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Pretty Bitches : on Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women by Lizzie Skurnick; Adaora Udoji; Afua Hirsch; Amy S. Choi; Bich Minh Nguyen; Carina Chocano; Dagmara Dominczyk; Dahlia Lithwick; Elizabeth Spiers; Emily Hopkins; Glynnis MacNicol; Irina Reyn; Jennifer Weiner; Jillian Medoff; Julianna Baggott; Katha Pollitt; Kate Harding; Laura Lippman; Lihle Z. Mtshali; Mary Pols; Meg Wolitzer; Monique Truong; Racquel DApice; Stephanie Burt; Tanzila Ahmed; Tova Mirvis; Winter Miller is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Pretty Bitches : on Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women about?
<b>These empowering essays from leading women writers examine the power of the gendered language that is used to diminish women -- and imagine a more liberated world.</b><br><br>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 outsize
Who reads Pretty Bitches : on Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lizzie Skurnick; Adaora Udoji; Afua Hirsch; Amy S. Choi; Bich Minh Nguyen; Carina Chocano; Dagmara Dominczyk; Dahlia Lithwick; Elizabeth Spiers; Emily Hopkins; Glynnis MacNicol; Irina Reyn; Jennifer Weiner; Jillian Medoff; Julianna Baggott; Katha Pollitt; Kate Harding; Laura Lippman; Lihle Z. Mtshali; Mary Pols; Meg Wolitzer; Monique Truong; Racquel DApice; Stephanie Burt; Tanzila Ahmed; Tova Mirvis; Winter Miller
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781580059190
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Gender Studies, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (81 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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