Reading for November: The Review
In the month of November, I read this book:
This book describes (very briefly) women that have made great accomplishments and broken barriers to become the first woman to (....insert accomplishment here). It's a much needed book that goes to show that women are not found in many spaces that men leisurely find themselves. So when a woman finally becomes something men have always been, it's surprising, groundbreaking and gratifying at the same time. It shouldn't be so, yet it is. For that, this book is a welcome collation of women who have broken ground (broken ceiling?) to become the first women to achieve.
But, it's a small read. It's a short read. There's something unsettling and unsatisfying about reading several years of Serena Williams professional life on one page, or Michele Phan meteoric rise into building her empire from Youtube videos into a makeup company and more, or the rise of the first woman General in the U.S. A serialized version of the book is more appropriate to highlight a few at a time these accomplishments in depth. This provides the reader with a sense of what drives them, their failings - which might be aplenty - those who helped them (or not) along the way. Whatever, more information to normalized these titans, these pioneers if you will.
Oh well. All in all, it's still a good read. I hope more women continue to do great things and be recognized for their greatness.
This book describes (very briefly) women that have made great accomplishments and broken barriers to become the first woman to (....insert accomplishment here). It's a much needed book that goes to show that women are not found in many spaces that men leisurely find themselves. So when a woman finally becomes something men have always been, it's surprising, groundbreaking and gratifying at the same time. It shouldn't be so, yet it is. For that, this book is a welcome collation of women who have broken ground (broken ceiling?) to become the first women to achieve.
But, it's a small read. It's a short read. There's something unsettling and unsatisfying about reading several years of Serena Williams professional life on one page, or Michele Phan meteoric rise into building her empire from Youtube videos into a makeup company and more, or the rise of the first woman General in the U.S. A serialized version of the book is more appropriate to highlight a few at a time these accomplishments in depth. This provides the reader with a sense of what drives them, their failings - which might be aplenty - those who helped them (or not) along the way. Whatever, more information to normalized these titans, these pioneers if you will.
Oh well. All in all, it's still a good read. I hope more women continue to do great things and be recognized for their greatness.
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