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Shrill

By Lindy West

Shrill Social Sciences

Shrill

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Women are told, from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small in our presence, and small in our impact on the world. We're supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet, and hungry. I want to obliterate that expectation ... Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn't always loud. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice - and how she found it! That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living standing up for what's right instead of what's cool. In Shrill, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people's jokes, to telling her own brand of jokes - ones that carry with them with a serious message and aren't at someone else's expense. She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she's had to overcome to make herself heard, in a society that doesn't think women (especially fat ones and feminists) are or can be funny. She tackles some of the biggest issues of popular culture today, taking a frank and provocative look at racism, oppression, fat-shaming, twitter-trolling and even rape culture, unpicking the bullshit and calling out unpalatable truths with conviction, intelligence and a large dose of black humour.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2016-03-17
Publication Date:
2016-05-19
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing Plc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1784295531
ISBN13:
9781784295530
Weight:
358 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
25 cm

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