Welcome to Litsy!

The author makes a unique analogy about Saturn‘s return, and the return of the self. This book is the story of her on return. Sexual assault, various forms of misogyny, (including internalized by womxn), transphobia, Black feminism are all discussed, and, as much needed—the problem of white feminism. I really enjoyed this book.

American misogyny transcends gender __and__ race.

I have often said this: Who hates women more than Donald Trump does? Other women.

Somehow the idea of a woman being oppressive to another woman is something that is very difficult for people to see as real.

—Meredith Talusan
She/Them

Check out Meredith‘s Them on Instagram!

https://instagram.com/them?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

A guy who used to be a very close friend and who I knew was a Trump supporter texted me about a film he had just seen, and I used to opportunity to ask him what he thought of the tape. Since he had a young daughter, did it change his mind about his candidate in any way? He wrote me back and told me to leave his daughter out of politics and that what Trump had said were “just words.” This was a man I had known and been neighbors with for almost

…with the kind of personality and temperament that makes up most women‘s nightmares. He was every racist boss we ever worked for, every uncle we ever hid from, every man we would never, under any circumstances, marry. He personified not just the worst of mankind, but also the worst kind of man: the one in the store whose hand grazes your ass when walking by, or the one who crudely comments on your body and appearance during a meeting, or the one

Based on what I‘ve written and because I call myself a feminist, a person once asked me if I hated men. (A lot of people say this about feminists in general). I do not hate men at all. I am critical of them, which is something I wish they themselves would be: have some introspective inquisition. I do not take pleasure in having to police the intentions of these men and this culture as a whole, nor does any other woman I know. It is

More often than not, men are the gatekeepers and women are locked outside, doing everything we can and sometimes things we don‘t want to do just to unlock the gate, let alone get a set of our own keys.

I lopped off six inches of my hair with a pair of kitchen scissors as David tried to disappear into our couch, avoiding me. I bought myself some balloons and tied a lock of the hair to one of them with a note that said, “May a witch find this and cast the kindest of spells.”

Part memoir part manifesto from one of the founders of #timesup actor, filmmaker, and activist Amber Tamblyn. Celebrity memoirs are not really my thing and the manifesto part didn't work for me either.

#nonfiction2019 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Something about a movement

When you find yourself thinking, “I can‘t wait to finish this so I can move on to something else,” it‘s time to bail. Amber Tamblyn is a badass. No question about that. But this felt like a celebrity memoir regurgitating the events of the #metoo movement. What I wanted was a collection of insightful essays. Not to relive all the gross moments of the last few years, from a lens that was full of name dropping and unrelatable. #itsnotyouitsme

Amazing!!!!

So this one didn't do it for me. I got about halway through and decided to stop. It was slightly repetitive and was kind of all over the place. It didn't flow and
really just wasnt holding my interest.
I like and agree with some of her views on Feminism but she lost me on the delivery.
I really wanted to love this one but alas did not.
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There are a lot of positive reviews, and I'm sure several readers would find this a powerful read.

Amber Tamblyn continues to lead by example in a book so intelligent and self-aware. Over the last 10 years she's proven herself to be a capable poet, director, author, mother, and leader. She left an abusive relationship, she found new love and the bravery to choose when to start a family, she successfully directed a movie, wrote a novel, protested while 9 months pregnant, birthed a baby girl, &
co-established Time's Up to support working women.

I first remembered @amberrosetamblyn from being on General Hospital, @maceyjann recognized her from The Sisterhood of the traveling Pants, but we both appreciate her honest speaking, writing and tireless work as a founder of the #timesup organization. #girlpower #eraofignition #booksofinstagram @penguinrandomhouse I was so excited to hear her speak today!!