Synopses & Reviews
The Guerrilla Girls bring their inimitable wisecracking wisdom to bear on female stereotypes through the ages. Reinventing the "F" word: Feminism.
Whatever life a woman leads, from biker chick to society girl, there's a stereotype she'll have to live down. The Guerrilla Girls, notorious for their outrageous take on women's issues, now tackle the maze of stereotypes that follow women from cradle to grave. With subversive use of information and great visuals they explore the history and significance of stereotypes like Old Maid, Trophy Wife, and Prostitute with a Heart of Gold. They tag the Top Types, examine sexual slurs, explain the evolution of butches and femmes, and delve into the lives of real and fictional women who have become stereotypes, from Aunt Jemima to Tokyo Rose to June Cleaver. The Guerrilla Girls' latest assault on injustice towards women will make people laugh, make them mad, and maybe even make them change their minds.
Review
"With their philosophy-lite deconstruction of the worst slurs society has to offer, the Guerrilla Girls have turned discrimination on its head and fashioned an entertaining read at the same time." Publishers Weekly
Review
"In their latest literary action, Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers, the girls have turned their hairy heads towards a galaxy of stereotypes leveraged at women throughout history, and their gaze is positively withering....But dont go adding Bitches to your list of boring-yet-relevant-new-books-I-should-read...Every entry is saturated with funny, quirky, cultural satire." Bust magazine
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"Although it tackles a serious subject, the book is delightfully campy and breezy, filled with short sidebars, quirky photos and sarcastic diatribes that go for the jugular." Detroit Metrotimes
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [92]-95).
Synopsis
Whatever life a woman leads, from biker chick to society girl, there's a stereotype she'll have to live down. The Guerrilla Girls, notorious for their outrageous take on women's issues, now tackle the maze of stereotypes that follow women from cradle to grave. With subversive use of information—and great visuals—they explore the history and significance of stereotypes like Old Maid, Trophy Wife, and Prostitute with a Heart of Gold. They tag the Top Types, examine sexual slurs, explain the evolution of butches and femmes, and delve into the lives of real and fictional women who have become stereotypes, from Aunt Jemima to Tokyo Rose to June Cleaver. The Guerrilla Girls' latest assault on injustice towards women will make people laugh, make them mad, and maybe even make them change their minds.
About the Author
The Guerrilla Girls are a bunch of anonymous females who take the names of dead women artists as pseudonyms and appear in public wearing gorilla masks. Their work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Vogue, and Bitch. They are the authors of two books and in their spare time they show up in jungle drag at schools all over the country to inspire and provoke their legions of fans to fight discrimination wherever it lurks.
Table of Contents
Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers
Chapter One Introduction: What's in a Name?
Chapter Two: The Top Stereotypes from Cradle to Grave
Daddy's Girl
Tomboy
The Girl Next Door
Bimbo/Dumb Blonde
Femme Fatale/Vamp
Bitch/Ballbreaker
The Mother of All Stereotypes
Spinster/Old Maid
Hag/Crone
Chapter Three: Sex Objects
Girls who do, girls who don't, girls who do girls
Chapter Four: Life Lessons: Real and Fictional Women Who Became Stereotypes
Florence Nightingale to Biker Chick
Chapter Five: Women's Work Is Never Done
Find mate, be Supermom, gt gd job, have fun
Chapter Six: Race and Religion
Presenting our own ethnic doll collection
Chapter Seven: Stereotypes
In the 21st century and beyond
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