The Art of Avoiding Men: A Guide to Survival for Artists and Creatives

Kim Swain: Just looking at their facial expressions makes you believe that the men actually said that. I was highly amused with this book.

United States on Oct 17, 2023

Rhonda: The artwork is beautiful, like having the Met Museum in your living room, and the captions are hilarious. More than a coffee table book. This is a small potent book which will be handed from woman to woman and mother to daughter.

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Branden: Hand this book to a dude. If there’s only silence or comments such as, “Well, sometimes…”, take back the book and run… run far away. If he laughs, maybe give him a chance. Remaining skeptical is still warranted.

United States on Jun 29, 2023

Ellen Richter: But it made me laugh. Because it's true!
I think it would be better if the info about each painting were on the bottom of the page, instead of in the back.

United States on Sep 06, 2022

valeria: Read it in one hour very funny

Italy on Aug 14, 2022

Amazon Kunde: Die Autorin hat ein sehr gutes Gefühl für die Kombination aus Bildern und Test und wenn man die Sprüche liest fühlt man mit und sieht den Frauen ihr Leid förmlich an.
Es ist ein sehr unterhaltsames Buch und ein Muss für jedes Bücherregal.

Germany on Oct 03, 2021

P. Salus: Accurate, funny, pointed, ... Lest my wife and daughter eviscerate me, I will refrain from mansplaining why this is a funny book. And, oh, did I mention it's funny? Let me explain why ...

Canada on Jan 27, 2021

Scribbler D.: The author has created a work which very accurately reflects the experience of almost any woman (if you don't believe this - ask any woman you know) and her use of older artworks to illustrate the attitudes described is just priceless. A funny, ironic and brilliant work of genius. To brighten my day I open a page and chuckle.

United Kingdom on Jan 06, 2021

Maria: I was expecting it would be funnier or more interesting. Wish I had not spent the money.

France on Dec 19, 2020

bookish: This book will make you laugh out loud in recognition — either because you’ve heard these “helpful” comments a thousand times or because you are dumb enough to deliver them. The juxtaposition of the timely text with the old paintings somehow fits perfectly, and the dulled expressions of the painted women really just underscore the modern reality of how annoying these types of men can be.

The paintings themselves are mostly beautiful, and so in addition to reliving our current state of gender politics, you can also enjoy some nice art. One thing that struck me is that in all of these old paintings, the (male) artists appear to be to some degree forthright about the miserable status of women. None of the women appear happy, most of them look annoyed, and all of them seem to exhibit a measure of seriousness. When you compare this to commercial imagery of women today — where women are scantily clad, sexually submissive, and inexplicably ecstatic to be both — an argument can be made that the popular depiction of women has actually devolved (or at least not evolved) from centuries ago. Congratulations, everyone! Yet more proof that this book is needed now more than...

United States on Oct 20, 2020