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One Life by Megan Rapinoe, Emma Brockes
3.0

This book felt performative. I listened to it as an audiobook and I love Rapinoe and her story (lesbians who play soccer are like the best people ever), but it felt like she was writing it as a pat on her own back. I didn't relate to, nor like the fact that she decided to kneel as much because the flag doesn't protect her queer life as it does Black lives-- you shouldn't be motivated to do something like this because of your own oppression but for your allyship and empathy for others'.