I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

I really wanted to love this just because I heard so many good things about it, so I set aside the fact that, from following her online, I already knew Luvvie's sense of humor just didn't jive with me. I waited forever for the library to get a copy in for me, and almost just ordered the damn thing, holding back only because I never reread nonfiction and thus rarely am willing to buy copies for my home library.

I digress.

I really, really can't get into Luvvie's writing style. The made up words and their respective footnotes were downright stupid (summagoat? Really?). Most of her comedic timing just... wasn't there. I hoped she'd have something new to teach me, but it was all the same shit I've already discussed to death, and that isn't a bad thing by any means, but I wasn't in the mood for the whole “preaching to the choir” ordeal. Frankly, I'm not sure what Luvvie's goal was in the end, with basically going on tangents that offered up opinions most of her fans already agree with.

I'm also, frankly, tired of “do better” authors not DOING BETTER. When you rant that women aren't treated fairly, but then go on to belittle women in shitty relationships that you self-admittedly know nothing about and diminish abusive relationships to “he must have a good dick”, I can't let that slide. I also can't see letting anyone get away with spending half a chapter ranting about fat shaming only to turn around and spend the other half of the chapter complaining about your own “idealized body type” and how hard being slender is. I'm not saying that there aren't harmful things said to skinny women, but when you claim to acknowledge your privilege and then keep on and fucking on about how hard your life is, you sound like a damn fool.

Sorry for the rant; I just had a lot of feelings about this one. Sigh.