When I saw this book it reminded me of the bit from Hannah Gadsby’s new special, Douglas, where she makes up stories for old paintings. Sometimes it’s good to laugh at the ridiculous things that women are told, and to find a common exasperation with the women of history. My only complaint was that I wanted more.

A selected classical work of art with a mansplaining caption. Funny and interesting. This seems like a collection of great tweets, and could really appeal to people who don't spend a ton of time online, or who do and are collectors.

Not a fan at all. I thought this book would be interesting and humorous but honestly it was just frustrating to me because it seems like the author would be offended if a man so much as breathed in her direction.

Especially because a lot of the things that she presented men saying isn’t just said by men? Literally any passive aggressive or conservative person would. I’m sure the author has had women say these things to her but I guess it matters more when it’s a man? When it happens to me I get annoyed either way.

Needless to say, I hated it.

This is a tongue-in-cheek book using classic art to create memes that poke fun at aspects of toxic masculinity. It is a quick ready and a fun book, with something to make you laugh on every page. Some of the captions are cringe-worthy; others are hilarious and you will want send immediately to your friends to enjoy. Many of us have viewed works of art by the great masters with a smart-aleck remark at the ready - but this book stays a jump ahead! Cute, funny, and irreverent, this book will entertain and amuse you!

A fun coffee table book for a feminist art lover!

I enjoyed this quick romp through art history - the book pairs works of art with some truly terrible male behavior with entertaining results! It's not a "laugh out loud" kind of humor, but I did chuckle at many of the captions, especially in the Sexpert and the Patronizer chapters. The focus here is on the image and text juxtaposition rather than the history of the art itself, but the image details are provided at the end of the book for those interested in learning more.

Thank you to Chronicle Books for providing an ARC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Particularly if you love art and recognise some of these paintings, this book is incredibly funny. In fact, even if you don't like art, it's still entertaining. My personal favourite is the mansplaining section, even if it's just a little ~too real at times, you know? 10/10, would definitely buy for my friends.

Engraçado e sarcástico, são palavras que definem muito bem esse livro. A junção de pinturas clássicas com piadas de cunho feminista recheadas de sarcasmo é genial... O livro desperta várias risadas com seu humor ácido e, também, resignifica as telas de uma forma singular e oposta do que elas originalmente representariam... É uma leitura super rápida e que faz com que o leitor não queria parar até chegar a última página.

When I picked up this book, I wasn’t quite expecting it to be a collection of short quips mashed with art. Maybe that’s on me since I mostly downloaded this because the cover seemed cool and the title appealed to me.

The truth of the matter is that I don’t personally get the appeal of books that don’t have more of a narrative. This book clearly has cohesion. It’s structured in a way that makes perfect sense, but reading it is kind of like sitting down on your preferred form of social media for an hour and looking at the exact same meme with different captions. It just...loses its effect. In other words, some of these would be great to see sporadically on social media, but sitting down to read them all in a row just has a lukewarm effect.

That being said...the pairings of jokes and art were usually great! The jokes were definitely things I’ve heard before myself or from stories from friends, so it definitely felt real to me there.

At the end of the day, there was nothing overwhelmingly bad about this book. It could be fun for a quick and easy read, but I was just left wanting more from it.

Book was only a cover and title page - the rest of it was blank. Can't review.
Couldn't find a way to contact publisher to let them know.

This was exactly the sort of light-hearted read I was after. I was laughing from the foreword onwards. This book is an essential read after spending all day around men. It's basically a classic art meme book and let me tell you, it's fucking brilliant. The sexpert was one of my favourite chapters, I was cracking up at it because it's not the first time I've heard those lines being used. I agree with another reviewer the man spread section needs to be in there, another classic problem. Absolutely loved this! Thank you to NetGallery and Nicole Tersigni for letting me in on your pre=published read. I am telling all my friends about it now.

