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Please teach me about my anger.

What a great exploration of feminism, intersectionality, and pop culture. At times, I wish she would have explored some topics just a little deeper, but overall this was both entertaining and informative. If you're just beginning your anti-racism journey, this is a good start.

"when I counted all the statues in the UK's Public Monuments and Sculptures Association database, I found that there were more statues of men called John than there were of historical, named, non-royal women (the only reason adding royal women to the figure just beats Johns is down to Queen Victoria, whose enthusiasm for putting up statues of herself
I have a grudging respect for."

Loved the start and the concept, but just felt long and underwhelming. And so many names and descriptions without anything that compelled me emotionally.

Philippa Gregory is known for historical fiction about royalty but this is nonfiction about the normal women who are often left out of the history books. It was VERY detailed and it was interesting to see all the challenges women have faced over time. Ideally, i think this one should be read in short installments. I‘ll probably come back to again in the future to absorb a bit more detail.

This was my #DoubleSpin for November.