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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
- ISBN
- 9781580059190
- Publisher
- Seal Pr.
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Starred Review on February 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
Each essay in this new collection edited by New York Times Magazine columnist Skurnick and introduced by Rebecca Traister (Good and Mad) skewers a particular word historically used to denigrate women: princess, ambitious, disciplined, lucky, aloof, intimidating, nurturing, crazy. The essays take various forms; some trace back to the origins of words such as cunt and harpy, mourning ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
