tragic. Moves at a fast pace. The book talks about periods, vaginas, and abortions. If these are offensive or scary, this isn't the book for
West will have you cringing, laughing and crying, all within one page. But Lindy West is such a totally entertaining and original writer she kind of blew that thought out of my head halfway into the first chapter. Shrill is no exception."Vogue"One of the most impressive aspects of this book is the level of nuance, self-reflection, and humanity that West displays in her analysis of her own writing and her relationships with others. West pings back and forth between astute commentary about the role of women in society to clever asides on the idiocy of trolls to riotous observations about life on the Internet."Cosmopolitan"Lindy West has written a really funny, insightful book that you all should buy. She is my most favorite writer ever."Samantha Irby, author
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 STRANGER GENIUS AWARD FOR LITERATUREShrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny. Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible--like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you--writer and humorist Lindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but. With inimitable good humor, vulnerability, and boundless charm, Lindy boldly shares how to survive in a world where not all stories are created equal and not all bodies are treated with equal respect, and how to weather hatred, loneliness, harassment, and loss, and walk away laughing. From a painfully shy childhood in which she tried, unsuccessfully, to hide her big body and even bigger opinions; to her public war with stand-up comedians over rape jokes; to her struggle to convince herself, and then the world, that fat people have value; to her accidental activism and never-ending battle royale with Internet trolls, Lindy narrates her life with a blend of humor and pathos that manages to make a trip to the abortion clinic funny and wring tears out of a story about diarrhea. Shrill provocatively dissects what it means to become self-aware the hard way, to