Over the course of the book West tackles serious topics like abortion, rape culture, harassment, fat acceptance, break ups, and her dad’s death. Each chapter sort of builds in intensity where you are suddenly reading about her family around her dad’s death bed 150 pages after reading about how potentially Ms. Potts from Beauty and the Beast was a 103-year-old single mom. That’s to say, it’s a helluva ride. In turns it is laugh out loud funny and heartbreaking, hopeful and enraging.

I enjoyed West’s voice and writing style immensely. She’s the kind of woman who takes absolutely no sh*t although she, like any human, is a messy ball of feelings and fear on the inside. Lindy West is the kind of woman I aspire to be - outspoken, passionate, an advocate for others.