I listened to the audiobook version of Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, which is read by Lindy West, the author, herself. I highly recommend this way of consuming this particular book. Of course, when she said: "But, I was slowly learning, you can’t advocate for yourself if you won’t admit what you are." I did have … Continue reading Review: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Tag: Memoir
Commentary: Normalizing
I recently read three books that are entirely unrelated in subject and yet I find myself thinking of them all together. In writing, as with other art forms, authors have the opportunity to normalize behaviors that are rare, unusual, or underground. While we often think of this in a negative way, normalizing certain topics in … Continue reading Commentary: Normalizing
