I want to buy a crate and a bunch of copies of this book and start passing out copies on the street. Everyone should read this! Not interested in reading it? Well, you should because gender stereotypes is still an issue, so humour me and read these 52 pages (or watch/listen to the 30 minute TEDx Talk video).

After reading this in one quick sitting, I immediately wanted to watch the TEDx Talk video that it is referenced in the beginning pages. I will say that the TEDx Talk is probably 96% of the book; there are some quotable lines in the book that were not stated in the TEDx Talk, but other than that, the two are a close match.

This book isn't really a book, it's actually a short essay/presentation put in print -- but for ease of this review I will still call it a 'book'. This book takes on the heavy subjects of gender stereotypes, societal norms, and the negative stigmas around the word 'feminist', but it is done in such a way that is condensed and short -- a hard task to do with such a big issue and so many related topics (e.g. workforce, education, ect.). This book identifies the problem and offers a solution. The way it is written (flow, examples, & physical length of the book) is intentional to provoke and to make you reflect on the behaviours of those around you (and your own) and how they may be connected to learned gender stereotypes in your present society.

My favourite -- and this isn't a spoiler because it's told in the first few pages -- is the anecdote about her friend, Louis who says, "I don't see what you mean by things being different and harder for women. Maybe it was so in the past but not now. Everything is fine now for women". What I loved about this is that this phrase has been said in my discussions with my male friends (and many of you reading this have experienced the same, I'm sure). I feel that by having this introduced at the start readers are forced to recall that statement and how they have said it/heard someone say it and reflect on what is being addressed through the whole 52 pages.

As I said at the start, everyone should read this. It will take up only 30 - 40 minutes of your time (that is one episode of your Netflix show you've been binge watching). Don't want to read it? Click here for the TEDx Talk and watch it instead.

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