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An unflinching exploration of how envy, approval-seeking, and fear of judgment keep women small-and how to break free through self-knowledge, ambition, and unapologetic action.
When a woman becomes visible, ambitious, and unapologetic about what she wants, the world whispers: Who does she think she is?
In this electrifying new book, Sunday Times best-selling author Florence Given flips that insult into fuel. Who Does She Think She Is? is a cultural reckoning for every woman who has learned that belonging depends on being good: being agreeable, palatable, grateful, selfless-and never wanting too much.
But what if the very things you've been taught to fear-other people's envy, judgment, and disgust-aren't evidence that you're doing something wrong? What if they are an inevitable consequence of becoming visible?
Florence exposes the unspoken forces that keep women small: not just the patriarchy, but the ways women learn to police themselves and one another in exchange for belonging. She names the "sisterhood wound"-the comparison, envy, relational aggression, and subtle social punishments that teach women to fear standing out-and offers a radical new framework for understanding jealousy not as something shameful, but as information: a map pointing you towards your own buried desires.
Across three powerful parts-The Poison, The Alchemy, and The Embodiment-you'll learn to:
This book is not about becoming someone new. It's about becoming fully yourself-even if it makes people uncomfortable.
It's time to stop fearing the question "Who does she think she is?" and give people a reason to say it.
An unflinching exploration of how envy, approval-seeking, and fear of judgment keep women small-and how to break free through self-knowledge, ambition, and unapologetic action.
When a woman becomes visible, ambitious, and unapologetic about what she wants, the world whispers: Who does she think she is?
In this electrifying new book, Sunday Times best-selling author Florence Given flips that insult into fuel. Who Does She Think She Is? is a cultural reckoning for every woman who has learned that belonging depends on being good: being agreeable, palatable, grateful, selfless-and never wanting too much.
But what if the very things you've been taught to fear-other people's envy, judgment, and disgust-aren't evidence that you're doing something wrong? What if they are an inevitable consequence of becoming visible?
Florence exposes the unspoken forces that keep women small: not just the patriarchy, but the ways women learn to police themselves and one another in exchange for belonging. She names the "sisterhood wound"-the comparison, envy, relational aggression, and subtle social punishments that teach women to fear standing out-and offers a radical new framework for understanding jealousy not as something shameful, but as information: a map pointing you towards your own buried desires.
Across three powerful parts-The Poison, The Alchemy, and The Embodiment-you'll learn to:
This book is not about becoming someone new. It's about becoming fully yourself-even if it makes people uncomfortable.
It's time to stop fearing the question "Who does she think she is?" and give people a reason to say it.
Atsiliepimai