Turns out I'm fine by Judith Lucy, reviewed by Honor Newman 2023
In this tongue in cheek autobiography Judith Lucy explores all angles of why she might be shit with men. Delving deep into her childhood family dynamics she wonders if her dad being an alcoholic may have had something to do with it. The whole book is tinged with a sort of reversed misogyny (funny there’s really no equivalent word for man hater) in which she’s convinced that men have no respect for her and generally mistreat her due to their patriarchal attitudes, not seeing until right near the end of the book that it could be anything to do with her extreme drinking and lack of self- respect Around the age of 50 she decides that maybe binge drinking, drug taking and throwing herself at men might not be the answer to what's 6 x 7 and takes up yoga and charity work, being surprised that these activities bring a much deeper sense of fulfillment than smoking dope. She also attempts to explore her repressed sexuality by attending a cuddle party and getting her vagina replicated in...