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Kiss My Tiara: How To Rule the World as a Smartmouth Goddess was entertaining! I loved her honesty, focus on laughter and ALL of her grandma's quotes. It was also refreshing to hear her speak of other women..."offering inspiration, wit and tools for intelligent resistance". My favorite take away was "happiness is not a commodity". Happiness comes and goes. Right before finishing the final chapter I read an article about Women's Rights in Afghanistan and how their rights are not changing. The women and girls are still unable to go outside their home without permission from a male, unable to deny their husband, women are still sold, beaten or killed if caught leaving an abusive husband and gang raped in front of family members as peace offerings. My heart truly hurts for women that face these acts and for all women not free. So with these thoughts fresh in my mind I finished reading the last chapter. I was not laughing as I had throughout the other chapters instead I was grateful for having freedom and choices. Gilman ended the book perfectly with another quote from her grandma, "The world will be more heartbreaking than you know, and more beautiful than you'll ever imagine."