Loved how this book tackles the various versions of shame (about sex, trauma, body hair, weight, popularity, appearance, professionalism) instilled in young women.

On top of that, she’s at a point in her life where she just doesn’t give a shit anymore about playing up to other people’s expectations at the expense of her mental health. Grace's discussions on sex and the bad aspects of sex, the shame women are forced to feel, the problems surrounding the lack of education, the lack of discussions surrounding consent, the impact of the internet on our generation, and the reality that rape comes in many forms are an important part of this book.Like Grace, and many other women, I had a complicated relationship with my body growing up and I fell foul to many social pressures. I can honestly say I hadn’t thought too deeply about it until Campbell started pulling out examples left, right and centre. What I admire the most about Grace Campbell is that there’s no hiding behind a performance for her readers: her life is her literal material and she delves into it with a bravery that has me shook.

Scarlett Curtis ********************************************** For as long as she can remember, Grace Campbell has been told that she doesn't suit her name. grace details the essence of what it is to be a woman in today’s world and made you feel that little bit less alone.I preferred the first two thirds to the closing sections but I read it all eagerly and ain't nothin gonna make me give this less than five stars. Set both in Tuscany and in the trendy haunts of London, this is the hilarious sequel to Cooking with Fernet Branca. We start with chapters-worth of juicy titbits from the frontline of Cool (and not so cool) Britannia: Blair begging her dad to join the New Labour cabal (“he stank of desperation”); meeting the Putins at a reception in Downing Street (“the vibe was very Freshers Fair - nervous smiling but no one knew who to talk to”); the time she went to a Miley Cyrus concert at the O2 with her dad, her best friend, then-Mayor Boris Johnson and two of his brood. Grace has written such a funny and interesting book, partly because she has a unique perspective of the world, but mostly because of her own brilliant mind. As you and I know all too well, we have been the guinea pigs of a broken generation when it comes to sex.