So this past month I found myself listening to “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” during my work commute. It was one of those books I heard a lot about when it first came out. Some people mocked it. Some lauded it. Some people flippantly mentioned it on social media and had me all confused about whether I should be taking it seriously or not (I’m looking at you, Mindy Kaling).

One of my favorite lady-writers Ann Friedman did what she does best and pie-charted about it.

Another notable lady-writer whose opinion I value (Amanda Hess) wrote on Slate about how conflicting author Sheryl Sandberg’s message was. (“Lean Where?: Be pleasant. Be aggressive. Cry in the office. Don’t cry. Sheryl Sandberg’s advice in Lean In is totally confusing.”)

You see, I just had to know for myself. So I read it. I don’t plan on giving a full-blown book review here, but I do plan on sharing one thing that I thought was pretty interesting. Sheryl Sandberg’s mention of “power posing,” or using powerful, confident body language to make ourselves feel powerful and confident, had me really intrigued.