You have to be pretty interested in the subject because it becomes quite granular, but I really really enjoyed this. Not only is it an intersectional look at misogyny, sexism, and rape culture from a different female perspective, it’s also just really interesting. From silent films all the way up to current day, there’s a great mix of a description of why and how it’s difficult to do what they do, how their skill set is different than men, and bow ties the whole thing with quotes from actual stuntwomen throughout the time and the actual stats of stuntwomen today (surprise, it’s a abysmal). Men would rather dress up as women to do a stunt than just pay them, smh.

This is a great mix of anecdote, real data, interesting history, and a premise that I haven’t come across before. It’s a shame it isn’t more well read/reviewed, imo!