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The Big Feminist But
The Big Feminist But: Comics about Women, Men and the IFs, ANDs & BUTs of Feminism | Gabrielle Bell, Jeffrey Brown, Ulli Lust
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The Big Feminist BUT: Comics about Women, Men and the IFs, ANDs & BUTs of Feminism is a comics anthology that asks: What do we really mean when we say, “I’m not a feminist, BUT…” or “I am 100% a feminist, BUT…” What do our great big “BUTs” say about where things stand between the sexes in the 21st Century? We asked some of the most talented ladies (and gentlemen) working in comics and animation today, along with some of the smartest writers we know including Lauren Weinstein, Jeffrey Brown, Sarah Oleksyk, Gabrielle Bell, Justin Hall, Ron Rege Jr., Vanessa Davis, Josh Neufeld, Andi Zeisler, Angie Wang, Ulli Lust (winner of the 34th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize for graphic novels/comics) and a whole lot more, to “but” into the heated discussion about the much more level but still contradictory playing field both sexes are struggling to find their footing on today.
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KathyWheeler
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Mehso-so

I wanted to like this book, but mostly I found it to be boring and pedantic with too much of a focus on issues of marriage and motherhood — and all told from a white perspective. It‘s nice that men were included and there was one Asian story and some LGBTQ ones, but that was it. The art wasn‘t that great or interesting— of 200 pages, the two pictures in this collage are the only ones I really liked. They take this book from a pan to a meh for me.

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KathyWheeler
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Tonight‘s reading. I hope I like it.