Download or read book Bitch written by Elizabeth Wurtzel and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the bestselling Prozac Nation comes one of the most entertaining feminist manifestos ever written. In five brilliant extended essays, she links the lives of women as demanding and disparate as Amy Fisher, Hillary Clinton, Margaux Hemingway, and Nicole Brown Simpson. Wurtzel gives voice to those women whose lives have been misunderstood, who have been dismissed for their beauty, their madness, their youth. Bitch is a brilliant tract on the history of manipulative female behavior. By looking at women who derive their power from their sexuality, Wurtzel offers a trenchant cultural critique of contemporary gender relations. Beginning with Delilah, the first woman to supposedly bring a great man down (latter-day Delilahs include Yoko Ono, Pam Smart, Bess Myerson), Wurtzel finds many biblical counterparts to the men and women in today's headlines. She finds in the story of Amy Fisher the tragic plight of all Lolitas, our thirst for their brief and intense flame. She connects Hemingway's tragic suicide to those of Sylvia Plath, Edie Sedgwick, and Marilyn Monroe, women whose beauty was an end, ultimately, in itself. Wurtzel, writing about the wife/mistress dichotomy, explains how some women are anointed as wife material, while others are relegated to the role of mistress. She takes to task the double standard imposed on women, the cultural insistence on goodness and society's complete obsession with badness: what's a girl to do? Let's face it, if women were any real threat to male power, "Gennifer Flowers would be sitting behind the desk of the Oval Office," writes Wurtzel, "and Bill Clinton would be a lounge singer in the Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock." Bitch tells a tale both celebratory and cautionary as Wurtzel catalogs some of the most infamous women in history, defending their outsize desires, describing their exquisite loneliness, championing their take-no-prisoners approach to life and to love. Whether writing about Courtney Love, Sally Hemings, Bathsheba, Kimba Wood, Sharon Stone, Princess Di--or waxing eloquent on the hideous success of The Rules, the evil that is The Bridges of Madison County, the twisted logic of You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again--Wurtzel is back with a bitchography that cuts to the core. In prose both blistering and brilliant, Bitch is a treatise on the nature of desperate sexual manipulation and a triumph of pussy power.
Download or read book Rude Bitches Make Me Tired written by Celia Rivenbark and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this always sensible and mildly profane etiquette manual for the modern age Celia Rivenbark addresses real-life quandaries ranging from how to deal with braggy playground moms to wondering if you can have sex in your aunt's bed on vacation to correctly grieving the dearly departed (hint: it doesn't include tattoos or truck decals). Rude Bitches Make Me Tired will provide answers to all your mannerly questions as Celia discusses the social conundrums of our day and age, including: Navigating the agonies of check splitting ("Who had the gorgonzola crumbles and should we really care?")The baffling aspects of airline travel (such as "Recline Monster" and other animals)The art of the visit (always leave them wanting more . . . much more)Gym and locker etiquette (hint: no one wants to talk to you while you're buck naked)Office manners ("Loud talkers, cake hawkers, and Britney Sue's unfortunate cyst")And much more! Good manners have never been so wickedly funny!
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How A Dog Girl Turned Rocker written by Dee Dee Rivera and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the years 2005 to 2007, Ms. Rivera kept an online blog at MSN. Most pronounced are her innermost thoughts about the men of the rock group INXS. Also included are her experiences with breeding chihuahuas, showing, evil show breeders, other INXS fans, and Rockstar: INXS. The story begins in April of 2005, when the diary began, and a short-lived battle she had with a contemptible teenager named Serena Weiner, who first came to Ms. Rivera in 2003, hoping to learn how to breed chihuahuas the right way, but yet could not handle the truth. Read about Dee's trip to LA to meet her favorite band, INXS with a woman named Danna Ballswinger. Read about her struggles to keep her kennel together. Read about how she conquered her nemesis, Catsredrum, and also how she got out of breeding after the loss of her favorite dog, Groucho. Also included within the entries are follow-up paragraphs that describe in further detail what she was thinking when she wrote each blog entry.
