Women Don't Owe You Pretty

The drive to read this kind of stemmed from watching 20th Century Women and seeing how a partial solution to raising a boy was to give him feminist literature to read. (who knew I could learn so much about being a man by reading about how to be a better woman? Probably every woman). Cool stuff


This ruled. And was a big slap in the face for me.

It's very beginner friendly which was perfect - it's the first time I have deliberately chosen to sit with and engage with some kind of feminist literature outside of a school / lecture setting and it made all the difference. Granted I only ‘sat with it' for 3 days (chewed through it) but it taught me so much about the things I think I knew and revealed heaps of my blind spots - not just about gender related issues but also about how I can have more boundaries, preserve my own energy etc.

Also, as a male identifying person, reading the book was a beautiful stretch in my empathy. Which should be the standard thing to do, so more work to do there.