Shrill

This is one of the better essay collections I've read in a long while; it's a blade of sharp feminist commentary with edges of laugh-out-loud humor that just gauges misogyny. West is unapologetic and completely vulnerable yet so so funny in a way that, combined together, is true tour de force. She touches on fat acceptance as a feminist issue, the male dominance of the comedy world, and facing a daily deluge of the most boorish variety of internet trolls. Her writing is similar to what I aspire mine to be, and #motherfuckinggirlpower, so this was such an empowering read for me. I can see why this inspired so many podcast segments and a Hulu series (which, by the way, is also the bomb).