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Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud : The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman - Anne Helen Petersen

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud

The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman

By: Anne Helen Petersen

Paperback | 21 September 2017

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'In a time when women are under constant attack, I am so grateful for Anne Helen Petersen's sharp and topical book. Petersen nails the magnetism of women who break boundaries and the punishment that often comes along with it. All women will see a bit of themselves in the "unruly"' Jessica Valenti, New York Times-bestselling author of Sex Object

You know the type: the woman who won't shut up, who flaunts it, who's too brazen, too opinionated - too much. Sometimes, she's the life of the party; others, she's the focus of gossip. She's the unruly woman, and she's one of the most provocative, powerful forms of womanhood today.

There have been unruly women for as long as there have been boundaries of what constitutes acceptable 'feminine' behaviour - that is, for ever - but these days the unruly woman is more visible and less easily dismissed than ever before. In Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, cultural critic and Buzzfeed writer Anne Helen Petersen explores 'unruliness' through the lens of eleven pop culture powerhouses, including Serena Williams, Melissa McCarthy, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Hillary Clinton, Caitlyn Jenner and Lena Dunham. Petersen examines why our culture loves to love and deride these controversial figures for being 'too' something: too queer, too strong, too naked, too old, too shrill, too much. With its brisk, incisive analysis, this is a refreshingly candid, conversation-starting book on the part influential women play in redefining contemporary femininity.

About the Author

Anne Helen Petersen is an author and journalist who writes about culture, celebrity and feminism for Buzzfeed News. She received her PhD from the University of Texas. She is the author of Scandals of Classic Hollywood, and Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud is her second book. She lives in Brooklyn.

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