Bitch In Praise of Difficult Women (Paperback)
| Author: Elizabeth Wurtzel |
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Publish Date: 6/1/1999
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In the November 1996 issue of "Allure", editor-in-chief Linda Wells writes a column about how she wants to be dark and bad. This is a woman so blonde and light-eyed and white as the driven snow that for her to imagine herself as lush, in torrents, a smoky volcano of gushing feminine lava, is preposterous. As it is, Ms. Wells runs a makeup magazine and doesn't wear much makeup. But still, when a man in the gym flirts with her by saying, "Hey, Ivory Girl, can I walk you back to work?" she is deeply offended. "In my mind, I'm the last person who'd...wash my face with a soap billed as 99 44/100% pure," Wells writes. (from the first line)
| Examines the lives of Amy Fisher, Nicole Brown Simpson, Hillary Clinton, Delila, and Margaux Hemingway in an exploration of the history of famous and infamous manipulative women, describing the motivations for and consequences of their behavior *Author: Wurtzel, Elizabeth *Subtitle: In Praise of Difficult Women *Publication Date: 1999/06/01 *Number of Pages: 434 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 1.25 *Width: 5.25 *Height: 8.00 |
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The author of the bestselling "Prozac Nation" presents a fascinating tract on the history of female behavior and how it has been interpreted and misinterpreted.In an entertaining feminist manifesto, the author of |
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Drawing on a seemingly endless number of examples from throughout history, Elizabeth Wurtzel strives to connect the struggles of contemporary forthright women with their counterparts from the past. Wurtzel combines humor and sarcasm with solid research as she examines such women as Delilah, Nicole Simpson, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Drawing on a seemingly endless number of examples from throughout history, Elizabeth Wurtzel strives to connect the struggles of contemporary forthright women with their counterparts from the past. Wurtzel combines humor and sarcasm with solid research as she examines such women as Delilah, Nicole Simpson, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Author Bio
Elizabeth Wurtzel
A graduate of Harvard College, Wurtzel received the 1986 "Rolling Stone" College Journalism Award for essay writing. She was the popular music critic for "The New Yorker" and "New York" magazine. Her articles have appeared in "Mademoiselle", "Mirabella", "Seventeen", and "The Oxford American".
Praise
Entertainment Weekly
"It's...an extraordinarily thought-provoking, absorbing, wise, often poignant read." Kirkus Reviews
"Wurtzel's talent for provocative prose and sexy subjects perfectly lends itself to a creed on female power that is refreshing and irritating by turns." 04/01/1998 Literary Review
"Elizabeth Wurtzel uses her strong, original, provocative intelligence to argue her case--that appetite, the self and fame are everything. But she can't seem to come up with one case-study that actually proves her point." - Gill Hornby May 1998 San Francisco Chronicle
"Her aggressively chatty book reads like a dorm-room bull session...." 05/17/1998
"It's...an extraordinarily thought-provoking, absorbing, wise, often poignant read." Kirkus Reviews
"Wurtzel's talent for provocative prose and sexy subjects perfectly lends itself to a creed on female power that is refreshing and irritating by turns." 04/01/1998 Literary Review
"Elizabeth Wurtzel uses her strong, original, provocative intelligence to argue her case--that appetite, the self and fame are everything. But she can't seem to come up with one case-study that actually proves her point." - Gill Hornby May 1998 San Francisco Chronicle
"Her aggressively chatty book reads like a dorm-room bull session...." 05/17/1998
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