No one knows this better than Lizzie Skurnick, writer of the New York Times' column "That Should be A Word" and a veritable queen of cultural coinage. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words are made into weapons, warnings, praise, and blame, bearing an outsized influence on women's lives - to say nothing of our moods. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They wound, they inflate, they define, they deme Leading women writers examine the power of the words that are used to diminish women Leading women writers examine the power of the words that are used to diminish women Words matter. And in PRETTY BITCHESs, Skurnick has rounded up a group of powerhouse women writers to take on the hidden meanings of these words, and how they can limit our worlds - or liberate them.more No one knows this better than Lizzie Skurnick, writer of the New York Times’ column “That Should be A Word” and a veritable queen of cultural coinage. They wound, they inflate, they define, Enter for a chance to win an advance reader's copy of PRETTY BITCHES, edited by. Enter for a chance to win an advance reader's copy of PRETTY BITCHES, edited by.
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