A nice comic, Thor has never been one of my favorites but this is still good nonetheless. The art is gorgeous, but some pages are hard to follow due to the coloring or the sheer amount of things happening in one page. Aaron does a nice job of conveying various degrees of misogyny and that's very appreciated. Also, gotta love that Odinson is down with the new Thor being a woman. Again, not my favorite but I am compelled to see how the story turns out.

(3.5 stars) Poems about breaking and healing. Sometimes Mateer runs on a bit for my liking, but she really captures the push-pull mentality that accompanies a break-up and the loss of companionship. Some lines/poems seem like they could possibly be cyclical with others in the collection, but they aren't explicit enough for that to ring completely true; instead a some parts seem a bit repetitive. I really appreciated the theme of taste in the collection, very well done. Sometimes it reads a bit young, but then again Mateer is young. Overall, reminded me of how I have processed grief in the past.

A very well-rounded text. Quite a few lines had me gasping or clapping. Lovelace captures grief and abuse beautifully. I think the only reason I would give this 4 stars instead of 5 is because 2-3 of the poems seem a bit cliche. Overall, a very nice job.

This book has left me feeling frustrated, but I think that might be Gay's point. I sympathize with not being able to personify the "perfect feminist," but I think utilizing rhetoric that perpetuates the idea that there is any incorrect way to be a feminist is potentially damaging. I felt like a good amount of Gay's essays went on anecdotal tangents that took away from her theme. As someone in academia, I don't think Gay was radical enough in her presentation of feminism. This seems like a very cookie-cutter first book to read once you've finished your Introduction to Women's Studies class (and I hope this isn't the case for most since there are some strange contradictions in this text). I applaud Gay for acknowledging her contradictory nature in both the beginning and end of the text, however (in my eyes) this doesn't excuse the very surface-level discussion Gay is engaging in throughout. I kept wanting to shake Gay and ask her, "BUT WHAT NEXT? WHAT ELSE? DIG DEEPER!" I can appreciate Gay bringing certain topics to light in a digestible style for the masses, but I was expecting to learn more.