Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History
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DNF - it began rubbing me the wrong way when the author tried to press non-binary folks into 'girls' and 'women'. If you mean people who aren't dya cis men, then just talk about 'people who aren't dya cis men' and don't force a label onto people who don't choose that for themselves. This is the second time she's done that and while I'm a dya cis woman I took my time and spoke to non-binary folks. I learned that this is offensive and hurtful for some, if not most of them. And then Maggs goes on about how men will never understand women. (Honestly? Trans erasure, much? Also there were a few examples of what only women understand, that aren't just gender specific - if they are at all -, but also culture specific. Some of those things I don't understand or have experienced either. Does that make me a man?) And then she goes on about how special female friendship is. Something she won't go explaining, at least not in the parts that I read (all the way to the first political activism chapter). She only presents people who have reached achievements together. Yay. So, a friendship is only a female friendship if you're acknowledged by a sports administration or UNESCO? Your friendship is only worth something if you compete against others? And all the while I found no proof for her thesis that female friendship was in any way different from male or mixed gender friendships. Maybe I just never had a 'real' female friendship (though I do have female friends while being female myself), because my friendships with girls were never different from the ones with boys or non-binary folks. Maybe I've done something wrong? But if I missed out on anything, Maggs doesn't do a good job at telling me what I am supposed to miss. And don't get me wrong, women who achieve something are great, their stories should be told to inspire little girls in a men's world to reach for their dreams. But why does it have to be wrapped up in a narrative of female friendship being somewhat superior, when the stories only talk about that these women achieved something together and not about their actual emotions and what their friendship was like besides their jobs or sports? (And why does the writing style have to be so damn subjective?) So, no. DNF, because I just couldn't stand the style for too long and I never found what the author promised, instead I only found the book to be offensive and dismissive of friendships that aren't strictly between females and productive for society at the same time.
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DNF - it began rubbing me the wrong way when the author tried to press non-binary folks into 'girls' and 'women'. If you mean people who aren't dya cis men, then just talk about 'people who aren't dya cis men' and don't force a label onto people who don't choose that for themselves. This is the second time she's done that and while I'm a dya cis woman I took my time and spoke to non-binary folks. I learned that this is offensive and hurtful for some, if not most of them. And then Maggs goes on about how men will never understand women. (Honestly? Trans erasure, much? Also there were a few examples of what only women understand, that aren't just gender specific - if they are at all -, but also culture specific. Some of those things I don't understand or have experienced either. Does that make me a man?) And then she goes on about how special female friendship is. Something she won't go explaining, at least not in the parts that I read (all the way to the first political activism chapter). She only presents people who have reached achievements together. Yay. So, a friendship is only a female friendship if you're acknowledged by a sports administration or UNESCO? Your friendship is only worth something if you compete against others? And all the while I found no proof for her thesis that female friendship was in any way different from male or mixed gender friendships. Maybe I just never had a 'real' female friendship (though I do have female friends while being female myself), because my friendships with girls were never different from the ones with boys or non-binary folks. Maybe I've done something wrong? But if I missed out on anything, Maggs doesn't do a good job at telling me what I am supposed to miss. And don't get me wrong, women who achieve something are great, their stories should be told to inspire little girls in a men's world to reach for their dreams. But why does it have to be wrapped up in a narrative of female friendship being somewhat superior, when the stories only talk about that these women achieved something together and not about their actual emotions and what their friendship was like besides their jobs or sports? (And why does the writing style have to be so damn subjective?) So, no. DNF, because I just couldn't stand the style for too long and I never found what the author promised, instead I only found the book to be offensive and dismissive of friendships that aren't strictly between females and productive for society at the same time.