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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

August 11, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Props to my friend Aileen the Coolest Person Ever for this recommendation! How to describe this book? I think I’ve gotten so used to books with hooks or gimmicks that I found myself at odds trying to explain to other friends what exactly I’d just read and why I really hadn’t been able to put it down. The thing is, there’s not much of a gimmick here. Elizabeth Zott is a female chemist in a time when that’s not a thing. She battles sexism–unrelently, unmitigated […]

https://cannonballread.com/2022/08/lessons-in-chemistry-wicherwill/

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: all the sexism, Bonnie Garmus, sexism

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: all the sexism, Bonnie Garmus, sexism ·
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An Unfunny Memoir Full of Sexism and Racism

Memoirs of a Professional Cad by George Sanders

January 22, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I understand from the back of the book that people appear to find George Sanders “personable” and the alleged humor in the book is described as “wit.” I personally found neither of this to be true and was reminded of Errol Flynn’s memoir (My Wicked, Wicked Ways). However, while Flynn is an evil person and a child rapist, Sanders is more of a 1950s garden variety irritating racist and sexist. This book, purporting to be his memoirs, very loosely follows his life and is more […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, all the sexism, George Sanders, Racism, unfunny

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, all the sexism, George Sanders, Racism, unfunny ·
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Flames…FLAMES…on the side of my face…

May 2, 2016 by Bothari43 5 Comments

I don’t think I can handle a coherent review on this one. Sputtering outrage, yes. Actual reasonable thoughts? No. See that picture over there? All those little pieces of paper are where I flagged sexist stuff. There are only two women in the book, basically, so that gap at the beginning is when neither of them had shown up yet, and that gap in the middle was because I just got too tired of outrage. This is your brain on fantasy/sci fi from the 1960s. Sigh. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: all the sexism, space, Stasheff, witches

Bothari43's CBR8 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: all the sexism, space, Stasheff, witches ·
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