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Shrewed, a wry and closely observed look at the lives of women and girls : essays, Elizabeth Renzetti

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Shrewed, a wry and closely observed look at the lives of women and girls : essays, Elizabeth Renzetti

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273)

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Main title

Shrewed

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Elizabeth Renzetti

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a wry and closely observed look at the lives of women and girls : essays

Summary

Women's rights have moved forward by leaps and bounds, but there are still plenty of issues that have yet to be discussed. Elizabeth Renzetti looks at such issues as women in politics, social media, and sexual harassement in a collection of essays on the female experience"Why are there so few women in politics? Why is public space, whether it's the street or social media, still so inhospitable to women? What does Carrie Fisher have to do with Mary Wollstonecraft? And why is a wedding ceremony Satan's playground? These are some of the questions that bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Elizabeth Renzetti examines in her new collection of original essays. Drawing upon her decades of reporting on feminist issues, Shrewed is a book about feminism's crossroads. From Hillary Clinton's failed campaign to the quest for equal pay, from the lessons we can learn from old ladies to the future of feminism in a turbulent world, Renzetti takes a pointed, witty look at how far we've come--and how far we have to go."--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction: tales for young witches The voice in your head is an asshole The way of the harasser Fearlesness Weddings are Satan's playground : a letter to my daughter Ambition : three life lessons You'll pay for those breasts, or The cost of being a lady Never enough : women, politics, and the uphill battle If the world were made of Lego : a letter to my son Unbalanced The story of my mother Four lions A view from the outside : a letter to my younger self The long crawl to defeat, the slow march to victory Killer robots, Amazon planets, and the fight for the future Size matters : a commencement address

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