Brown’s argument is that these words are dehumanizing and lead to division - and states that we should be more mindful of our words. For example: you get angry when x-politician is called “bitch”, but you’re OK with calling y-politician “slut”. At about the mid-point, Brown offers two-ish pages on the hypocrisy of modern political mud-slinging. Knowing that I can jot down a bunch of fragmented ideas on a piece of paper, call it a book, and proceed to make a lot of money. Though, you should probably stop calling other people mean names and listen to their bullshit. This book has something to do with belonging and sense of identity? - and something to do with group dynamics and modern politics? - and something to do with trust? And the reader is warned that Braving the Wilderness takes a lot of Courage and hard work, and it will be difficult / require vulnerability … but I’m not sure how or why. If this was a student paper, I’d take out my big red pen and write “ What’s your thesis?” on the cover page. The Poppy War) … but because I literally have no idea what this book was about. Not because it’s complex, mind-blowing, and hard-to-condense (cf. I spent last night’s bus ride trying to figure out how to summarize this book - what I typically do at the start of these reviews - but I don’t know where to begin. Something I can wisely refer to the next time I see a patient. A bit of practical knowledge, a bit of feel good, maybe a cheesy strategy or two. With all that positive praise, it was definitely going to be a solid self-help book. I was going to walk out of this book a new woman. I was fully expecting a life-changing experience of pure enlightenment. She’s the current darling of the popular therapy world … was frequently referenced during weekly staff meeting at my counselling clinic … came highly recommended from my supervisors … and my tea-drinking-GP-Saturday-brunch-pal raves about her. I’ve been hearing about Brown almost constantly for the past two years. Can somebody PLEASE explain to me what “the wilderness” is? Because after 167 pages of rambling nonsense, I have no idea what just happened.
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