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The Resource 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

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

Label
Pretty bitches : on being called crazy, angry, bossy, frumpy, feisty, and all the other words that are used to undermine women
Title
Pretty bitches
Title remainder
on being called crazy, angry, bossy, frumpy, feisty, and all the other words that are used to undermine women
Statement of responsibility
edited by Lizzie Skurnick ; with an introduction by Rebecca Traister
Contributor
Author of introduction
Editor
Subject
Language
eng
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"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
303.48/4
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HN49.R33
LC item number
P73 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Skurnick, Lizzie
  • Traister, Rebecca
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Right-wing extremists
  • Hate speech
  • Self-esteem
  • Feminist theory
Label
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
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Ugly
  • Dagmara Domińcyzk
  • Shrill
  • Dahlia Lithwick
  • Lucky
  • Glynnis Macnicol
  • Mom
  • Irina Reyn
  • Mature
  • Jillian Medoff
  • Too
  • Victim
  • Kate Harding
  • Disciplined
  • Laura Lippman
  • Yellow-bone
  • Lihle Z. Mtshali
  • Zaftig
  • Lizzie Skurnick
  • Crazy
  • Mary Pols
  • Adaora Udoji
  • Small
  • Beth Bich Minh Nguyen
  • Funny
  • Meg Wolitzer
  • Sweet
  • Monique Truong
  • Nurturing
  • Raquel D'Apice
  • Pretty
  • Stephanie Burt
  • Professional
  • Intimidating
  • Tanzila Ahmed
  • Good
  • Tova Mirvis
  • Tomboy
  • Winter Miller
  • Aloof
  • Elizabeth Spiers
  • Exotic
  • Emily Sanders Hopkins
  • Afua Hirsch
  • Fat
  • Jennifer Weiner
  • Fiesty
  • Katha Pollitt -- Words you shouldn't call women "a definitive glossary"
  • Effortless
  • Amy S. Choi
  • Princess
  • Carina Chocano
Control code
2019038650
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 284 pages
Isbn
9781580059190
Lccn
2019038650
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
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
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Ugly
  • Dagmara Domińcyzk
  • Shrill
  • Dahlia Lithwick
  • Lucky
  • Glynnis Macnicol
  • Mom
  • Irina Reyn
  • Mature
  • Jillian Medoff
  • Too
  • Victim
  • Kate Harding
  • Disciplined
  • Laura Lippman
  • Yellow-bone
  • Lihle Z. Mtshali
  • Zaftig
  • Lizzie Skurnick
  • Crazy
  • Mary Pols
  • Adaora Udoji
  • Small
  • Beth Bich Minh Nguyen
  • Funny
  • Meg Wolitzer
  • Sweet
  • Monique Truong
  • Nurturing
  • Raquel D'Apice
  • Pretty
  • Stephanie Burt
  • Professional
  • Intimidating
  • Tanzila Ahmed
  • Good
  • Tova Mirvis
  • Tomboy
  • Winter Miller
  • Aloof
  • Elizabeth Spiers
  • Exotic
  • Emily Sanders Hopkins
  • Afua Hirsch
  • Fat
  • Jennifer Weiner
  • Fiesty
  • Katha Pollitt -- Words you shouldn't call women "a definitive glossary"
  • Effortless
  • Amy S. Choi
  • Princess
  • Carina Chocano
Control code
2019038650
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 284 pages
Isbn
9781580059190
Lccn
2019038650
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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