{"product_id":"pretty-bitches-lizzie-skurnick-9781580059190","title":"Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese empowering essays from leading women writers examine the power of the gendered language that is used to diminish women -- and imagine a more liberated world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWords matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. \"Effortless,\" \"Sassy,\" \"Ambitious,\" \"Aggressive\" What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words are made into weapons, warnings, praise, and blame, bearing an outsized influence on women's lives -- to say nothing of our moods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one knows this better than Lizzie Skurnick, writer of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times' \u003c\/i\u003ecolumn\u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003eThat Should be A Word\"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand a veritable queen of cultural coinage. And in \u003ci\u003ePretty Bitches\u003c\/i\u003e, Skurnick has rounded up a group of powerhouse women writers to take on the hidden meanings of these words, and how they can limit our worlds -- or liberate them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Laura Lipmann and Meg Wolizer to Jennifer Weiner and Rebecca Traister, each writer uses her word as a vehicle for memoir, cultural commentary, critique, or all three. Spanning the street, the bedroom, the voting booth, and the workplace, these simple words have huge stories behind them -- stories it's time to examine, re-imagine, and change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lizzie Skurnick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580059198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580059190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 106","brand":"Lizzie Skurnick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047510208767,"sku":"9781580059190","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd40d5e7-bdcf-4b75-8a2c-a5d45c6c3d8b.jpg?v=1684990625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pretty-bitches-lizzie-skurnick-9781580059190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}