A snappy but uneven intro to (mostly white) feminism.

What do I mean by uneven? A few things. One is that the subtitle suggests the book will cover a lot of history but it covers as much contemporary politics as it does history. Another is that it tends to dwell overlong in some chapters (and on some people) while other chapters and folks felt like they were given short shrift. Some material felt like maybe it was in the wrong chapter, or could have been in any chapter. Then there's the humor, which mostly worked for me, although there were a few lines where I said "Yikes where was the editor?" Maybe it was actually the editing that was uneven and not the writing?

There's nothing new here for any student of feminism or history or politics, but overall it was a fun ride. That last hopeful chapter reads a lot differently in light of some of our social media overlords recently removing fact-checking (and I sure hope this sentence doesn't age well). Suffice it to say that patriarchy's not going gently into that good night so we still need books like this to do some raging. 3.5 stars not rounded up.