Download or read book I Love to Hate Fashion written by Loc Prigent and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious chronicle of life behind the runway, beautifully depicted by fashion's top illustrators, with comments by Paris's most snarky critique, Lo c Prigent. For years, French journalist and documentarian Lo c Prigent has been tweeting the funny interactions, cruel criticisms, and absurd exclamations overheard during Fashion Week. Now available for the first time in English, Prigent's snarky statements on fashion mixed with absurdist poetry have been celebrated by thousands of fans. For the first time, discover the backstage world of the models, designers, and rich clients hilariously overheard and written about as 100 funny quotes accompanied with illustrations by 10 of the world's top fashion illustrators--including Eric Giriat, Gi Miyao, Cassandre Montoriol, Margot Mace, Carmen Garc a Huerta, Sandra Suy, and Mia Marie Overgaard--who have drawn for iconic fashion houses and brands including Chanel, LVMH, Guerlain, Le Bon March , and Missoni. A true sneak-peek into the world of fashion we love to hate
Download or read book More Now Again written by Elizabeth Wurtzel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-01-07 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the brutally honest account of Wurtzel's descent into drug addiction and how she managed to break free from Ritalin to love life and herself.
Download or read book A History of the National Library of Medicine written by Wyndham D. Miles and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret of Life written by Elizabeth Wurtzel and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though she might not always follow her own advice, Elizabeth Wurtzel knows certain things to be true: Doing copious amounts of drugs leads nowhere you want to be; trying to be friends with your ex is always a bad idea; if you can’t afford to hire a mover, you can’t afford to move; and always doing the best you can is always good enough. Here are Wurtzel’s succinct and clever rules for living your best life. Fulfillment is within everyone’s reach. Grasping it takes enjoying your mistakes, being strong, and having opinions. Today’s woman should: • Be Gorgeous. Make the absolute most of what you’ve got. Believe that you are gorgeous, and you will be. It’s the only trick that really works. • Embrace Fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on the approval of others. • Use All Available Resources. Let the M.D.s and the Ph.D.s help you solve your problems so that you don’t become everyone else’s problem. • Never Clear the Table at a Dinner Party Unless the Men Get Up to Help First. Cleanup should not be gendered. Change the world, one dinner table at a time. Hold a sit-in. One of the fiercest, funniest, and best-known essayists of her generation, Elizabeth Wurtzel infuses this modest gem of a rule book with a sharp wit and a real candor.
Download or read book In Praise of Difficult Women written by Karen Karbo and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Download or read book Radical Sanity written by Elizabeth Wurtzel and published by AtRandom. This book was released on 2001-01-23 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Wurtzel is back, and this time she's armed with advice for the modern woman. She's found the secret of life, and it's within everyone's reach. It's about enjoying your mistakes. It's about being strong. It's about eating dessert. It's about having opinions. It's about adoring feminism. It's about embracing fanaticism. It's also about saying your prayers, not overpacking, and making your boyfriend do the dishes.. Some of her words of wisdom: - Think Productively: It's not that you have to see it to believe it; on the contrary, you have to believe it to see it. - Be Gorgeous: I myself believe that I am about ten times prettier than I actually am. By dint of sheer will power, I have managed to convince many people of this. - Enjoy Your Single Years: Do not think that the whole point of being single is being married; men don't think this way, and neither should you. In Radical Sanity, these lessons, and many more, are delivered with the sharp wit and candor we've come to expect -- and love -- from Elizabeth Wurtzel.
Download or read book Alternative Femininities written by Samantha Holland and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a world where the oppressive, over-feminized images of women from advertising, television, films, and magazines have re-armed themselves with army boots, body modifications, and flamboyant hair. Is this just another fairy tale, and if so, why cant it be a reality? In Alternative Femininities, Samantha Holland unpacks the myth of model womanhood and considers how a particular group of real women define and practise femininity. These women, who see themselves as 'alternative', modify and subvert popular images of femininity. The choices they make in clothing, appearance and body modifications enable them to construct a personal look that is intimately tied to self-identity. Getting the balance right between over-femininity and not being feminine enough is a frequently voiced concern. Holland also addresses head-on the much-neglected issue of how ageing impacts on notions of femininity. What do these women think about fashion, gender and appearance as they grow older and less visible in our media-dominated society? Do they choose to tone down or stay out there, and what motivates their choice? A revealing look at contemporary femininity, Alternative Femininities gives voice to a previously silent group of women who struggle to resist sexist gender stereotypes, yet age with style, individuality and creativity. By looking at how real women negotiate self-image in an increasingly appearance-conscious society, Holland has provided a much-needed corrective to theoretical accounts of gender and femininity lacking in real data.
