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Zoe Rose never quite fit in.
As the only kid in kindergarten with an enormous red afro, Zoe was taunted by the other little girls for refusing to share her "Annie" wig, even when she swore it was her own hair (it was).
In second grade, after seeing her best friend ridiculed for wearing a dirty, pink, polka-dot party dress to school every day, she became obsessed with understanding what makes normal girls tick and why they're so cruel to the girls who never seem to "get it."
And so Zoe begins a lifelong study of girl behavior, and by thirty, finds herself editor of Issues magazine. Determined to raid the locker room of the female psyche and rip open the frilly façade of femininity once and for all, she sets out to reform an entire nation of women, beginning with the readers of the most notorious magazine on Madison Avenue.
It's the feminist vs. the fashionistas.
Can Zoe stop girls from behaving badly toward other girls, and turn them into a strong, united force that can succeed in our male-dominated world? Or will her spectacularly warped sense of humor, pathetic wardrobe, and plethora of psychosomatic illnesses get her eaten alive?
Zoe's willing to risk losing it all, including her mind, but she'll walk away with something she never dreamed she wanted: the little girl hiding inside of her.
Synopsis
Hard-core feminist and newly appointed deputy editor of Issues Magazine Zoe Rose uses her position to challenge male chauvinism, cattiness between women, and everything pink and frilly, an endeavor that proves humorously challenging when it conflicts with the magazine's mainstream fashion themes. By the author of She's Got Issues. Original. 25,000 first printing.
Synopsis
Sample Articles From Issues Magazine:
Why Ugly Girls Make You Feel Dumb
Why Some Girls Eat Their Makeup (See: Trendy Eating Disorders)
Why Girls Get Really Mad When Overweight Girls Want To Borrow their Clothes
Why You're Strangely Attracted to the Bald, Fat Guy Who Just Got Engaged To Your Best Friend
Meet the new Deputy Editor of Issues Magazine, Zoe Rose, a four foot eleven, ninety four pound spitfire on prescription speed with a ferocious mane of long, dark curly hair and an ironic set of 36DDs (another one of nature's cruel jokes)andndash;andndash;who wants nothing more than to rid humanity, once and for all, of girlsandndash;behavingandndash;badlyandndash;towardandndash;girls and band them together as a strong, united force in our male dominated world!
What better platform to reform a nation of women than a beauty/fashion magazine, with millions of readers? There's only problem; Zoe doesn't understand the first thing about being a girl. . . but she'll find out everything there is to know soon enough. . .just in time to have one of her own.
About the Author
Stephanie Lessing is a former Copy Chief at Mademoiselle, and has freelanced for Mademoiselle, Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, and Self. Miss Understanding is her second novel.