Women Don't Owe You Pretty
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- Author：Florence Given
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Summary
WRITER AND ACTIVIST FLORENCE GIVEN TELLS YOU HOW FEMINISM IS GOING TO RUIN YOUR LIFE （IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE）。
A vibrantly illustrated primer on modern feminism for the Instagram generation encouraging us to question the insidious narratives that would hold us back from self-acceptance， self-love， and our own power。
With her refreshingly audacious voice and unmistakable art style， Florence Given explores all corners of the conversation， from overcoming insecurity projection and the tendency to find comfort in other women's flaws to how to recognize and fight against the male gaze and other toxic cultural baggage and embracing sex and body positivity。 Women Don't Owe You Pretty is here to remind us that everyone is valuable as they are and we owe the world nothing， least of all pretty。
A vibrantly illustrated primer on modern feminism for the Instagram generation encouraging us to question the insidious narratives that would hold us back from self-acceptance， self-love， and our own power。
With her refreshingly audacious voice and unmistakable art style， Florence Given explores all corners of the conversation， from overcoming insecurity projection and the tendency to find comfort in other women's flaws to how to recognize and fight against the male gaze and other toxic cultural baggage and embracing sex and body positivity。 Women Don't Owe You Pretty is here to remind us that everyone is valuable as they are and we owe the world nothing， least of all pretty。
Reviews
Vanessa
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Insightful and empowering
Lychnobia
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This book's worth lies in it being a practical handbook on how to not be a sexist and racist and how to become a self-actualized human being standing in their own power。 Additionally， this book is a collection of major discussion points， aspects and crucial issues of sexism。 For anyone of any gender who would like to get a grasp of the topic and inspiration on their journey to becoming better humans and allies， this book will be a decent quick read。Yet， it is important to point out that this is This book's worth lies in it being a practical handbook on how to not be a sexist and racist and how to become a self-actualized human being standing in their own power。 Additionally， this book is a collection of major discussion points， aspects and crucial issues of sexism。 For anyone of any gender who would like to get a grasp of the topic and inspiration on their journey to becoming better humans and allies， this book will be a decent quick read。Yet， it is important to point out that this is a mere collection of key points from various publications， research， debates， self-help inspiration， activists' works etc。， re-written into quotable short phrases。 It is not a sociological work at all nor any original work and people seasoned in the topic will not find anything new in it。 What is more is that， as other reviewers have rightly pointed out， there is the controversy involving Chidera Eggerue's What A Time To Be Alone。 It is highly recommended to support her work which came first and clearly was the inspiration （or even more） for Florence Given's work。 。。。more
Izzy
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DNF 2/3rd of the way through
Georgie Walls
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read this at a time when i needed it most and i’ve never felt more confident
Fiona
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This book was actually a super digestible read and easy to get through， if I had put my mind to it I could’ve read it in less than two days。 My review however is two-fold， your experience with this book will 100% depend on how much prior knowledge of feminism， patriarchal society and etc。 That you have！If you are going into this book with minimal knowledge of the inner workings of gendered society I think it will be an extremely rewarding read。 It almost functions as a how-to book of learning an This book was actually a super digestible read and easy to get through， if I had put my mind to it I could’ve read it in less than two days。 My review however is two-fold， your experience with this book will 100% depend on how much prior knowledge of feminism， patriarchal society and etc。 That you have！If you are going into this book with minimal knowledge of the inner workings of gendered society I think it will be an extremely rewarding read。 It almost functions as a how-to book of learning and molding your life to be in line with feminist ideas。 It could provide to be a difficult read at some points and also forces you to self reflect which is great。 I， myself， took many classes on gender studies etc。 In college so in turn I came into this book with a lot of prior understanding of the concepts。 I truly didn’t necessarily learn anything from this book。 BUT feminism and unlearning the patriarchy is a constant battle so I still found it a valuable read that reminded me of the important things I’ve learned AND made me evaluate if I was retaining any harmful behaviors。 。。。more
Emily Johns
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i loved this book！ incredibly thought provoking and fun with some amazing illustrations。 it definitely makes you self reflect a bunch and enables you to become a more powerful， independent woman。 i would recommend this to any of my girl and guy friends！
Rochelle
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Some parts were cringe but I appreciate all the practical tips， the lists and some interesting perspectives that I hadn’t thought of before。
July C。 B
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3 stars。This a non-fiction book about feminism， but a very introductory one。 As the blurb says， it is "for the Instagram generation"， women who learned about feminism on social media and haven't dived deeper into the conversation yet。 It has good ideas and a powerful self-love message。 The thing is， the self-helpy tone is not what I was expecting and it lacks on theoretical framework。 3 stars。This a non-fiction book about feminism， but a very introductory one。 As the blurb says， it is "for the Instagram generation"， women who learned about feminism on social media and haven't dived deeper into the conversation yet。 It has good ideas and a powerful self-love message。 The thing is， the self-helpy tone is not what I was expecting and it lacks on theoretical framework。 。。。more
