Ladyparts: A Memoir | 
#Nonfiction2023 #JustAGirl by No Doubt
I think it fits this book well as it dives to medical issues that haven‘t been researched in women 🙄, doctors and health care systems that ignore women‘s pain & complaints, and sexual harassment removing job opportunities, etc, etc… I think we‘ve all “had it up to here”
pickPart of my “should have finished this last year” pile that I‘m starting January 2023 with 😂. It arrived late for my #SheSaid read last year, so I started out behind, and then went back to the library before I could finish it. After a long wait, I finally got it back and got to read the rest of the story. It was a very good read about the issues accompanying being a women in the US and how everything from the pay gap, ⤵️
pickI thought it was so frustrating to see in this memoir how the healthcare/insurance system can keep a successful person in debt. I appreciated how honest she was throughout, especially with her career struggles in a time of transition for print journalism. I think it‘s hard to write a memoir about your own relationships, health challenges, and career in the context of the U.S. healthcare system but she did a good job balancing it all.
Hello #SheSaid! I‘m still behind on this one, which is a shame because it‘s so good! I hope all of you that are ahead of me and finishing up are enjoying this one too.
pickFinished this yesterday. It's an excellent memoir but also does a dive into things that women face in the US.
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so-soSome elements are interesting and thought provoking. Her personal history is traumatic to read. I did find myself triggered by some parts. I found the writing to be quite repetitive and this caused me to lose interest and empathy.
Hello #SheSaid!
I‘m still running a bit behind, but catching up fast. I‘m really loving her voice in this one, so much I shouldn‘t be able to relate to, but I do much more than I probably should. 🤔
How are you all doing with this one?
#NovelNovember #Readathon
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Goals
📙 Read Fairy Tale - Stephen King
📙 Finish Ladyparts for #SheSaid
📙 Continue with Braiding Sweetgrass for #NaturaLitsy
📙 Read and review a #Netgalley choice
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Hello #SheSaid
I got my book, I have some catching up to do. I‘m almost finished with the first section, and for serious subjects…this is a great read so I should be caught up soon.
In the meantime, how is ever else doing with this selection.
Hello #SheSaid!
By all accounts this book selection is great, however my loan hasn‘t come in yet. So please start without me! I‘ll catch up as soon as I can (and I might just have to cave and buy this one 😂)
Up next for #SheSaid
Please put in your library holds and interlibrary loans! 😉
pickThis was a great book that took me 2+months to read because I had to take mental health breaks from it. Copaken breaks the book into parts based on her body part that required surgery. Ultimately it‘s a book about living in a female body in a country w employer based healthcare and little to no safety nets for its citizens, particularly single mothers.
Just read a great interview (link below) with this author. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa , this would be an awesome choice for #SheSaid. And I know it‘s already on your radar b/c @Megabooks already read and reviewed. I‘m definitely interested in this topic!
https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/deborah-copaken-ladyparts-memoir
pickThis is more horror than memoir to me! Copaken writes about the difficulty of being ill in a country with employer-based health coverage. Like many Gen X journos, she has trouble finding steady work when the bottom falls out of the publishing industry. She has a perfect shitstorm of being ill, under- or unemployed, and going through a divorce as a mom of 3. The book highlights different body parts she‘s had illness in from breast cancer to covid.
