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Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In (2013, Knopf)

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, …

Nothing like a girl boss.

The more I think about this book, the more annoyed I get about its advice. This is particularly true in the current social and political climate. It's frustrating to be told that people who aren't white men need to 'lean in' more when it's not really the problem, and it has never been the problem (even when this book was published).

It really lacks some perspective regarding people of colour, which isn't exactly shocking.

I also find this book a lot more insulting regarding tech after having watched women, non-binary, and trans people (among many others) get chased out of tech-related fields because of the abuse endured (I'm currently thinking about video game companies).

It isn't to say there aren't useful elements, but this book hasn't aged well due to things happening today.