Untamed -Episode 6
03/22/21 • 39 min
The six women discuss feedback and comments they’ve received from Book Interrupted Series 2, Episodes 1 through 5, on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle.
Discussion Points:
- Remarks, feedback and comments from our fans
- Response to Lise’s video
- Is Glennon Doyle selfish or is she trying to help?
- Is Untamed a memoir or self help or is it both?
- How does popularity/fame/power affect people?
- Are the lessons in Untamed packaged too neatly? Is there a salesman/guru vibe?
- What faces do you make under your mask?
- Why do women’s and girl’s products need to be pink and delicate with butterflies?
- Strict definitions of gender roles and how does that affect children?
- Does DreamWorks represent racial and gender stereotypes?
- Talking and sharing about overcoming drug abuse and eating disorders
- Why are women always taught to be in competition with other women?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle
This Hour Has 22 Minutes - What's up with her?
In Living Colour - Jim Carrey as Fire Marshall Bill (Boat safety)
In Living Colour Intro (with Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, etc) Season 3, Episode 1
The six women discuss feedback and comments they’ve received from Book Interrupted Series 2, Episodes 1 through 5, on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle.
Discussion Points:
- Remarks, feedback and comments from our fans
- Response to Lise’s video
- Is Glennon Doyle selfish or is she trying to help?
- Is Untamed a memoir or self help or is it both?
- How does popularity/fame/power affect people?
- Are the lessons in Untamed packaged too neatly? Is there a salesman/guru vibe?
- What faces do you make under your mask?
- Why do women’s and girl’s products need to be pink and delicate with butterflies?
- Strict definitions of gender roles and how does that affect children?
- Does DreamWorks represent racial and gender stereotypes?
- Talking and sharing about overcoming drug abuse and eating disorders
- Why are women always taught to be in competition with other women?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle
This Hour Has 22 Minutes - What's up with her?
In Living Colour - Jim Carrey as Fire Marshall Bill (Boat safety)
In Living Colour Intro (with Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, etc) Season 3, Episode 1
Previous Episode
Untamed -Episode 5
The women finish their discussions on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle, ultimately weighing in on whether they would recommend the book. They delve into topics of religion, spirituality, God, memoir versus self-help, personalities, and the nonprofit Together Rising.
Discussion Points:
- Can we separate religion, God and spirituality? How do these affect our lives?
- Would we recommend the book?
- Should Glennon have told us more memoir over the lessons?
- The children who were taken from their parents at the border
- Abby’s personality versus Glennon’s
- The six final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle
Wolf Pack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
Next Episode
Seeing Red -Episode 1
The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 3 book choice: “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Seeing Red”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of endometriosis, holistic medicine, period education, birth control pills, doctors, drugs and boobs, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Kirsten Karchmer. “Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s normal”
Discussion Points:
- Endometriosis awareness
- The importance of drinking more water
- How can our periods be used as a diagnosis tool?
- Talking about periods should be normal
- More education and research is needed about female health, periods and menopause
- Seed cycling - how does it work and can it help?
- Holistic and Chinese medicine - how the body is all connected
- Why do doctors prescribe the birth control pill when they don’t know what’s wrong?
- How hormones affect our mental health
- Family doctors and specialists need more information about female health
- Why are women often not included in drug trials?
- Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s normal
- How all our periods are different
- How can women’s cycles sync up?
- How breast reductions can help quality of life
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a pair of Knix Period Underwear!
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunther
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