{"product_id":"girl-up-kick-ass-claim-your-woman-card-and-crush-everyday-sexism","title":"Girl Up: Kick Ass, Claim Your Woman Card, and Crush Everyday Sexism","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eGirl Up: Kick Ass, Claim Your Woman Card, and Crush Everyday Sexism\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eContributor(s): Bates, Laura (Author)\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 150116919X EAN: 9781501169199\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003eUS SRP: $16.00 US\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub Date: July 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAnnotation:Already an international bestseller, this empowering survival guide provides no-nonsense advice on sex, social media, mental health, and sexism that young women face in their everyday life from one of the emerging leaders in the feminist movement.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThey told you that you need to be thin and beautiful.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThey told you to wear longer skirts, avoid going out late at night, and move in groups never accept drinks from a stranger, and wear shoes you can run in more easily than heels.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThey told you to wear just enough make-up to look presentable but not enough to be a slut to dress to flatter your apple, pear, hourglass figure, but not to reveal too much.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThey warned you that if you try to be strong, or take control, you’ll be shrill, bossy, a ballbreaker. Of course it’s fine for the boys, but you should know your place.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThey told you “that’s not for girls”—“take it as a compliment “don’t rock the boat that’ll go straight to your hips.”\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThey told you “beauty is on the inside,” but you knew they didn’t really mean it.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWell, screw that. Laura Bates is here to tell you something else.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHilarious, bold, and unapologetic, Girl Up exposes the truth about the pressures surrounding body image, the false representations in media, the complexities of sex and relationships, the trials of social media, and all the other lies society has told us.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePraise for Girl Up\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“In Girl Up, Laura Bates has given women of every age a fast, frank, seductively readable guide to surviving in the time of social media, impossible body images, feminist hopes, internalizing fault, standing up for ourselves and each other, and yes, confronting Donald Trump.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eShe leaves no doubt about what consent is, where the clitoris is, what our rights are, and what our hopes could be.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis is an owner’s guide to our world and our bodies. It will definitely save sanity, and might save lives.” —Gloria Steinem\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Girl Up is an essential compendium of wit, wisdom, advice, and straight-talk. They should give out copies in the delivery room every time another girl enters the world. Or a boy, for that matter they ought to be reading Girl Up too.” —Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is the book young women need one that teaches them about the anatomy of their vulva instead of how to impress their crush. While many of the topics covered are still relevant to me now, I really wish I'd had this book as a young adult.” —Beth Newell, editor\/cofounder of Reductress\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAdditional Information\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003cbr\u003e- Self-Help | Motivational \u0026amp; Inspirational\u003cbr\u003e- Social Science | Feminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory\u003cbr\u003e- Humor | Form | Essays\u003cbr\u003e- Social Science | Sociology | General\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Bates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51206751682847,"sku":"9781501169199","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/laura-bates-womens-interest-girl-up-34447968567533.jpg?v=1757086336","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/girl-up-kick-ass-claim-your-woman-card-and-crush-everyday-sexism","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}