Unladylike : a field guide to smashing the patriarchy and claiming your space
Publication Information
California : Ten Speed Press, [2018]
Physical Description
281 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
'Get ready to get unladylike with this field guide to the what's, why's, and how's of intersectional feminism and practical hell-raising. Through essential, inclusive, and illustrated explorations of what patriarchy looks like in the real world, authors and podcast hosts Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin blend wild histories, astounding stats, social justice principles, and self-help advice to connect where the personal meets political in our bodies, brains, booty calls, bank accounts, and other confounding facets of modern woman-ing and nonbinary-ing. By laying out the uneven terrain of double-standards, head games, and handouts patriarchy has manspread across society for ages, Unladylike is here to unpack our gender baggage and map out the space that's ours to claim." --
Contents
- Introduction: patriarchy says behave
- Gender trouble: witches, bitches, and wives
- Uterine furies: PMS, IUDs, and WTFs
- Head games: crazy, shrill, and sad
- Body baggage: too fat, too hairy, too you
- Beauty bargains: concealers, contours, and statement lips
- Creep factors: virgins, chivalry, and sex objects
- Sexual frustrations: hang-ups, hookups, and heartaches-- Money pits: glass floors, pink taxes, and golden skirts
- Talking points: communicating, debating, and relating
- Marching orders: resist, persist, and raise hell.