Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women by Dagmara Domińczyk, Amy S. Choi, Tanzila Ahmed, Tova Mirvis, Lihle Z. Mtshali, Jennifer Weiner, Mary Pols, Katha Pollitt, Kate Harding, Dahlia Lithwick, Meg Wolitzer, Bich Minh Nguyen, Glynnis MacNicol, Monique Truong, Carina Chocano, Emily Hopkins, Afua Hirsch, Elizabeth Spiers, Adaora Udoji, Irina Reyn, Julianna Baggott, Lizzie Skurnick, Jillian Medoff, Winter Miller, Stephanie Burt, Laura Lippman, Racquel D’Apice

8 hours, 2 minutes first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism sociology reflective medium-paced
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Leading women writers examine the power of the words that are used to diminish women Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive": What subtle digs a...

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