Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman

You know the type: the woman who won't shut up, who's too brazen, too opinionated - too much. She's the unruly woman, and she embodies one of the most provocative and powerful forms of womanhood today. In Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, popular BuzzFeed columnist Anne Helen Petersen examines this phenomenon, using the lens of 'unruliness' to discuss the ascension of pop culture powerhouses like Amy Schumer, Nicki Minaj, and Caitlyn Jenner, and why the public loves to love (and hate) these controversial figures.
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Megan Parrott@meganparrott
5 stars
Jul 5, 2024

Recommending this book to everyone I know – who will all see a little of themselves written in these pages. AHP provides a witty and compelling examination of the boundaries society sets for women and the ~brave souls~ who dare to break them. I often found myself between a YAS and an UGH within the span of paragraphs.

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Jeannette Ordas@kickpleat
4 stars
Jan 5, 2023

A breezy but thoughtful collection of pop culture essays. Lena Dunham, Serena Williams, and Hillary Clinton are just a few of the celebrities that highlight the damned if you do/don't expectations society places on these women. Recommended.

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Maddie@maddie
3 stars
Dec 27, 2022

Liberal, academic critique of the way women are perceived and consumed in American society.

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Ruth Parker @ruth
2 stars
Nov 18, 2021

I selected a couple of chapters of this book to read, based on what and who I wanted to read more about. By the end of the final chapter I had chosen, I was glad to be done with it. Parts of this books were interesting but it was mostly a repetitive buzzfeed style article which I feel I could have got online rather than buying the kindle book.

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Mariana Afonso@booksofmyown
4 stars
Nov 15, 2021

REALLY REALLY GOOD. 4.5 stars. “Because unruliness isn’t a single, easily disavowed decision, or an article of clothing one can take off and discard with the season. It’s an attitude shared by so many women of history, so many women of this book, and so many others reading it: a hope that someday, the only rules a woman will have to abide by are those she sets for herself.” I loved the chapters on Serena Williams, Hillary Clinton and Jennifer Weiner. They were enlightening and assertive. The whole book was. - The chapter TOO STRONG, on Serena Williams is great, I've been a fan of her since I was 10. I started playing tennis from a very young age and the author's view on the sport really opened my eyes to some matters. - Hillary’s chapter - WOW! “Matriarchy isn’t the fear. Rather, it’s the idea that women will define their own value, and their own futures, on their own terms instead of by terms men have laid out—put differently, that each gender, and each individual, will have the power to determine their own destiny. To slightly modify the old bumper sticker, it’s the radical notion that both men and women are people” - The chapter TOO LOUD is very enlightening about the gender discrimination within the literary world.

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Rebeca Keren Nuñez@rebecanunez
3 stars
Aug 27, 2023
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Kay Sutherland@kaysutherland
3 stars
Jul 5, 2024
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Erin G.@toughcakes
4 stars
Jul 4, 2024
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Keely Calagos@keelymorgan
3 stars
Jan 18, 2024
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Lizelle G@lizelle
3 stars
Dec 28, 2023
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Alexa M@alexasversion
3 stars
Feb 6, 2023
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R L@ruthie313
4 stars
Jan 1, 2023
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Jen@fierycracker81
4 stars
Oct 20, 2022
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Stephanie Highfield @shighfi
5 stars
Sep 13, 2022
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Rikke Lohse@rikkel
2 stars
Sep 6, 2022
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Casey Montana@caseymontana
4 stars
Feb 24, 2022
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Zoe@somelikeitpop
4 stars
Feb 1, 2022
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Mallory Foutch@malloryfoutch
3 stars
Jan 17, 2022
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James Maskell@jmaskell
4 stars
Nov 19, 2021
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Sabrina Zielinski@sabrinazielinski
4 stars
Sep 3, 2021
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Teshia Treuhaft@teshia
4 stars
Aug 12, 2021
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Marie C-D@marie
4 stars
Jul 29, 2021