The thing is this. Nora and I are not sisters.
In "On Maintenance": "When and how did it happen that you absolutely had to have a manicure?" er, never? I also don't care that much about make up or matching handbags or wrinkles. I JUST REALLY DON'T CARE.
What I care about is women being raped, beaten up, paid less,not let in, talked down to and generally fucked over because they are women.
"I Feel Bad About My Neck" adopts a universal voice but talks only about a sliver of privileged society. It is feminism-lite, faux solidarity. Don't mistake it for anything serious.

However I did read it so it beats Hemingway and gets 2 stars. #shootin'atstars

revised rating - another star
I think I must have been in an exceedingly bad mood when I read this first time. I read it again yesterday and found much more in it. I still don't have time for the handbags or makeup crap but I found a lot to like about women's friendships, in particular the notion of "one away" (read the book); the section on parents and adolescents is very funny; but this, on heartbreak, was my stand-out : "I fly to NY to see my shrink. I walk into her office and burst into tears. I tell her what my husband has done to me. I tell her my heart is broken. I tell her I'm a total mess and I will never be the same. I can't stop crying. She looks at me and says, "You have to understand something. You were going to leave him eventually."

This book is why i apply sunscreen everyday

Si fuera amiga de Nora Ephron, hablaría con ella sobre las innumerables virtudes de las riñoneras de Uniqlo, sobre qué recetas de El Comidista (y de Ottolenghi y de Jamie Oliver y de Kenji López-Alt y de Samin Nosrat) nos han dado mejor resultado, sobre ejemplos de girl math que hubiéramos experimentado recientemente... Es decir, hablaría con ella de lo que hablo con mis amigas porque, por lo visto, la siento un poco así. ¿Cómo no hacerlo con alguien que opina (muy sabiamente) que «todo combina con el negro, sobre todo el negro»?

Y si fuera amiga de Nora Ephron le diría que este librito suyo me ha gustado más que las otras compilaciones de artículos que había leído previamente y que me reconfortó mucho leerlo en mis pausas del trabajo porque, como ella sabía bien, «leer es una forma de establecer contacto con la imaginación de otra persona después de un día demasiado prosaico». Supongo que gracias, Nora.