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Sooo good so far.

Very nuanced and useful.

My bs meter has gone off several times reading this so far. I feel like the author should have discussed real life matrilineal/ matrilocal societies and goddess worship. Instead, it feels like she’s trying to make a totalizing narrative about a time from which we have little archeological evidence, using outdated studies from the early 20th century.
Gonna probs keep reading but I feel a bit skeptical so far

“For decades, the only car crash test dummy we used was based on the body of an average man—as if the average man represents the average person... women are not scaled-down men.”

Love this so far. Soooo much better than save the cat and giving me tons of ideas for alternative story structures.

Meh. Generic helpful advice but pretty hackneyed and cliche at times. Also the author’s writing style is kind of arrogant.

I want to read a book on alternative screenwriting after this

Temporarily a break from some of the heavier nonfiction I’m reading. I swear I’ll finish it though!

Reading some short stories now.

Finally made it to Swann in Love!

I love the child’s perspective and descriptions of Combray in the second section. I’m a little sad to see things switching over to Swan’s affair.

I have so many thoughts and feelings about the ending of this section and Proust’s beautiful prose. I’ll come back to it later!

This just feels like kind of trite self help so far? I feel a bit disappointed but I’m going to keep listening to it (I have the audiobook) and give it a chance.

Uncertain of how woo woo this will be but I’m still curious to read it

I can see why this is an influential book. Some of the misinformation peddled by beauty companies is shocking to learn about. However, the book can feel outdated or over-generalized at times.

I recently learned that Wolf has turned into a bit of an online conspiracy theorist lol. I don’t think this inhibits my ability to derive meaning from her work. It just means I need to read with a critical perspective.

Help I checked out another book

All I have to say about this so far is that this is how I feel entering the workforce after college. Probably because I have an overactive imagination like the narrator and can’t wait to go home and do something creative

Someone please come to the library and forcibly stop me from checking out more books at work

I’ve never felt more seen by something than this

Why do I check out so many books at work

Just chugging along

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