A fellow reader asked me to read this book along with her, I agreed although quite frankly I was pretty sure that reading about a feminist was not going to be my cup of tea. I came to be pleasantly surprised though to find that I was able to relate quite easily to Lindy's story. Shrill isn't so much a manifesto of feminism as a look at her life growing up and how she has become the outspoken fighter for equality she is now. She relates events from her child hood to the present day with humor and even when she has endured some of the cruelest of oppositions and attacks from haters, trolls, even herself, she has refused to back away from what society has leniently chosen to accept as being acceptable attitudes towards women and others who don't fit the norm of society's expectations. In this book you will come to understand the point of view of someone who has largely suffered being one of the " freaks " of a society who chooses to marginalize those who don't fit the standards of beauty. How being overweight, a woman, or even questioning why things stand as they are, has been a challenge that has created a backlash which at times has become quite personal, even threatening. More importantly though, her story reminds us that we are all worthy of being here and that for every obstacle that we overcome we only prove how true that really is. It is only through the actions of people like Lindy that these issues can be rectified to the benefit of all society.
