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The Women's Atlas by Joni Seager
4.0
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BOOK REVIEW
[The Women’s Atlas] A 2018 account of women’s affairs.
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WHAT I LIKED
Organization makes or breaks an atlas. The Women’s Atlas brings the statistics' difficult realities to life.
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I’m especially impressed with balance of global, European, and American statistics. As a resident of a first world country, it can be easy to push difficult issues into “that’s not us.” But it is us. And terrible things we assume only happened in the world a hundred years ago are still happening overseas today. We just aren’t there to see it, and we turn a blind eye to what stares us in the face.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
Understand the LGBTQA+ section is an overview. Some reviews I’ve perused wished for more detail. I think they chose statistics that correlated most closely to the atlas’s overall theme.
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I wish there was more attention to the statistics' chronology. There are some. I wanted more chronological comparisons to judge our progress as a society.
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The Women’s Atlas (by Joni Seager) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️4/5
BOOK REVIEW
[The Women’s Atlas] A 2018 account of women’s affairs.
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WHAT I LIKED
Organization makes or breaks an atlas. The Women’s Atlas brings the statistics' difficult realities to life.
//
I’m especially impressed with balance of global, European, and American statistics. As a resident of a first world country, it can be easy to push difficult issues into “that’s not us.” But it is us. And terrible things we assume only happened in the world a hundred years ago are still happening overseas today. We just aren’t there to see it, and we turn a blind eye to what stares us in the face.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
Understand the LGBTQA+ section is an overview. Some reviews I’ve perused wished for more detail. I think they chose statistics that correlated most closely to the atlas’s overall theme.
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I wish there was more attention to the statistics' chronology. There are some. I wanted more chronological comparisons to judge our progress as a society.
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The Women’s Atlas (by Joni Seager) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️4/5