My overall impression is that the author believes that if women don't continue to buy into the consumerism values of society, they aren't being good women. Her research supports the "dangers" of women not choosing to make loads of money and instead choosing to live simply. The author is clearly a strong capitalist when it comes to spending needing to drive the economy, but she fails when she simply dismisses the value of being a small business owner, which is a completely a capitalistic idea! My understanding from the book is that unless you become a CEO, lawyer, doctor, or some other highly demanding career woman, you aren't embracing the freedoms that feminists have fought for. I find the whole book laughable, since the whole "opting out" would include lame freelancing writers who didn't pursue demanding editorial jobs, which is exactly what Ms. Matchar has chosen to do -- "opt out." Too anecdotal for me. Loosely stringing together a whole bunch of possibly related topics did not work for me here. What I read didn't reveal anything I hadn't known or heard about before so I felt it just reinforced stereotypes or generalizations I had already heard or observed myself. It drove me to skim read the whole book. The analysis found in the last 20 or so pages was a bit more on the mark.
What do You think about Housewife 2.0 (2013)?
A little repetitive at times, but delved into both sides of the idea of New Domesticity.
—mclovehandles
This book is really annoying. I am on page 3.
—EthanDW