Hmmm, I don't get it. I mean, what's so funny? Let me take a second to explain how you can make this book a little more humorous, Nicole Tersigni. . .
*******I'm kidding! ******

This book is a lot of fun. It brings together fine art and painfully hilarious mansplaining situations, I was laughing and squirming at the same time. Men have been making of mess of things over the centuries as shown in perfectly chosen vignettes. The chapters include sections such as "The Mansplainer" and "The Sexpert." Only "The Manspreader" is missing from this volume-- perhaps a sequel? I'm grateful to @NetGalley for giving me a chance to discover this wonderful little book and to chuckle.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I think that it made a lot of great points that the book was showing. The paintings that the author chose for each quote was so good. They all seemed to express exactly what the caption said. I need this to hand out to all the men who have something to say about things that in no way relate to them.

I laughed a lot. The game between what you see and the phrases is interesting and I liked the millennial humor (although the phrases are horrible but so ridiculous that it makes you laugh). The paintings are beautiful and I loved each one of them... i just love art.

It's one of those books that you have on the living room, ready to be read by anyone and surely creates interesting conversations!

"Don't swear, it's not ladylike."
"You'd look prettier if you smiled."

And you'd look smarter if you shut up, Daniel.

Gather your girlfriends for some wine, cheese & laughs courtesy of this book by Nicole Tersigni

I loved the tongue in cheek tone of this book. It's definitely one you laugh out loud about while reading!

This was a book that piked my interest due to the title and I was curious as to what type of men that the book would suggest to avoid, especially in art. Instead I found myself holding a book that is selling itself as a feminist work but instead seems more like a book resulting from insults that a woman may receive and slapped onto classical art in the hopes of illustrating the slights.

To any who are wanting to read this book I would suggest reading the Foreword as it is the dire warning that you need for whether you may or may not enjoy the book. Instead of having a meditative or soft exploration on how this book came to be it seemed that Jen Kirkman was making a case to protect the author by trying to deflect against all the arguments that may arrive due to the contents of the book. And her own use of comedy was not even hilarious as well.

The book is split into different sections exploring the categories of men to avoid: Mansplainers, Concern Trolls, Sexperts, Patronizers and Comedians although not really in that order. Within each is a selection of artwork with really nothing in particular making it stand out to the writing that was added to it. And as to those tongue-in-cheek jokes, they just seemed like insults one may have heard and chose to throw together as a record for the future.

I do have to say that I did enjoy the artwork, though, as there were a few painters and pieces that I hadn't seen before. But I was more curious as to the actual events occurring within them than what the suggested joke was so I was having to attempt to flip back and forth as such just to be able to piece together what I was looking at so I do agree with others who made the suggestion of adding the name of the piece and the artist at the bottom just in case someone does want to look more into a particular piece.

In the end I can't say that I would really recommend this book besides to those who may agree with these tropes but the only ones so far I can think of in my own circle may find some of the comments vulgar so again no one.

**Please note I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review**

I love art history and found the idea fascinating. The captions for the pictures made me laugh out loud. Thank you for brightening my day with this book.

This was an amusing and light-hearted read featuring short feminist commentary accompanied by classic art pieces. I particularly liked how it covered concepts such as ‘The Mansplainer’, ‘The Concern Troll’, ‘The Comedian’ and so on. The captions were brutal and witty. Although, it was a sad comfort realising how relatable some of these experiences were with others. However, I appreciate how well matched the women’s facial expression were to the captions.

If you’re looking for a quick and fun read, a fan of art and memes, this may be for you!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Short and very bitter-sweet; this will make you laugh through grinding teeth - whew, I think every woman has heard these ridiculous and avoiding attacking the man and the accompanying jail time by the skin of her teeth.
It's true that the saving grace is the artwork otherwise you'd just pull your hair out. It's a quick one, kind of like a meme dump on imgur or similar, but worth it for the laughs. A recommend!

It was a pleasant reading even if I still prefer Classical Memes on Facebook, that I find funnier. But obviously the Twitter account whom this book derives is probably more politically engaged, though, so comparing the two could be inadequate. Without a doubt women will smile and/or sigh several times while reading this, when recognizing situations they have been through. It's always a pleasure for me to watch pieces of art ; overall I liked it. :)
This could make a funny present to your feminist friends, too! :)

Thanks to Chronicle Books and NetGalley for this ARC :)