Schumer recently said she is not trying to be likable,but you wouldn’t guess it from this book. Such memoirs are pitched as feminist statements, but of what kind?A few years ago, or journalist Kaitlin Fontana wrote approximately the rise of a literary genre she dubbed “the Femoir”. Femoirs,she wrote, are “memoirs written by female comedians … propelling their authors from acts to brands”. And not even memoirs, or really,but a collection of confessional essays loosely strung together on a self-benefit string. As this was 2012, Fontana was referring to Tina Fey’s Bossypants, and Chelsea Handler’s My Horizontal Life,Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter and Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, all of which were smart, and funny and deservedly bestsellers. Related: Amy Schumer review – superstar with sex on the brain The bar is still so low,it is apparently a triumph of equality when a woman admits to enjoying sexAlongside the vogue for women to reveal their personal lives is another which excoriates them for revealing too muchContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com