alicedroni's reviews
64 reviews

Stopped learning Norwegian, focusing on Danish, will come back to it when i finish my fluency exam

Fun as an intro to green witch things, has more of a focus on plants for medicinal and nutritional value, rather than magical associations (which I prefer) but doesn't go into quite enough detail to keep around as a reference book. 

An incredibly important perspective on not just asexuality but all the intersections of race and gender and how societal expectations on sex can hurt everyone

This book should really be read by everyone, not just folks on the ace spectrum, i think there are a lot of good points about how the scripts society pushes on us about sex and relationships really don't take people's actual lives and feelings into account. Relationships aren't a one size fits all and re-imagining them would help everyone. 

This book shows so much empathy for men and is a really good reminder that men are just as screwed over by the patriarchy, and need a supportive hand from feminist women. It's easy to leave feminist theory wanting to stay as far away from men as possible but the tone in this book made me feel more inspired to help men than avoid them. 

(For context this book is not for me since I'm an American living in Europe)

I'm glad i stumbled upon this book, i can't say it was super useful or enlightening but I think it was really interesting to see a movement at the very begining of its life. Obviously my experience of anarcho-feminism is going to be drastically different in many ways to women growing up in the Philippines, but it's important to recognize what works across cultures, what doesn't and perhaps most importantly how the "white western woman's" feminism can actually make it harder for women elsewhere to get their own movements up and running.

Audiobook version is a must since it's read by Jennette herself.

Listening to this made me so tense and angry but wow, Jennette is an incredible writer and it makes me so sad to think she wasn't able to pursue that sooner. Brave as hell of her to share her story.

Infuriating and anger inducing, all the things we already know as women condensed into one book. If you aren't already raging against the system then maybe this book will explain why the rest of us are. 

Would recommend this and Invisible Women to any man who doesn't really understand how deep the patriarchy runs. 

huge TW though, she goes in pretty deep detail about many injustices women face and criminal trials with no closure.

It's so interesting to get a glimpse into someone else's therapy. I didn't relate to much of what she was struggling with but i found it really fascinating to hear how she handled some of her own thought patters.