5 stars. Elkin's insights into the idea of the monstrous and the body in feminist art bring together a plethora of women artists across centuries and artistic styles. In her profiles and descriptions of artists and their work, she draws incredible connections between both shared and conflicting principles among women artists, and how they were expressed.

I deeply appreciated Elkin's observance of the shortcomings of the movements as well as their successes. In describing the artworks themselves, her words were accessible and quite vivid, and I felt as though this book would be engaging for folks with lesser prior knowledge of feminist art, too.