Meadhbh Dhommnail reviewed Stuff Mom Never Told You by Anney Reese
A Necessary Read.
4 stars
This is a book I could have written. I honestly think this is a book that most of the women I know could have written. It spoke to so much of my own experience and the experiences of other women around me. I wish I could put it into the hands of a lot of men I know and tell them to read this and actually have them absorb it rather than just getting angry and defensive.
Much of the history discussed I already knew - but then I specifically focused a lot of my education on Women's and Gender Studies for obvious reasons. But there were also stories and histories I didn't know, new things to learn.
It's told in much the same conversational tone as the podcast, which likely makes it much more approachable, but I do wish there had been more detail in places. Of course, "enough …
This is a book I could have written. I honestly think this is a book that most of the women I know could have written. It spoke to so much of my own experience and the experiences of other women around me. I wish I could put it into the hands of a lot of men I know and tell them to read this and actually have them absorb it rather than just getting angry and defensive.
Much of the history discussed I already knew - but then I specifically focused a lot of my education on Women's and Gender Studies for obvious reasons. But there were also stories and histories I didn't know, new things to learn.
It's told in much the same conversational tone as the podcast, which likely makes it much more approachable, but I do wish there had been more detail in places. Of course, "enough detail" would have made this book truly unwieldy, and the ladies definitely gave me avenues for further research.