Sweet Fire

I wanted to read this ahead of an upcoming author visit. It is a pretty book about how bold and assertive girls are often called divas, but that label can wrongly indicate high maintenance or unkindness. Instead, girls should own and never dull their “sweet fire,” confident that their fierce passion is a force for good, not the other way around.

It's an interesting book, but I wondered about reclaiming the term “diva” itself, instead of insinuating that the descriptor may fit others, and has an inevitably derogatory connotation. I'm also extra sensitive to the idea that girls and women are uniquely tasked with nurturing potential in others, instead of themselves. That is definitely a me thing.