If Women Ran the World Sh*t Would Get Done

by: Shelly Rachanow

Published by: Conari Press

Reviewed by Connie Anderson

Subtitled: Celebrating all the wonderful, amazing, stupendous, inspiriting, butt-kicking things women do.

Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman."

And...we do it while also taking care of our family and friends, our jobs/businesses, our community and world, and if there is any time left--ourselves.

Each section has an inspirational story, then a story from the author's life followed by several pages where you can write in your own, for example, thoughts on "Butt-kicking Things I Have Done for My Family."

In this section, the author asks: "Have you ever had one of those days where you felt like nothing you did was enough?" She suggests that instead of the "not-enough police" at our door, we should expect the "gets sh*t done prize patrol" instead.

Each section also references web sites like www.jon-the-circle.org to learn how you can help friends quit smoking for good. Did you know that 22 million American WOMEN smoke--and most want to quit? Over 178,000 of these women died from tobacco-related deaths each year. Become part of the Circle of Friends.

What if there was a school for men called "How to treat a women right"? Why do women have to put up with catcalls and being called the B word? What if we lived in a world where crimes against women didn't exist?

On www.breastfriends.com you will learn about helping breast cancer survivors as a friend. What do we do? What do we say?

If women ran the world...there would be a Nobel Prize for Friendship.

The book asks you over the over these kinds of questions:

-- What butt-kicking things would you like to see in your lifetime
-- In your daughters
-- In your granddaughters
-- What ifs can you imagine
-- What would the world be like if you were in charge?

Armchair Interview says: Women always get sh*t done!