Girls, interrupted : how pop culture is failing women
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Véhicule Press,
Montréal, Québec :
2023.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 6662 WHI | Adult New Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"The past decade has seen a rise in documentaries, memoirs and podcasts that revisit the legacies of women wronged by pop culture. With movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp challenging long-standing narratives around female celebrities, it's no surprise so many believe the representation of women in the media has improved. In her scathingly witty collection of essays, Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture is Failing Women, Lisa Whittington-Hill argues otherwise. Pop culture's treatment of women, writes Whittington-Hill, is still marked by misogyny and misunderstanding. From the gender bias in celebrity memoir coverage to problematic portrayals of middle-aged women and the sexist pressure on female pop stars to constantly reinvent themselves, Girls, Interrupted critically examines how mainstream media keeps failing women and explores what we can do to fix it. A work of searing relevance, this candid and often cathartic debut marks Whittington-Hill as a cultural critic of the first rank."--
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- ISBN: 9781550656329
- ISBN: 1550656325
- Physical Description: 212 pages ; 20 cmprint
- Publisher: Montréal, Québec : Véhicule Press, 2023.
- Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- The problem with middle-aged women -- Judge a book not by its gender -- Girls gone grift -- Who deserves forgiveness -- The women who built grunge -- OCD is not a joke -- Jennifer Anniston gives birth to a teenager! -- Live through this: Courtney Love at fifty-five -- Amy deserves better -- Money shots -- Unlikeable women -- Pop star reinvention -- Female Feuds.