Things Are Against Us (Advance Reader Copy) by Lucy Ellman
Things Are Against Us (Advance Reader Copy) by Lucy Ellman I hated this book. Which is very sad, because I loved Ducks, Newburyport and hoped this would be not exactly the same, but similar in tone. Things Are Against Us , set to be published at the end of September, 2021, is a collection of essays Ellman wrote during the Trump presidency up through the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her theme throughout this book is mostly railing against the patriarchy. And I appreciate that sentiment. However, she just took it way off the rails, for me. For one thing, I completely disagree with anyone from any sex engaging in a hate-fest against any other sex, and Ellman just goes all in on her hatred for men in this book. She overgeneralizes men like crazy. Pitting women against men is no way to achieve equality or equity. It is the exact way to get more men to hate women. Who wants to help anyone else who openly hates on them? Not me, and I'm nonbinary. Attacking any sex just leads to ...