Too fat too slutty too loud : the rise and reign of the unruly woman

Petersen, Anne Helen2017

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You know the type: the woman who won't shut up, who flaunts it, who's too brazen, too opinionated - too much. Sometimes, she's the life of the party; others, she's the focus of gossip. She's the unruly woman, and she's one of the most provocative, powerful forms of womanhood today. There have been unruly women for as long as there have been boundaries of what constitutes acceptable 'feminine' behaviour - that is, for ever - but these days the unruly woman is more visible and less easily dismissed than ever before. In Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, cultural critic and Buzzfeed writer Anne Helen Petersen explores 'unruliness' through the lens of eleven pop culture powerhouses, including Serena Williams, Melissa McCarthy, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Hillary Clinton, Caitlyn Jenner and Lena Dunham. Petersen examines why our culture loves to love and deride these controversial figures for being 'too' something: too queer, too strong, too naked, too old, too shrill, too much. With its brisk, incisive analysis, this is a refreshingly candid, conversation-starting book on the part influential women play in redefining contemporary femininity.