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A review by steministkendra
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
4.0
Edited: I need to stop marking things as 5 stars straight away as once I have reflection I’m like no it should be 4 stars the main takeaway was there was no references if I handed an essay in for uni with no references I would be told I was plagiarising.
really don’t know how to review this it was read as a part of a book club and it definitely struck a lot of feelings from me. As a cis white woman I’ve definitely faced the sexism discussed in the book from being sporty and fighting for taekwondo to now nearly a qualified biomedical scientist I’ve been ignored, told to go to the kitchen or watch coronation street from men when I have proven their covid theories wrong with actual science and been told a girl shouldn’t ‘fight’. I’ve sat on the review as we had our book club chat but I really liked this book I will say I think a reference list would of been able to back up the authors theories more but I love language and how it shows as a society where we are at the moment!
really don’t know how to review this it was read as a part of a book club and it definitely struck a lot of feelings from me. As a cis white woman I’ve definitely faced the sexism discussed in the book from being sporty and fighting for taekwondo to now nearly a qualified biomedical scientist I’ve been ignored, told to go to the kitchen or watch coronation street from men when I have proven their covid theories wrong with actual science and been told a girl shouldn’t ‘fight’. I’ve sat on the review as we had our book club chat but I really liked this book I will say I think a reference list would of been able to back up the authors theories more but I love language and how it shows as a society where we are at the moment!