Download or read book Not My Mother s Sister written by Astrid Henry and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebellious generations and the emergence of new feminisms.
Download or read book City of Saints written by George Weigel and published by Image. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was a man whose life was the expression of a richly textured and multidimensional soul. The many layers of that soul took on their first, mature form in Kraków.” – George Weigel In this beautifully illustrated spiritual travelogue, New York Times bestselling author George Weigel leads readers through the historic streets of Kraków, Poland, introducing one of the world’s great cities through the life of one of the most influential Catholic leaders of all time. “To follow Karol Wojtyła through Kraków is to follow an itinerary of sanctity while learning the story of a city.” Weigel writes. “Thus, in what follows, the story of Karol Wojtyła, St. John Paul II, and the story of Kraków are interwoven in a chronological pilgrimage through the life of a saint that reveals, at the same time, the dramatic history and majestic culture of a city where a boy grew into a man, priest, a bishop—and an apostle to the world.” With stunning photographs by Stephen Weigel and notes on the city’s remarkable fabric by Carrie Gress, City of Saints offers an in-depth look at a man and a city that made an indelible impression on the life and thought of the Catholic Church and the 21st century world.
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Art and Architecture Division written by New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bitchographies written by Vivienne Vuitton and published by DartFrog Plus. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a step into the world of Vivienne Vuitton. She, along with her friends and acquaintances-all newly single-have a lot to say these days. Tired of following life's ever so complicated script of relationships dos and don'ts, corporate etiquette, and everything in between, Vivienne bares it all in relatable and hilariously unfiltered vignettes. Nothing is off-limits, from dating disasters, divorces, botched Botox, calculating colleagues, terrible bosses, fake friends, and so much more! Please make no mistake-this book isn't intended to change the world or win a Pulitzer. Hell, it isn't even politically correct! So, buckle up for a sassy journey into petty indifferences and quirky insights. The Bitchographies is a reminder that it's alright to vent and even bitch on occasion, use your outside voice, be the most fabulous YOU that you can be, and unapologetically live your label.
Download or read book Manhattan Nocturne written by Colin Harrison and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture, Manhattan Night, starring Adrien Brody, Campbell Scott, Yvonne Strahovski, and Linda Lavin Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her husband, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life. Manhattan Nocturne is a brilliantly drawn tableau of the gritty, gaudy city, and a thrilling literary noir.
Download or read book Intertwined Lives written by Lois W. Banner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in 1922, when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual partners (though both married), and pioneered in the then male-dominated discipline of anthropology. They championed racial and sexual equality and cultural relativity despite the generally racist, xenophobic, and homophobic tenor of their era. Mead’s best-selling Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935), and Benedict’s Patterns of Culture (1934), Race (1940), and The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (1946), were landmark studies that ensured the lasting prominence and influence of their authors in the field of anthropology and beyond. With unprecedented access to the complete archives of the two women—including hundreds of letters opened to scholars in 2001—Lois Banner examines the impact of their difficult childhoods and the relationship between them in the context of their circle of family, friends, husbands, lovers, and colleagues, as well as the calamitous events of their time. She shows how Benedict inadvertently exposed Mead to charges of professional incompetence, discloses the serious errors New Zealand anthropologist Derek Freeman made in his famed attack on Mead’s research on Samoa, and reveals what happened in New Guinea when Mead and colleagues engaged in a ritual aimed at overturning all gender and sexual boundaries. In this illuminating and innovative work, Banner has given us the most detailed, balanced, and informative portrait of Mead and Benedict—individually and together—that we have had.
