A review by kaileerosen
Shrill by Lindy West

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

I can’t believe I waited 5 years after this book came out to read it. As I read it, I realized I had put it in a category in my mind as something I should read, but that would ultimately feel preachy and whiny. Unconsciously I had heard the internet’s cry of Lindy being a humorless feminazi and believed it! That’s how bad internet misogyny is! As it turned out, I loved her writing on weight, I loved her writing on feminism, and I especially loved her writing about comedy and crusading for comedians to hold themselves accountable for who they’re helping and who they’re hurting. Loved it through and through.