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A Little F'd Up Why Feminism Is Not A Dirty (2012)

by Julie Zeilinger(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Seal Press

review 1: This is a book written by a young woman while she was in high school and college. I am now seriously questioning some of my life choices. I wish I’d been that mature and driven in high school.A Little F’ed Up is a great book to introduce young women to feminism. Zeilinger does a great job at relating feminist issues to what’s happening to high school and college women right now. As someone who’s a little closer to thirty than university, I didn’t get as much out of it as I would have liked.Jessica Valenti has written several topics on what’s relevant to me right now. I’m dealing with feminism as it pertains to adult relationships, friendships, work, and the possibility of children (eventually, someday, maybe). Zeilinger hasn’t been alive long enough to rela... morete to that. She’s a voice for young women and even gave them a place to express their voices (thefbomb.org).Her tone was very conversational which is probably more welcoming to teenagers. I found it to work sometimes and a bit grating at others. She also uses a lot of the same language. I have an incredible amount of respect for Zeilinger for doing all this at such a young age. It’s a excellent read for young women but somewhere in your twenties, you’ll start to relate a little bit less.I wanted to give this book 3.5 but since I'd have loved it not too many years ago, I'm rounding up.
review 2: I honestly can't recommend this. The author has a fresh style of writing that can be a great benefit to creative non-fiction, or creative fiction, but not here. This subject is a serious topic that is also extremely sensitive. The book is back to back opinion with no supporting evidence and nonstop contradiction. In one paragraph the author will make fun of, or scold female celebrities that have damaged the female image while in the next say that no one has a right to judge her for the clothes she wears. She alienates behaviors making it clear that feminism doesn't want certain types of women joining the movement, and then complains that not enough women want to join. This book does damage to the cause, presenting the movement as judgmental and unorganized. less

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