This is Dylan Mulvaney's book, she is the social influencer that Bud Light sent a can of beer to with her likeness on it and our country went crazy about. Dylan is a trans woman--not sure if that is exactly the correct way to term that. With all of the terrible and just degrading ads and attacks on anyone in the trans community this last election season and still going on in this new administration it just makes everything seem crazy. Dylan is a woman and reading her book you can see that is how she sees herself and should probably be referred to in that sense. She is also transgender and that is where I am not sure where or if it needs to be mentioned. On the crazy Trumpian side I guess they would refer to her as a man but don't see why or how doing that is in anyway correct either. Well, I wanted to read this book because with AB being in St Louis and Bud Light such a major brand of the company, I was hoping to get some insight into what really happened. There was a chapter in book but AB and Bud Light never mentioned by name and really not much detail about the issue. It sounded like either--didn't want to mention and get sued or maybe had been paid to never mention again or maybe she was done with them and didn't think their name warranted mentioning ever again. I see all 3 as possible and good enough reasons for how it was handled in the book. Overall, lots in the book are light reading but at times there are serious topics and chapters that while seemingly light hearted book, there are intense feelings and heart ache that come through too. A good read from a perspective that I don't read about much at all.
There are 3 WL for this book but others in family might want to read first so might get loaned out first. No hurry to mail off but do think a good enough read that others should have that opportunity as well.
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