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Book Reviews of Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America

Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America
Spin Sisters How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness and Liberalism to the Women of America
Author: Myrna Blyth
ISBN-13: 9780312312879
ISBN-10: 0312312873
Publication Date: 3/1/2004
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
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2.6 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Be open to hear the other side of the story! Written by the former editor of Ladies Home Journal,who admits she was part of the problem, she gives the inside scoop why we have to watch bad TV (my husband had already banned me from watching the "Lifetime" channel)and why magazines have the same cover stories month after month.
reviewed Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America on + 144 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is a very good book. All women should read it.
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Helpful Score: 1
The author must think that the women of America are pretty stupid, and that we believe everything we see on television and read in glossy magazines. This was written before reality TV took over prime-time entertainment, and she is right about how the entertainment industry crafts things to look better (or worse) than they really are and then pretends that their creations are "real." But her argument that this has anything to do with liberalism and an anti-child feminist agenda just wasn't convincing.
CocoCee avatar reviewed Spin Sisters : How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America on + 404 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
After reading this book, I now look at women's magazines differently, with a grain of salt!