Shrewed - Elizabeth Renzetti

Memoir/Essays

Rating: 7/10

Some people, not many I would hope and none I could name, may upon occasion wonder if advocating for feminism is still necessary.  Well news flash…it is.

We might hope that enough ink has been spent, enough podiums spoken from, enough hands raised in unison, enough battles won. That everything there was to say about feminism has been said.  Maybe so, but it bears repeating.  The conversation is far from over, in many ways it’s only beginning.

We cannot mistake the appearance of conquering inequality to blur the underlying systemic struggles that still exist.

This collection of essays about the lives of girls and women by Globe and Mail columnist Renzetti is not full of epiphany’s or deep insights.  What it does best is provide an echo chamber for the challenges many have faced from her personal perspective.

An interesting take on the “pink tax”.  Many women spend money on creating an image for the world.  The same world that is just as likely to diminish them as empower them based on that atheistic.

Footnote: This book iterated many truths that warrant consideration.  To name one, as men ascend to positions of greater power, they become more likable.  As women match similar ascensions, they become less likable.