Pretty bitches on being called crazy, angry, bossy, frumpy, feisty, and all the other words that are used to undermine women
"Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words ar...
| Other Authors: | Skurnick, Lizzie (Editor) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Seal Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Too /
- Adaora Udoji
- Professional /
- Afua Hirsch
- Effortless /
- Amy S. Choi
- Princess /
- Carina Chocano
- Ugly /
- Dagmara Domińczyk
- Shrill /
- Dahalia Lithwick
- Lucky /
- Glynnic Macnicol
- Mom /
- Irina Reyn
- Mature /
- Jillian Medoff
- Ambitious /
- Julianna Baggott
- Victim /
- Kate Harding
- Disciplined /
- Laura Lippman
- Yellow-bone /
- Lihle Z. Mtshali
- Zaftig /
- Lizzie Skurnick
- Crazy /
- Mary Pols
- Small /
- Beth Bich Minh Nguyen
- Funny /
- Meg Wolitzer
- Sweet /
- Monique Truong
- Nurturing /
- Raquel D'Apice
- Pretty /
- Stephanie Burt
- Intimidating /
- Tanzila Ahmed
- Good /
- Tova Miris
- Tomboy /
- Winter Miller
- Aloof /
- Elizabeth Spiers
- Exotic /
- Emily Sanders Hopkins
- Fat /
- Jennifer Weiner
- Feisty /
- Katha Pollitt
- Appendix: words you shouldn't call women "A definitive glossary".