Grey reviewed What Fresh Hell Is This? by Heather Corinna
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5 stars
This book is absolutely brilliant. It's written for EVERYONE who experiences menopause, because menopause does not just happen to straight white middle class women, contrary to what mainstream literature will promote. This book is INCLUSIVE, and uses language and explanations for people outside the gender binary, making sure to include the experiences of BIPOC folks, disabled folks, and more. A LOT of It made me laugh, cry, yell WHAT THE HELL at the crap patriarchy has inflicted on anyone going through menopause, and a whole spectrum of emotions and reactions. I was actually able to read the physical book too, thanks to the hormones I've been taking, because my brain has been so fried. I hadn't been able to physically read, or write anything of worth for so long. I've always been a big fan of audiobooks, and I do use them, but when I realised I couldn't concentrate on …
This book is absolutely brilliant. It's written for EVERYONE who experiences menopause, because menopause does not just happen to straight white middle class women, contrary to what mainstream literature will promote. This book is INCLUSIVE, and uses language and explanations for people outside the gender binary, making sure to include the experiences of BIPOC folks, disabled folks, and more. A LOT of It made me laugh, cry, yell WHAT THE HELL at the crap patriarchy has inflicted on anyone going through menopause, and a whole spectrum of emotions and reactions. I was actually able to read the physical book too, thanks to the hormones I've been taking, because my brain has been so fried. I hadn't been able to physically read, or write anything of worth for so long. I've always been a big fan of audiobooks, and I do use them, but when I realised I couldn't concentrate on reading a physical book, I was absolutely gutted. Nothing about this is easy, but reading this taught me much more than the healthcare literature I've digested so far. Please please please read it, Heather is FANTASTIC.
