90s Bitch : Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
90s Bitch : Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
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Author(s): Yarrow, Allison
ISBN No.: 9780062412348
Pages: 416
Year: 201806
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 24.83
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

"In her trenchant book Allison Yarrow looks back on that decade with a heightened awareness of sexism and connected forms of discrimination. 90s Bitch establishes that many of the gender troubles of the last few years follow in a long tradition." -- New Republic "Yarrow's biting autopsy of the decade scrutinizes the way society reduced -- or "bitchified" -- women at work, women at home, women in court, even women on ice skates . Direct quotes from politicians, journalists and comedians about the women provide the most jarring, oh-my-god-that-really-happened portions of Yarrow's decade excavation." -- Pittsburg Post-Gazette "90s Bitch is a book we need right now. Allsion Yarrow takes the full measure of misogyny in America--then and now--and she KO's it like the champion she is. This is a trilling read, smart and lyrical and--above all--necessary. The book would be on my recommended reading-list at any time, but during the Trump era it should be mandatory.


" -- Darin Strauss, NBCC-winning author of Half A Life "Brava for this ambitious, confident, and brilliantly original explication de Bitch." -- Wednesday Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue "The 1990s was a decade that produced a long line of vilified women - from Anita Hill to Monica Lewinsky - and, Yarrow contends, we need to understand that moment in feminist history to appreciate our own." -- New York Times Book Review "Amidst the revelations of #MeToo, it's sometimes easy to forget that we're in the midst of a feminist backlash. The best way to prevent that backlash from expanding and overtaking the movement is to study and learn from the (very recent) past. Which is precisely why '90s Bitch is essential reading for every feminist--a wakeup call for those who don't remember how rapidly society at large embraced the postfeminist moment, and a punch in the stomach to those who remember it." -- Anne Helen Petersen, author of Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud "Smartly written, much of this cultural critique of women in media/politics/television/music and more still rings true today." -- Book Riot "An important read about gender politics." -- HelloGiggle "BREAKING: Women are regularly vilified by the media simply for existing! Sadly, this isn't anything new.


In '90s Bitch, Allison Yarrow takes you back to the era of Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky and Tonya Harding and examines how the media fueled America's sexism." -- Bustle "90s Bitch reminds us that we're not experiencing anything new. There's already a blueprint for our moment." -- Bitch Media "Yarrow is a skillful scene setter." -- The Los Angeles Review of Books "Yarrow is on to something." -- NBC News.


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