The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West (English) Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West The firebrand New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Shrill - now a Hulu series starring Aidy Bryant - provides a brilliant and incisive look at how patriarchy, intolerance, and misogyny have conquered not just politics but American culture itself. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this time of great frustration, this collection is a clearing in the woods to meet, to reflect, to dance, and to cackle around the fire.Abbi Jacobson, creator of Broad City and New York Times bestselling author of I Might Regret ThisFrom the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill, Lindy West, turns that refrain on its head. You think this is a witch hunt? Fine. Youve got one. In a laugh-out-loud, incisive cultural critique, West unpacks the complicated, and sometimes tragic, politics of not being a white man in the twenty-first century. She tracks the misogyny and propaganda hidden (or not so hidden) in the media that she and her peers devoured growing up, a buffet of distortions, delusions, prejudice and outright bullsh*t that has allowed white male mediocrity to maintain a death grip on our culture and our politics - and that delivered us to this precarious, disorienting moment in history. We cannot understand how we got here - how the land of the free became Trumps America - without examining the chasm between who we are and who we think we are, without fact-checking the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and about each other. The truth can transform us; there is witchcraft in it. Lindy West turns on the light. Lindy continues to be one of the funniest, smartest writers around.Jessica Valenti, New York Times bestselling author of Full Frontal Feminism and Sex ObjectGET ME A BROOM.Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of Were Never Meeting in Real Life Author Biography Lindy West is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. She is the author of Shrill, a memoir, which is being adapted into a Hulu series starring Aidy Bryant. Her essays on feminism, social justice, body image and popular culture have been featured in Jezebel, Cosmopolitan and GQ, and on This American Life. From 2014 to 2017 she wrote a weekly political column for The Guardian. She is also the founder of I Believe You/Its Not Your Fault, an advice blog for teenagers, as well as the reproductive rights destigmatization campaign #ShoutYourAbortion. She lives in Seattle. Table of Contents They Let You Do ItChoosing the LieIs Adam Sandler Funny?Ted Bundy Was Not Charming-Are You High?How to Be a GirlAlways Meet Your HeroesDo, Make, Be, BarfA Giant Douche Is a Good Thing if Youre a GiantGear SwapJoan Obsolescence Is a Preventable DiseaseWhat Is an Abortion, Anyway?Leave Hell to the DevilsAnger Is a WeaponMagic Isnt MagicThe World Is Good and Worth Fighting ForLong Live the Port Charles Whooping CranesTomorrow Is the First DayAcknowledgments Review "One of our foremost thinkers on gender unveils her unifying theory of America: that our steady diet of pop culture created by and for embittered, entitled white men has stoked our sociopolitical moment. Adam Sandler, South Park, and Pepe the Frog all come under Wests withering scrutiny in this funny, hyper-literate analysis of the link between meme culture and male mediocrity."-Esquire.com Long Description In this time of great frustration, this collection is a clearing in the woods to meet, to reflect, to dance, and to cackle around the fire. Abbi Jacobson, creator of Broad City and New York Times bestselling author of I Might Regret This From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming , firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill , Lindy West, turns that refrain on its head. You think this is a witch hunt? Fine. Youve got one. In a laugh-out-loud, incisive cultural critique, West unpacks the complicated, and sometimes tragic, politics of not being a white man in the twenty-first century. She tracks the misogyny and propaganda hidden (or not so hidden) in the media that she and her peers devoured growing up, a buffet of distortions, delusions, prejudice and outright bullsh*t that has allowed white male mediocrity to maintain a death grip on our culture and our politics - and that delivered us to this precarious, disorienting moment in history. We cannot understand how we got here - how the land of the free became Trumps America - without examining the chasm between who we are and who we think we are, without fact-checking the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and about each other. The truth can transform us; there is witchcraft in it. Lindy West turns on the light. Lindy continues to be one of the funniest, smartest writers around. Jessica Valenti, New York Times bestselling author of Full Frontal Feminism and Sex Object GET ME A BROOM. Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of Were Never Meeting in Real Life Review Text """One of our foremost thinkers on gender unveils her unifying theory of America: that our steady diet of pop culture created by and for embittered, entitled white men has stoked our sociopolitical moment. Adam Sandler, South Park, and Pepe the Frog all come under Wests withering scrutiny in this funny, hyper-literate analysis of the link between meme culture and male mediocrity.""-Esquire.com" Details ISBN1760875376 Author Lindy West Pages 272 Publisher Allen & Unwin Year 2019 ISBN-10 1760875376 ISBN-13 9781760875374 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-11-05 Imprint Allen & Unwin Place of Publication Sydney Country of Publication Australia Language English DEWEY 306.0973 AU Release Date 2019-11-05 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-11-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:126073942;

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