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What Makes Girls Sick and Tired by Lucile de Pesloüan
4.5

I received a copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

What Makes Girls Sick and Tired is essentially an illustrated list of ways misogyny manifests in everyday life, from big things to seemingly small ones. It covers topics such as gendered division of labour, fetishization/objectification, cat calling, rape statistics, wage gaps, media representation, and more. As a white nonbinary person I found it inclusive, with issues concerning women of colour, queer women and disabled women as well. I also liked the illustrations.

It's important to mention that this booklet is supposed to start conversations, not substitute them: although there are sources and further reading mentioned in some places, it's still mostly a list, with only very vague explanations of the listed issues. So, as long as you take it as what it is and don't expect it to be more, I think it did a good job.