Kaitlyn Hilliard
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Every women needs to read this book。 It honestly， changed my life for the better; it made me more confident and sure of myself at a pivotal point in my life （my 20's）， which is exactly what I needed coming out of college。 Every women needs to read this book。 It honestly， changed my life for the better; it made me more confident and sure of myself at a pivotal point in my life （my 20's）， which is exactly what I needed coming out of college。 。。。more
Katrina Lewis
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Thought it was alright for people who are more curious about feminism and want to learn some basics， but does not open discourse to things that are more in-depth or ‘revolutionary’。 Could have also used some expansion on how society treats women of colour， trans women， and disabled women differently than their counterparts。
Sophie Garrod
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I did enjoy this book and will take numerous things away from it。 I did find myself a little disappointed by it though。 I'm interested in a lot of feminist narratives at the moment， and even better if they're written by， or touch on the perspectives of， other marginalised groups。 This book is just that which was great， and fairly eye-opening in a number of ways。But for a lot of the book I felt like I was being shouted at by someone who has a lot to get off their chest。 I felt like I could hear F I did enjoy this book and will take numerous things away from it。 I did find myself a little disappointed by it though。 I'm interested in a lot of feminist narratives at the moment， and even better if they're written by， or touch on the perspectives of， other marginalised groups。 This book is just that which was great， and fairly eye-opening in a number of ways。But for a lot of the book I felt like I was being shouted at by someone who has a lot to get off their chest。 I felt like I could hear Florence Given literally yelling at me at times and I felt a little personally attacked。 I know that society as a whole has a lot of learning and growing to do about the ways in which women are perceived and treated， but I found a lot of the statements made to be incredibly sweeping about all genders。 The book does start by saying that it will contain uncomfortable and harsh truths， but sometimes I felt like they were a bit over the top or too generalised。 I'm the last person to use the "not all men" phrase that seems to become popular when discussing issues like sexual assault in the media， but I didn't like how badly the book portrayed men at all。 Not a single man that I know in my life represents what Florence Given portrays， and yes I may be lucky to find myself in that situation， but I found myself becoming quite defensive of my brother， my boyfriend， and plenty of other men that I'm close with when very negative sweeping statements were made。I'd say that if you're interested in learning more about feminism， marginalised groups and looking for a bit of personal growth then to give this book a go。 But don't expect it to be an easy ride。 。。。more
Shay
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I started this audiobook having never heard of Florence Given so I was able to dip into her work with no pre-conceived ideas。 Since finishing I've learned what a powerhouse she is in feminist circles and have followed her to keep up with her content。Women Don't Owe You Pretty read to me as part biography， part feminist manifesto， and part letter to the authors' younger self。 It felt a little confused in the beginning stages and I wasn't sure what to make of it， but after a while it developed mor I started this audiobook having never heard of Florence Given so I was able to dip into her work with no pre-conceived ideas。 Since finishing I've learned what a powerhouse she is in feminist circles and have followed her to keep up with her content。Women Don't Owe You Pretty read to me as part biography， part feminist manifesto， and part letter to the authors' younger self。 It felt a little confused in the beginning stages and I wasn't sure what to make of it， but after a while it developed more of a flow and pattern。This is Florence's writing debut published at the tender age of 21。 At the risk of coming across as age-ist this fact both impressed and perplexed me。 Firstly， I was impressed by the amount of soul-searching she has done throughout her relatively short life。 The content shows a huge amount of self-awareness and willingness to "do the work" as someone committed to fighting against the patriarchy in all aspects of her life。 However at the same time I was troubled by the overwhelmingly black-and-white views that was portrayed - a habit I recognise from my younger days。 In the book Florence often talked in absolutes， for example "You must do this or you don't respect yourself" and that troubled me。 While it would be impossible to unpack every possible scenario， I would have preferred a more gentle and forgiving approach to some of the points she made， including where she talked about shaving her head to free herself from the male gaze。While I think this book is best consumed by fledgling feminists who haven't been exposed to a lot of literature， as someone who has read plenty of feminist texts I still discovered some useful ideas and points for discussion。 Overall I enjoyed this energetic and unapologetic take on radical feminism from an interesting new voice。 While I was disappointed with the inflexible approach to a lot of things， I still got something out of it and most importantly， it triggered some thinking。 。。。more
Sofia Claire
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fine。 I thought the Colors， illustrations， and ideas were solid！ there was a LOT of repetition and not a lot of insight， in my opinion。 I think if you are just trying to get into feminism this is great！ If you’re already well into your journey of feminism and self discovery， skip。
Rickie Skidmore
