Myrtle’s Reviews > Women Don't Owe You Pretty > Status Update

She finally put the heat on! “Single doesn’t mean waiting for someone”

We’ve hit some interesting concepts “most of the time the thing we are insecure about aren’t about our dislike toward them but what we think others will think when they see us”

Some key takeaways:

- guilt is an inactive emotion, you need to use it for something!
- access to information is a class privilege!
- I am really enjoying the illustrations in the book!

But she’s eating with how much space take up on public transport! I was sitting by myself and there were a bunch of empty seats and this man chooses to sit next to me and MANSPREAD! When he moved I cheered!

Also hating chick-flics PERSONALLY isn’t a sign of feminism, I see where she is coming from, but I think the 2025/2026 reclaim of women-targeted media might flag her point here

Interesting… so far I’m getting a palatable ‘everything is wrong’ feminism from the book, but this could just be a sign of the times

“Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”