Girls, interrupted : how pop culture is failing women / Lisa Whittington-Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittington-Hill, Lisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in popular culture.

Women.

Media studies.

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Montréal, Québec : Véhicule Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The past decade has seen a rise in documentaries, memoirs and podcasts that revisit the legacies of women wronged by pop culture. With movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp challenging long-standing narratives around female celebrities, it's no surprise so many believe the representation of women in the media has improved. In her scathingly witty collection of essays, Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture is Failing Women, Lisa Whittington-Hill argues otherwise. Pop culture's treatment of women, writes Whittington-Hill, is still marked by misogyny and misunderstanding. From the gender bias in celebrity memoir coverage to problematic portrayals of middle-aged women and the sexist pressure on female pop stars to constantly reinvent themselves, Girls, Interrupted critically examines how mainstream media keeps failing women and explores what we can do to fix it. A work of searing relevance, this candid and often cathartic debut marks Whittington-Hill as a cultural critic of the first rank."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The problem with middle-aged women

Judge a book not by its gender

Girls gone grift

Who deserves forgiveness

The women who built grunge

OCD is not a joke

Jennifer Anniston gives birth to a teenager!

Live through this: Courtney Love at fifty-five

Amy deserves better

Money shots

Unlikeable women

Pop star reinvention

Female Feuds.

Other Format:

Online version: Whittington-Hill, Lisa. Girls, interrupted.

ISBN:

9781550656329

1550656325

OCLC:

1385447726

Publisher Number:

90100959462