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Review by
Molly v, Librarian
More Than a Woman picks up where Caitlin Moran's wildly popular How to Be a Woman left off. Moran is a mother of two feminist girls both thriving and struggling with adolescence. She analyzes her daughter's destructive eating disorder, her own aging body, touches on the COVID-19 pandemic, and how far feminism has come along with the resulting criticism and backlash. Moran does all this with the wit and humor she has become known for.
The greatest criticism I have heard of Caitlin Moran is that her brand of feminism lacks intersectionality. More Than a Woman is her first book that I have read through the lens of that criticism. I acknowledge that she only briefly touches on intersectional topics. I would like to give her grace because the book is about herself and if she does not identify with other intersections then it is not her story to tell. With that said, I enjoyed More Than a Woman. I identified with many of her observations. I would recommend it to feminists, both good, bad, and aging.
#MoreThanaWoman #NetGalley
The greatest criticism I have heard of Caitlin Moran is that her brand of feminism lacks intersectionality. More Than a Woman is her first book that I have read through the lens of that criticism. I acknowledge that she only briefly touches on intersectional topics. I would like to give her grace because the book is about herself and if she does not identify with other intersections then it is not her story to tell. With that said, I enjoyed More Than a Woman. I identified with many of her observations. I would recommend it to feminists, both good, bad, and aging.
#MoreThanaWoman #NetGalley
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