Ashley Shea’s Reviews > Girl Dinner > Status Update
Ashley Shea
is 39% done
No plot, just a series of really true statements about life and womanhood. Also I love the juxtaposition of the slightly older woman warming up to her younger TA and the college-agreed woman having the hots for her older professor. Is the professor Max, by the way? Or would that be too convenient considering the TA is Nina's cousin? Olivie, you bad girl, you're being very cagey! I totally get it! Will they be dinner?
— Nov 11, 2025 06:33PM
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Ashley Shea
is 99% done
I don't know...? One thing stood out to me in the acknowledgements that irked me. Olivie said the arguments she wrote are just theoretical starting points. I'm worried she didn't actually say anything besides "the world is fucked, because x, y, z." Women proclaim feminism is about bolstering women, then women stab each other in the back. "Now, treat yo self!" And the outsider was like "eat people? OK!" It was weird!!
— Nov 16, 2025 08:57PM
Ashley Shea
is 69% done
Ok, I feel like I'm making progress now! There is so much warring going on in my head about the definition of feminism and how difficult it is to even say "no, this is what I want" and know deep down that it's not because society or capitalism or the patriarchy has programmed me to want it. And is it enough to be beautiful and poised and successful? Or do we actually need to be doing MORE to come out on top??
— Nov 15, 2025 08:29PM
Ashley Shea
is 58% done
It's surprisingly dense and taking me forever to read (doesn't help that I'm trying to simultaneously read TOD and EOS). There are so many great questions and meditations on feminism and womanhood and sisterhood and destroying the patriarchy. Even if you didn't know there would be cannibalism, they're CLEARLY gearing up for cannibalism. So... Who are we having for girl dinner?
— Nov 15, 2025 07:09AM
Ashley Shea
is 22% done
It's like... I hate it real bad but I want it... I've never had such uncharitable thoughts but also duh, yeah, I have them all the time... Olivie writes like she stepped into my brain and plucked the words out. The camaraderie must be fake and also that easy banter and instant acceptance is all I've ever wanted. Just how much misogyny is baked into my brain and just how many excuses have I made for others? Whew!
— Nov 07, 2025 05:36PM
