The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781429995252 (1429995254)
Publish date: December 21st 2010
Publisher: Times Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Well, I know now why I couldn't get into Alias. Douglas, in an extremely funny and 'I'm gulity of it too' voice dicusses how modern televison is sexist, just in more subtle (in some cases) ways then in the first place. She also examines why some shows worked and some shows didn't. Wonder why the ...
This book is similar but covers more ground then the "viriginty culture" of the Purity Myth. Definitely recommend it as well.
Threw it against the wall in chapter one when she started ranting about evil "lardasses" and "mommies".