I'm far from the DNF point with this book, but I don't love it either. So far, her analysis of '90s trends lacks adequate historical perspective (e.g. acting like the '90s invented the male gaze in advertising or predatory weight loss products). Plus, there's a good deal of contradiction/lack of nuance. First she'll praise empowered, sexually-assertive women, then basically call every woman who bought Victoria's Secret a dupe of the patriarchy.
alexa_d I'd prefer a book that traces the evolution of political and media trends that laid the groundwork for the '90s, both in actual 3rd wave feminism and the appropriation of 3rd wave feminism for marketing. Also a little more semantical care so it wouldn't seem to be passing judgment on women who genuinely felt empowered by some of these things. But hey, maybe she's building to that. 4y
alexa_d (She also HELLA misses the point of Dana Scully. Scully's skepticism wasn't about making her a buzzkill harpy, it was about playing a cerebral and rational female protagonist off an intuitive and emotional male protagonist. *sigh*) 4y
alexa_d Yeah, this is shaping up to be one of those books I read all the way through just to argue with it. 4y
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