Discussions of the Dreaded FriendzoneĪh yes, a place more feared than the ninth circle of hell: the friendzone – so close to your goal yet so far out of reach. That gets her in trouble sometimes, sure, but it also makes for some incredibly hilarious moments – and opportunities for growth. She is poor, she is hungry, she is craving to be on top of the world, and she’ll apologise for none of it. Sometimes crass, sometimes really snarky, Izzy does not hold back her opinion and refuses to be silenced just to fit society’s expectation of what she’s supposed to be. Self-deprecating like Chandler Bing, fearless like Rosa Diaz, and the kind of friend you’d want in your corner, Izzy O’Neill jumps right off the pages and straight into your heart. Certainly, humour is incredibly subjective but Izzy is a firecracker. With a lot of humour but also a lot of honesty, Steven tackles the double standards that permeate our society.
It sheds a light on how society paints this picture that we are supposed to just eat up instead of question it and how men are praised for the very actions women are shunned for. While the guy Izzy sleeps with is lauded in the press for being a ‘stud’, Izzy gets shamed for owning her sexuality and walking with her head held high. The Exact Opposite of Okay hits on hard topics, for instance, slut shaming. The Unapologetic Exploration of Controversial Topics We’ve rounded up a few reasons as to why this book needs to be in your hands, on your shelves, and in your hearts! 1. Cue the marching order for girls to band together! Izzy has to fight for her voice and her equality, and she’ll do anything in her power to not let herself be broken by this. But keeping her head up and smiling like everything’s fine isn’t flying either. She’s never been ashamed of herself and she won’t be now. She can laugh it off all she wants, becoming the center of a national sex scandal is not how Izzy saw her way going. But when a sex tape of her and a certain politician’s son starts making the round, there’s only one label she’s stuck with – slut. Izzy O’Neill is many things – an aspiring comedian, a poor orphan living with her grandmother and an awesome best friend.
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