Review by Booklist Review
*Starred Review* Twenty-three influential and eloquent feminist writers of the twenty-first century have come together to create this searing and urgent collection. Contributors including Rebecca Solnit (The Mother of All Questions, 2017), Samantha Irby (We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, 2017), Cheryl Strayed (Wild, 2012), and Jessica Valenti (Sex Object, 2016) present vulnerable, furious, and frank accounts of their lives since Donald Trump's election to the White House. Editors Mukhopadhyay and Harding have assembled an impressive breadth of perspectives, giving voice to the transgender and queer communities, women living with visible and invisible disabilities, the Black Lives Matter movement, the overlooked resilience of black women, the Asian American experience, the skyrocketing patterns of violence against Native women and children, the labor movement, and countless others that are all too often left out of U.S. political consciousness. The writers are emotionally generous as they meditate on this pivotal moment in American history. The 2016 election marked a deeply personal shift in the tides of hope for so many. This book invites readers to converse, comfort, and hold one another accountable in the hope of igniting radical, intersectional change.--Eathorne, Courtney Copyright 2017 Booklist
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Review by Library Journal Review
Pain, anger, resistance, and humor are recurring themes in this collection of 23 essays written in response to Donald Trump's election. Mukhopadhyay (Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life) and Harding (Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture-and What We Can Do About It) have gathered a diverse group of women, including author Cheryl Strayed and columnist Katha Pollitt, to discuss the plight of women in the 21st century and fight back against the racism and sexism in the United States that have been ramped up by Trump's presidency. Several writers lament the gender bias that caused Hillary Clinton to be defeated. In a moving essay, Sarah Michael Hollenbeck writes of the cruelty she faces as a disabled woman, while black, gay, and trans -essayists speak of their oppression and urge white women to do more than just march in their pink pussy hats. Jill -Filipovic examines the pain and difficulty Trump's "gag rule" causes women who need access to safe, effective birth control. Bahni Turpin narrates in a clear, -pleasant voice. -VERDICT This collection will appeal to listeners wishing to be inspired and challenged by controversial ideas. ["A thought-provoking view of the election from an array of feminist perspectives that will be of interest to many": LJ 9/15/17 review of the Picador hc.]-Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Women essayists reflect on Trump, Clinton, and the prospects for feminism. Mukhopadhyay (Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life, 2011), senior editorial director of Culture and Identities at Mic, and Harding (Women's Resource Center/Cornell Univ.; Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Cultureand What We Can Do About It, 2015, etc.) gather a diverse collection of essayists to respond to the challenges faced by women in Trump's America. The writers include Cheryl Strayed, who felt "numb shock" after Trump's election; Nation columnist Katha Pollitt, who offers suggestions for activism for reproductive rights; and award-winning essayist Rebecca Solnit, who points to the "highly gendered term hysteria'" used to attack Clinton. Many writers agree with Carina Chocano, who sees Clinton's defeat as a result of gender bias: "there's no more despised figure on earth than a woman who thinks she should be in charge." The anthology is broadly representative. Sarah Michael Hollenbeck considers women with disabilities; Jill Filipovic points out the plight of women in Africa after Trump's "gag rule" prohibited U.S. funding to any foreign organization that provides abortions or advocates for abortion rights; Melissa Arjona writes about Mexican women living in South Texas; Collier Meyerson and Zerlina Maxwell consider black feminism. Also represented are gay and trans women, such as Meredith Talusan, who asserts that "Clinton's loss, despite the fact that she was exceedingly better qualified than Trump, mirrors the way trans women and femmes are marginalized in post-Trump feminism, despite our significantly greater experience of fighting oppression" compared to mainstream white women, who, several writers note, dominated the women's march after Trump's inauguration. Kera Bolonik, a gay mother raising an adopted black son, and the granddaughter of Jews persecuted by Nazis, sees parallels to fascism in the atmosphere of hate and fear unleashed by Trump and his supporters. Strong, thoughtful, and angry voices ring out for resistance, empathy, and solidarity. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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