No Worries If Not: A Funny(ish) Story of Growing Up Working Class and Queer

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It covers class, womanhood, grief and queerness in a way that’s so real and accessible, to the point where it literally feels like you’re on FaceTime to the author or something, the amount of times I snorted out loud. When directness is scandalized to this extent—when “no worries if not” means, literally, “worries if not”—communication becomes opaque and lawless, like a foreign language composed entirely of irregular verbs. There are a couple of chapters ie the bikini waxing episode, which simply have no real reason to be there but I think they are there to raise a laugh. However, when Galustian begins to talk about grief, No Worries If Not is incredibly moving and real. Think of how many t-shirts you’ve seen aimed at girls with ‘be kind’ and ‘happy thoughts’ messages emblazoned on the front.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.The musings on millennial adolescence were nothing Dolly Alderton hasn't written about better; likewise Caitlin Moran and weathering society's beauty standards for women.

Mikaela tells me that breaking down self-limiting beliefs isn’t straightforward, but there is hope: "Question your thoughts with evidence, while changing the narrative around them.

Instead of focusing on pleasing others, focus on being true to your authentic self and living a life that you will be proud of.

The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Ultimately this is an easy to read book that works really well for anyone wanting to read something that captures a serious topic (misogyny) in simple language that makes the book impossible to put down. What they seem to have overlooked is that Boomers fought for the equal rights subsequent generations now take for granted. But if you do suffer from an unrelenting urge to punch ​ “no worries if not” into your keyboard, it’s also important to not let it become yet another thing you beat yourself up about.And just because you’re the kind of person who’s inclined to make things easier for others (hence your attachment to those four pesky words), don’t expect everyone else to do the same for you. Most women feel the pressure to make ourselves smaller, to apologise for asking for what we’re owed. There's a love interest, in the form of 'fit-manspeader', who's unfortunately the first to encounter her since she took up her 'no apologies' challenge and there are social media opportunities along with the potential for promotion at work, which all arise from her new approach to life.