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Shrill
- Notes from a Loud Woman
- Narrated by: Lindy West
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Summary
'Women are told, from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small in our presence, and small in our impact on the world. We're supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet and hungry. I want to obliterate that expectation....'
Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn't always loud. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice - and how she found it!
That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the Internet, making a living standing up for what's right instead of what's cool.
In Shrill, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people's jokes to telling her own brand of jokes - ones that carry with them serious messages and aren't at someone else's expense. She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she's had to overcome to make herself heard in a society that doesn't think women (especially fat women and feminists) are or can be funny.
She also tackles some of the most burning issues of popular culture today, taking a frank and provocative look at racism, oppression, fat shaming, Twitter trolling and even rape culture, unpicking the bullshit and calling out unpalatable truths with conviction, intelligence and a large dose of her trademark black humour.
'Lindy West is an essential (and hilarious) voice for women. Her talent and bravery have made the Internet a place I actually want to be.' (Lena Dunham)
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- VildeSkjervold
- 03-12-21
Amazing
Lindy’s writing is direct, funny and intelligent. Her words make me feel seen, empowered and happy. I recommend this book to everyone. A must read/listen.
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- Sarah
- 20-02-21
Brilliant
Lindy West is a brilliant, hilarious, piercing, and brave writer, and this book is the same. She is insightful and moving in her description and narration, and I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
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- Lesley J
- 11-08-18
Solid Shrill
I enjoyed listening to this book. It was, at times, hilarious, serious, moving, sensitive and thought-provoking. I liked hearing the author's voice but didn't rate the frequent 'footnote' comments. Some really serious food for thought re: treatment of women who've been raped and the fat-shaming culture we live in today. Feel a more enlightened person for having listened to this book. Definitely recommend.
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- David
- 14-11-16
Warm, funny enlightening
This is a fantastic audiobook. Lindy Wear delivers a fine performance that reminds me why author-narrated audiobooks are always my favourite. This book is enlightening and hilarious! Very highly recommended!
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- Ann D
- 11-06-16
Politics of people and bodies!
If you could sum up Shrill in three words, what would they be?
Fabulous, Feminist, Fierce!
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This is an excellent exposé of the cultural oppression of people, men as well as women, who don't fit society's expressed norms. The fact that those norms are not really norms at at all, says it all (e.g. 95% of women cannot by definition be abnormal)! Lindy also explores the issues around internet trolls. Highly recommended.
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- Michelle H.
- 20-12-17
An essential listen or read
Such an important read for anyone. Empowering, heart breaking and hilarious. West is incredibly smart, witty and clear writer who sheds lights on so many important issues around weight, rape and feminism, just to name a few.
So well written and delivered in a compelling and relatable and accessible way. Stop reading this and start listening to Shrill!
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- cerebralpig
- 22-07-16
Honest and funny
A combination of memoir and thoughts on feminism, comedy, being fat in a thin world and fighting trolls on the Internet.
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- Wendy Hankin
- 02-07-19
Brilliant.
Brilliant. Had me laughing out loud as I walked to work. A definite must read.
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- allweatherreader
- 26-04-17
Wonderful.
I knew nothing about Lindy West before listening to this book, but I'd seen it favourably reviewed by friends so I gave it a chance, on a whim. I found it beautiful and funny and heartbreaking, sometimes all at once - rare in any narrative, let alone a true one. So yes, I'm recommending this, and not just if you're a fat woman, or a feminist woman, or a man who considers himself an ally or a man who thinks we don't need feminism (although I want to gift a copy to anyone who is any of these things) - listen to this if you are a human. Just listen.
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- Mrs. Lindsay P. Tonner
- 22-04-20
yas queen
This is another book of essays/memoir in the same vein as Nora Ephron’s ‘I Feel Bad About My Neck’ and Samantha Irby’s ‘Wow, No Thank You.’ I knew there was a TV show but hadn’t realised this is where it had come from.
Lindy is a funny woman. She knows comedy. She is a feminist, proud, unapologetic and knowledgeable. She is honest, open and true to herself. She is an inspiration. I will not say she is larger than life or inspiring because of her size because that seems trite and irrelevant, although I do believe that knowing her self-worth and expressing this, will encourage a multitude of women to re-evaluate how they see themselves and learn to embrace and love themselves.
Lindy is just straight up amazing and I loved her book. However, I will say that it started off super funny and got more serious as it went on. It was funny, moving, relateable, touching, painful, and beautiful. I loved it.
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