Financial Feminist

i ended up skimming a lot of this after reading the first couple chapters and realizing it wouldn't be anything groundbreaking. there are a handful of things i found helpful, but this was largely a regurgitation of most of the financial advice already out there.

if you don't already understand feminism 101 and/or if this is your first finance book, you may learn something new. otherwise, this is just a run of the mill financial advice book tied in white cishet feminism. while the book acknowledges intersectionality, those sections are more about facts than about how those who are marginalized may need to navigate finance differently.

the self promotion gave me a bit of an ick too. i understand authors promoting their own work, but it felt disingenuous for her to dissuade readers from using professional investing help while suggesting her own course as an alternative.