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PrimaGigi
Jul 19, 2015PrimaGigi rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
"I'M NOT A FUCKING A "WOMAN IN MUSIC," I'M A FUCKING MUSICIAN IN MUSIC!" -Neko Case in response to a Playboy Tweet. I have a huge issue when a woman claims to be a sea-saw feminist , but says shes not that type of sea-saw feminist. It will always be a pet-peeve of mine, that a grown woman still refers to herself in the terms of "girl" you don't want to be defined by your sex, then stop referencing the engendered difference in being a female boss. You are simply a boss. There is a little to no business advice in this book, it is heavily repetitive and contradictory (also it seems like a set-up to teach you how work for Nasty Gal). She mentions how much of a hard worker she was, while leaving a job every two weeks or only a few months after. I question how exactly how someone can exclaim to be a hard worker, but just leave a job so quickly. It's mentioned that at the time this could be done, but that does not work in this day and age. You can't jump from one job to another. In another chapter she exclaims how to be a hard worker. There are a million Cinderella stories, that are much better. And the people telling it are less self-absorbed and condescending. She doesn't believe in luck, but magic (It's actually suggested you do this) is possible and positive thinking will get the universe to care. The universe doesn't care about us, there are no reasons for anything, other then what you are willing to put into it. Good or bad will happen, it all depends on you interpret the situation. This should have been published as an autobiography, which in reality it was. There are only few nugget of business acumen and adive in this book; which granted she mentions she has had no professional training, so writing a book to help others in business seems odd. It just seems like one continuous promotional free-marketing plan for her brand. I have no problem with a woman talking about her many accomplishments, please don't be humble, but my issue is that when you are trying to open a door for other women, you are trying to insert them into the reality of the world in which you venture into daily. Pretending that it's always amazing and that you always land in a pile of cow shit is misleading. There should have been stories of failure and how she truly did dig herself or her company out of the muck. That's what people want, they want the reality of what they are being told is crazy to do. You can speak about saving money, which is ideal and can happen, but there are so many other things other then that can happen. Needless to say this book wasn't for me. Also the hash tag in front of everything isn't cool at all, but annoying and detracts from you telling us how cool you think you are.