by Jessi Klein
First published 2016
Comedian Jessi Klein examines what it means to be a woman in the twenty-first century through a collection of personal essays. Klein approaches her subject from the perspective of someone who always felt like an outsider to traditional femininity, having grown up as both a tomboy and a late bloomer. She traces her evolution from a Pippi Longstocking type of tomboy into what she calls a "tom man," exploring the awkward territory between childhood and adult womanhood. Klein tackles various aspects of female experience with candor and humor, from the search for acceptable pornography to the social implications of being addressed as "miss" versus "ma'am." Her essays blend raw honesty with sharp wit as she dissects the peculiar challenges and absurdities that mark the contemporary female experience. The book offers readers a refreshingly unfiltered perspective on womanhood that acknowledges both its struggles and its comedy.
Genres: essays, gender-studies, feminism, autobiography, comedy, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, outsider-perspective
Period: 21st-Century
291 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing