Shrill : notes from a loud woman
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - Humor - Adult
HUMOR 818.602 WES
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 260 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible--like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you--writer and humorist Lindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but.
From a painfully shy childhood in which she tried, unsuccessfully, to hide her big body and even bigger opinions; to her public war with stand-up comedians over rape jokes; to her struggle to convince herself, and then the world, that fat people have value; to her accidental activism and never-ending battle royale with Internet trolls, Lindy narrates her life with a blend of humor and pathos that manages to make a trip to the abortion clinic funny and wring tears out of a story about diarrhea.
With inimitable good humor, vulnerability, and boundless charm, Lindy boldly shares how to survive in a world where not all stories are created equal and not all bodies are treated with equal respect, and how to weather hatred, loneliness, harassment, and loss, and walk away laughing. Shrill provocatively dissects what it means to become self-aware the hard way, to go from wanting to be silent and invisible to earning a living defending the silenced in all caps.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
West, L. (2016). Shrill: notes from a loud woman (First edition.). Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)West, Lindy. 2016. Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman. Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)West, Lindy. Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman Hachette Books, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)West, Lindy. Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman First edition., Hachette Books, 2016.
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