The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan is an iconic book that relentlessly changed the way the American woman saw herself, until its first publication in 1963. Feministic in a good way, without the morbid extravaganza other reads of that type hold, it's relevant even now and if you don't choose to b...
I have such a hard time reviewing audiobooks, for (at least) two reasons: 1) it takes me a lot longer to finish them than it would if I were reading and so my memory of the earlier parts of the book is not as clear when it comes time to write a review, and 2) I listen to audiobooks while driving, so...
As for so many other women, changed my life. It's a history book, and one every woman should read to get a sense of what has come before her, and the life she has.
This book was quite interesting, in that it allowed me to get a closer look at feminism in a period and in a country I'm currently studying about for an exam. It helped me delve deeper into something I thought I knew, yet didn't know that much. Now I understand much better how and why it must have h...
This should be required reading for everyone, male or female, young or old. I was floored by how relevant it is to modern society, even though I'm that feminist that's pretty distressed by women who say "I'm not a feminist" and especially "I'm not a feminist because I think the feminist movement's w...
My grandmother told me once how she, a young schoolteacher, once had to take my grandfather and the two of them went around one of the poorest districts of town to round up her students. Back then I was stunned and shocked that nobody would want to go to school, and after, that added to my admiratio...
I could give you a big long essay about this book. I don't want to.1. Parts of the book are dated, parts predicted what is happening today.2. Parts of the book aren't dated, look at a good portion of the movies, television shows, and mass market comic books that are out today.3. Friedan's writing s...
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