{"product_id":"the-female-thing-dirt-envy-sex-vulnerability-paperback","title":"The Female Thing: Dirt, Envy, Sex, Vulnerability - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Kipnis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAgainst Love\u003c\/i\u003e comes a pointed, audacious, and witty examination of the state of the female psyche in the post-post-feminist world of the twenty-first century. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWomen remain caught between feminism and femininity, between self-affirmation and an endless quest for self-improvement, between playing an injured party and claiming independence. Rather than blaming the usual suspects--men, the media--Kipnis takes a hard look at culprits closer to home, namely women themselves. Kipnis serves up the gory details of the mutual displeasure between men and women in painfully hilarious detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs anatomy destiny after all? An ambitious and original reassessment of feminism and women's ambivalence about it, \u003ci\u003e The Female Thing\u003c\/i\u003e breathes provocative new life into that age-old question.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Kipnis is a professor of media studies at Northwestern University. She has received fellowships and grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of many essays and articles on sexual politics and contemporary culture, and of the book \u003ci\u003eAgainst Love: A Polemic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52766328455475,"sku":"9780307275776","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/p0LLpsSDXu9780307275776.webp?v=1764646630","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-female-thing-dirt-envy-sex-vulnerability-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}