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Bitch : In Praise of Difficult Women
Bitch In Praise of Difficult Women
Author: Elizabeth Wurtzel
No one better understands the desire to be bad than Elizabeth Wurtzel. — Bitch is a brilliant tract on the history of manipulative female behavior.  By looking at women who derive their power from their sexuality, Wurtzel offers a trenchant cultural critique of contemporary gender relations.  Beginning with Delilah, the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385484015
ISBN-10: 0385484011
Publication Date: 5/18/1999
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 73 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 9
I found this almost unreadable. I'm sure she has some good ideas, but I had to read 30 rambling pages before I got to her thesis, and even then I was underwhelmed. I'm sure I agree with a lot of what she's saying. Unfortunately, too many references, too much flowery language and a manic pace do not make me wait to hear her point.
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Helpful Score: 2
From the writer of Prozac Nation...

"Wildly exuberant, and exciting...This is a bitch of a book."

-The Washington Post
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Helpful Score: 2
This book will help any woman embrace the bitch in her.
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Helpful Score: 1
Frustrating, demanding and irresistible.
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entertaining and informative! a nonfiction i actually bought for fun AND finished it! that usually never happens with me! only other book i've done that with, i believe was Fast Food Nation.
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neugotik avatar reviewed Bitch : In Praise of Difficult Women on + 13 more book reviews
This book is so much more then I expected - it's very historic and academic & I'm very pleased with it ~ It does take a mental mindset to get into though: not a "easy read self-help" book!


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