A surprising turn of events...
Hi all, today's post was going to be a review of a book I recently read however I just found out the author recently used the word 'Woke' to describe modern feminism. I am gutted because 'woke' is normally used as an insult to those wanting justice, fairness and equality for all. This is something I thought the author would have supported but clearly I was wrong. All I can see is that I am glad the book of hers that I picked up only cost me 50p from out the front of a charity shop. The funny thing is that I finished the book off this week, ignoring all the books I wanted to read and only found out about her comments after I had finished it and after I had typed up my review. I am gutted to have found that out because there are enough people on the right brandishing others as 'woke' all too often. I do not find it an insult as such because to me it just says that I have woken up and I value equality. But I am not going to review a book when the author makes a...