Pretty bitches : on being called crazy, angry, bossy, frumpy, feisty, and all the other words that are used to undermine women / edited by Lizzie Skurnick ; with an introduction by Rebecca Traister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skurnick, Lizzie, editor.

Traister, Rebecca, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women.

Hate speech.

Self-esteem.

Feminist theory.

Right-wing extremists.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Seal Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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 are made into weapons, warnings, praise, and blame, bearing an outsized influence on women's lives--to say nothing of our moods.No one knows this better than Lizzie Skurnick, writer of the New York Times' column "That Should be A Word" and a veritable queen of cultural coinage. And in Pretty Bitches, Skurnick has rounded up a group of powerhouse women writers to take on the hidden meanings of these words, and how they can limit our worlds -- or liberate them. From Laura Lipmann and Meg Wolizer to Jennifer Weiner and Rebecca Traister, each writer uses her word as a vehicle for memoir, cultural commentary, critique, or all three. Spanning the street, the bedroom, the voting booth, and the workplace, these simple words have huge stories behind them -- stories it's time to examine, re-imagine, and change"-- Provided by publisher.

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".

ISBN:

9781580059190

1580059198

OCLC:

1108521711