Gah! I wanted to like this book, I really did. But I don't like it, not at all. The book is made up of letters addressed to people and things, usually ones she hates. How exhausting.
My three biggest issues with the book are:
1. In the letter addressed to Topshop, she boasts about a 'sticking it to the man' type moment when she shouts at a security guard (who, let's face it, is probably underpaid and tired) about how awful Topshop is for not stocking large enough sizes. Wow. Way to go. You really told them. Letting loose at a man who has no loyalty to the clothing company and is most likely employed from a company outside of Topshop.
2. In the letter addressed to feminism, she claims that it has become a dirty word (which is a very tedious fallback position) and instead argues we should call ourselves "equalists". I was so enraged by this I had to have a break from this book for a few days. It just reeks of ignorance. She also has no concept of intersectionality and does not understand how feminism has been dominated by white voices.
3. She argues that certain women aren't suitable role models. Despite calling some Page 3 models 'inspirational', Clarkson goes on to argue that some women are bad role models. She specifically calls out Miley Cyrus in another tedious, overdone point about Twerking (no, this book was not written in 2013, it was actually released last year- 2017).
So in a book all about how hard women have it, she picks on other forms of women (I haven't even got to her rants about women who wear yoga pants, pop stars) and everything else is just complaining.
Overall, I never want to think about this book again.
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