*did not finish*

West opens the book by inciting readers to not put up with the various witch-hunts plaguing us and invoking an incentive to fight back. While I appreciated her no-holds-barred ability to eviscerate numerous backbones of the patriarchy, it was a challenge to keep up with her point of view beyond that good foundation. Mostly, I found her opinions on differing entertainers or issues hypocritical. For example, in the Joan chapter, West ruminates on how Joan Rivers used her own insecurities to criticize women on Fashion Police. Rivers, in a roundabout way, gave viewers permission to judge and attack others based on looks and was entirely unapologetic about how her behavior. West waves this off as a way of Rivers working through how the system abused her by attacking others and telling people who were offended to grow up and get real "she's just joking". But in the next chapter, West calls out and insists that equally offensive comedians like Ricky Gervais and Andy Carrolla should unequivocally change because they're white men, or they're just scared to be obsolete. Well, Fashion Police was even cancelled three years following Rivers's death, and most cited the show didn't work without her crass and insulting sense of humor (that Kathy Griffin didn't even want to be apart of) instead of a more respectful tone, which shows just how much power she truly had. Same goes for Carrolla and Gervais who are still some of the top comedians and commentators around. So, what's the difference between the two types of people West is calling out? My guess is the genders, and as a woman, that's frustrating. For a book that touts not giving free passes to people who use their power to endanger and silence others, the difference between the two chapters and similar observations shows a lot of double standards. As I read the book more, there was very little insight that gave me something to ponder or gleam, laugh or make me feel inspired to be a witch who hunts. Similar to a lot of readers, I didn't know exactly who this book is for - at times it seemed directed towards cis-gendered-white-all-powerful-men who need to change their ways, but also women who have experienced the same things she has and have the same suppressed outrage. Eventually, there was so much negativity, virtue signalling, and double standards, I knew this book wasn't for me.