Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond
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- Create Date：2021-08-05 00:18:59
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Halimah Marcus
- ISBN：0063009250
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Reviews
Bookoholiccafe
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I don’t usually read essays， but this one has Horses in it 😊 I love horses and these essays are about understanding what they mean to you， and you feel when you are around them。 I found each essay unique， and they each offer a new picture and understanding of what it is to be a Horse Girl。My favorites are Turnout and What Will Leave you。
Jennie
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Review to come。
Nicole Wagner
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What was I looking for inside these covers？ I'm a former horse girl myself。。。aspirational， not actual。 I collected Grand Champions horses （much cheaper than Breyer） and also I had a couple of cousins with access to horses。 I envied and respected this wealth。 This companionship with giant， sociable， warm animals， in green or muddy fields， on private backwoods trails and in splintery， hot or cold barns。 I loved everything about horses。 Even their shit。 I cringed inside when I noticed one of my cou What was I looking for inside these covers？ I'm a former horse girl myself。。。aspirational， not actual。 I collected Grand Champions horses （much cheaper than Breyer） and also I had a couple of cousins with access to horses。 I envied and respected this wealth。 This companionship with giant， sociable， warm animals， in green or muddy fields， on private backwoods trails and in splintery， hot or cold barns。 I loved everything about horses。 Even their shit。 I cringed inside when I noticed one of my cousins' horses with a gnarly tangle in its mane。 My heart ached to see how the horses would come when called， like puppies， with or without the presence of treats。 I picked pieces of oat and molasses from grain buckets and nibbled。 I never actually outgrew this。 I outgrew the toys -- in a fit of desperation I gave all of my Grand Champion horses to my grade school best friend when I felt her beginning to outgrow me。 As I hit adolescence and my parents were able to leave me at home alone more， I saw less of my cousins and their horses。 I never really had a personal relationship with horses， and my proximity to them gradually drifted away。 It was all fantasy。This book features a range of voices from various backgrounds， all who have "horse girl" in their resume someplace。 It explores the murky themes of the horse-girl relationship: power， prestige， control， freedom。 But while a few of the essays were especially poignant， like really deep explorations of coming of age， I was sharply disappointed at how few HORSE STORIES were here。 Like， I realize that serious writers consider anthropomorphism to be anathema。 But these are HORSE GIRLS。 Tell me about the look in his eye。 Tell me about how gentle she was when she accidentally put her teeth on you。 There were precious few of these moments here。 They weren't absent， but I get the feeling that they were frowned on a bit in the editing。 Lots of looking back at the past， not so much mindfulness about what it's like being around horses。 What a letdown。 。。。more
Cheyne
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"If you were to lean in close and breathe deep， she would smell like heterosexuality， independence， whiteness， femininity。"As a horse girl， I was so excited when my dog walker dropped off an uncorrected proof of this book that they'd found in a book box near my house。 Horse Girls is not like other "horse books"， each essay is unique and offers a fresh perspective of what it is to be a Horse Girl。 My favourites were Carmen Maria Machado's "Horse Girl: An Inquiry"， T Kira Madden's "I Don't Love Ho "If you were to lean in close and breathe deep， she would smell like heterosexuality， independence， whiteness， femininity。"As a horse girl， I was so excited when my dog walker dropped off an uncorrected proof of this book that they'd found in a book box near my house。 Horse Girls is not like other "horse books"， each essay is unique and offers a fresh perspective of what it is to be a Horse Girl。 My favourites were Carmen Maria Machado's "Horse Girl: An Inquiry"， T Kira Madden's "I Don't Love Horses"， Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's "Hungry And Carefree"， Braudie Blais-Billie's "Unconquered"， and Rosebud Ben-Oni's "We Aren't Close To Anywhere"。 。。。more
Becca Louw
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Can you not give half a star？？ 3。5。 Glad this book exists， I never thought I would read some of my oldest and truest and most uncomfortable horse girl feelings written on paper。 Some stories are dull， but worth it for T Kira’s horse girl love story。
Liv
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God， what a stunner。 I got approved to read this 3 weeks into a bad book slump， picked it up expecting to put it right back down again thanks to the wildness of ~life circumstances~ but was HOOKED from the first sentence of T Kira's essay。 Following that one with Carmen Maria Machado's was a 1-2 punch of perfection。 The book bogged for me in the middle， to the point where I set it aside。 These middle essays weren't as formally daring as the opening ones， and I didn't connect with their subject m God， what a stunner。 I got approved to read this 3 weeks into a bad book slump， picked it up expecting to put it right back down again thanks to the wildness of ~life circumstances~ but was HOOKED from the first sentence of T Kira's essay。 Following that one with Carmen Maria Machado's was a 1-2 punch of perfection。 The book bogged for me in the middle， to the point where I set it aside。 These middle essays weren't as formally daring as the opening ones， and I didn't connect with their subject matter much （or at all）。 This is the frustration I have with anthologies， that hit-or-miss quality， but I suspect this is where other readers will find their favorite material， so。 [insert shrug] I'm happy to report the book piqued my interest again with "Daredevils" and ran right along to a satisfying end。 Favorites include "I Don't Love Horses，" "Horse Girl: An Inquiry，" "Daredevils，" "Unconquered，" "For the Roses，" and "We Aren't Close to Anywhere。" Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for the ARC。 Out 8/3/21。 。。。more
Alex Leon
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I'm a horse。 I felt this collection of essays by women about horses （descriptor which， taxonomically and/or biologically accurate as it may be， far from encompasses or defines me， as any identitarian syllogism tends） was upsettingly speciest。 There seem to have been no actual horses consulted， and throughout， horses like myself seemed to be reduced to little more than romantic vectors of projection for the desires and ruminations of that other species mentioned in the title。 Disappointing to say I'm a horse。 I felt this collection of essays by women about horses （descriptor which， taxonomically and/or biologically accurate as it may be， far from encompasses or defines me， as any identitarian syllogism tends） was upsettingly speciest。 There seem to have been no actual horses consulted， and throughout， horses like myself seemed to be reduced to little more than romantic vectors of projection for the desires and ruminations of that other species mentioned in the title。 Disappointing to say in the least。 PETA will boycott， though that association of animal zealots have hardly themselves a better track record in the above-mentioned political fetishism， not to mention the literary analysis chops （oops！） with which to review these scribblings。 Neigh， I say。 。。。more
Terri M。
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