She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she's had to overcome to make herself heard, in a society that doesn't think women (especially fat women and feminists) are or can be funny. In Shrill, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people's jokes, to telling her own brand of jokes - ones that carry with them with a serious message and aren't at someone else's expense. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice - and how she found it! That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living standing up for what's right instead of what's cool. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn't always loud. We're supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet and hungry. 'Women are told, from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small in our presence, and small in our impact on the world.
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