Review: The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off! Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem is a woman that should need no introduction, but I'll do one just in case. She's a leading feminist icon; writer; lecturer; political activist; and feminist organiser. She has written international bestsellers, won a whole slew of awards, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2013.

This book is a collection of inspirational quotes from Gloria Steinem's career, as well as a few additions from other recognisable names, like Alice Walker and Maya Angelou. Each chapter is themed, and begun with advice and experience from Gloria herself.

What is amazing about the host of quotes in this book is that they are as straightforward as they are radical and transformative. For example:

"Women have alwyas been an equal part of the past; just not an equal part of history."

And...

"The voting booth is the one place on earth wehre the least powerful and the most powerful are equal."

So much truth in such a short phrases.


This book will inspire and move you. It will uplift and encourage you. Most of all, it encourages you to completely transform the way you think - particularly women. Many of the quotes in this book have been chosen specifically to empower - a term thrown around a lot, but if there's one thing Gloria seems to want to get across in this book, it's how much power you as an individual - and particularly as a woman, or someone from a marginalised community, or minority - can have. But there's a call to action, too - we need to take that power. It won't be given us.

So, I urge you to buy this book. Let it lift you up. Let it help you remember your own self-worth, value, and inherent power.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-truth-will-set-you-free-but-first-it-will-piss-you-off/gloria-steinem/9781911632597