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I think teens or pre-teens would absolutely love this book and is so essential for that age。 As someone who is going to be 23， a lot of the topics served as reminders to what I have already learnt or what I am currently practicing。 I love all the topics it discusses and the emphasis on therapy was both something I loved and thought was excessive。 As someone who has a degree in psych， I agree that therapy is so essential。 Yet no where that I can remember does the author talk about how therapy is I think teens or pre-teens would absolutely love this book and is so essential for that age。 As someone who is going to be 23， a lot of the topics served as reminders to what I have already learnt or what I am currently practicing。 I love all the topics it discusses and the emphasis on therapy was both something I loved and thought was excessive。 As someone who has a degree in psych， I agree that therapy is so essential。 Yet no where that I can remember does the author talk about how therapy is extremely unaffordable and being able to attend is privilege。 Wish there was some discussion around this。 The illustrations were beautiful and the one on page 107 is currently my Lock Screen。Rating : 3。5 。。。more
Lana Morrison
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LOOVVVVEEEEEE IT
Karly Bamforth
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💖
Asaya Everson
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I wish I had read this earlier。 I bought copies and gave them to all of my friends （male female and others）。 This is such an important book
Azya Coca
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Buenas ideas， fácil de leer， ilustraciones padrisimas peeero es solo una intro con argumentos poco sustentados。 creo que le falta profundizar en los temas que toca， creo que es un poco la idea del libro。
Erin Catherine
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5⭐️
Sarah
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DNF。 I didn’t hate it， just didn’t keep my attention。 Moving on。
Kathleen Pavan
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Although I didn’t agree/disagree with everything said - I did enjoy the book and seeing another perspective！ Also love the book creativity itself！
Katja
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It’s kind of good and I quite enjoyed reading it。Check it out for yourself， enjoy it， don’t treat it as your bible。 There are quite a few takeaways， but just be mindful and trust your own instincts on what is right for you and how you feel about certain things。
Alice
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This book should be given to every student in high school
Joelle Trollinger
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I love love love this book。 So many powerful truths and insights。 The author is relatable and the illustrations are gorgeous This is a book I will be rereading
Gabrielle
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honestly a really nice， informative introduction into the highlights of feminism。 it’s pretty and digestible while being highly informative and enlightening。 i felt like i had already honed a lot of the things in this book but i know a lot of people who haven’t and i know they would benefit from the book’s slap to the face about their ignorance。 it’s a picture book with good information on how to be the best you for the world and yourself。 she goes off。 i’m seeing accusations and things in the c honestly a really nice， informative introduction into the highlights of feminism。 it’s pretty and digestible while being highly informative and enlightening。 i felt like i had already honed a lot of the things in this book but i know a lot of people who haven’t and i know they would benefit from the book’s slap to the face about their ignorance。 it’s a picture book with good information on how to be the best you for the world and yourself。 she goes off。 i’m seeing accusations and things in the comments but seeing as i know nothing about it， i still think this book is good， enjoyable， and fun。 。。。more
Natasha
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It’s SOO good。 It really makes you think and question everything and yourself。
Catherine
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I found this book very interesting and I learned a lot about feminism， as well as other topics。 Although I am not really into labels， it was interesting to read about the labels that people like to put onto themselves。 I liked the way the author， Florence， encourages us to accept ourselves， love ourselves， own our own power and be confident in our bodies and sexuality。 She reminds us that we are all unique and valuable and that we don't owe anyone anything。 We can be who we are and we don't need I found this book very interesting and I learned a lot about feminism， as well as other topics。 Although I am not really into labels， it was interesting to read about the labels that people like to put onto themselves。 I liked the way the author， Florence， encourages us to accept ourselves， love ourselves， own our own power and be confident in our bodies and sexuality。 She reminds us that we are all unique and valuable and that we don't owe anyone anything。 We can be who we are and we don't need to go out of our way to make ourselves look more pretty or change ourselves in order to please others。Florence was a lovely narrator and she was pleasant to listen to。Many thanks to the author， publisher and Net Galley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Nikki Theodoropoulos
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Although she raises good points （though not exactly revolutionary） towards feminism， I didn’t enjoy how aggressive the tone of this book was - it made me feel like she was quite literally yelling at me。 What bothered me the most was that I found this book to be quite patronising and there was a lot of focus on ‘the male gaze。’ All in all， offers good insight however， I can imagine a lot of people turning away from this book due to the abrupt style of writing。
Rhianna
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Women don’t owe you pretty。 This book was truly eye-opening to how unfair the world is。 Florence discusses privilege， red flags， self-love， healing， trauma， body image， beauty standards， male gaze， etc。 Definitely worth a read。
Lauren
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