Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death
From the wickedly funny and feminist creator and host of the "Throwing Shade" podcast, a collection of hilarious personal essays and political commentary perfect for fans of Lindy West and Roxane Gay. Since women earned the right to vote a little under one hundred years ago, our progress hasn't...
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From the wickedly funny and feminist creator and host of the "Throwing Shade" podcast, a collection of hilarious personal essays and political commentary perfect for fans of Lindy West and Roxane Gay.
Since women earned the right to vote a little under one hundred years ago, our progress hasn't been the Olympic sprint toward gender equality first wave feminists hoped for, but more of a slow, elderly mall walk (with frequent stops to Cinnabon) over the four hundred million hurdles we still face. Some of these obstacles are obvious-unequal pay, under-representation in government, reproductive restrictions, lack of floor-length mirrors in hotel rooms. But a lot of them are harder to identify. They're the white noise of oppression that we've accepted as lady business as usual, and the patriarchy wants to keep it that way.
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ISBN:
9781455571864
Publish date: 2018-09-04
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I know Erin Gibson from her work as co-host of the terrific podcast Throwing Shade. She is also a screen writer and actress. Feminasty is her self-identified nickname on the podcast. This book is basically longer segments of Gibson's discussion on issues facing women and how she tries to incorporate...