—Bitch Media
“West is utterly candid and totally hilarious…as funny as she is incisive.”
—Vogue
“With Shrill, West cements her reputation as a woman unafraid to comfort (and confound) her critics.…[Shrill] illustrates just how deeply sexism pervades our society while laughing at the absurdities that sexism somehow normalizes.”
—Elle
“Lindy West can take almost any topic and write about it in a way that is smart, funny, warm, and unique.”
—Bustle
“West is candid and funny, unafraid to criticize rape jokes or explain how airlines discriminate against fat people, and her fearlessness has made her one of the most notable voices on the Internet.”
—Flavorwire
“Both sharp-toothed and fluid.…West is propulsively entertaining.”
—Slate
“Lindy West did not set out to be a feminist warrior against the forces that wish to silence and hurt women for doing things that men take for granted.…Someone has to fight the misogynists, after all, and West is well-situated for the front lines, lacing her blunt sense of humor with a surprising amount of nuanced empathy, even for those out there who are the ugliest to women.”
—Salon
“Lindy West is one of the Great Ladies of the Feminist Internet.…250 pages of pure hilariousness.”
—Feministing
“Incredible and insightful.…What West ultimately strives for is to incrementally make those small changes that can lead to something so much bigger and better for us all.”
—Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls
“[West is] warm and cutting, vulnerable and funny in equal measures; her sense of self makes you yourself feel seen.”
—BuzzFeed
“Hey reader! I thought I’d read enough in this lifetime about people’s childhoods and feelings and such and I’d never want to do it again. But Lindy West is such a totally entertaining and original writer she kind of blew that thought out of my head halfway into the first chapter. I dare you to feel differently.”
—Ira Glass, This American Life
“You have to be careful about what you read when you’re writing, or you can end up in total despair, thinking, ‘This is what I wanted to say, only she got there first and said it better.’”
—Jennifer Weiner, New York Times bestselling author of Good in Bed and The Littlest Bigfoot
“The surge of love and joy I felt while crylaughing through this book almost made my cold dead heart explode. Lindy is so smart and so funny that it almost hurts my little jealous-ass feelings. She is my most favorite writer ever.”
—Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of We’re Never Meeting in Real Life and Wow, No Thank You
“It made me hurt, both from laughing and crying. Required reading if you are a feminist. Recommended reading if you aren’t.”
—Jenny Lawson, number one bestselling author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy
“It’s literally the new Bible.”
—Caitlin Moran, bestselling author of How to Be a Woman
“There’s a reason Lindy West is such a beloved writer: she gets to the heart of impossible issues with humor and grace. West will have you cringing, laughing, and crying, all within one page. Shrill is a must-read for all women.”
—Jessica Valenti, New York Times bestselling author of Full Frontal Feminism and Sex Object
Also by Lindy West:
The Witches Are Coming
Shrill
