You're doing it wrong : a history of bad & bonkers advice to women / Kaz Cooke.
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TextPublisher: [Australia] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 338 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760896973Other title: You are doing it wrong : a history of bad and bonkers advice to womenSubject(s): Self-esteem in women | Body image | Women -- Life skills guides | Women -- Health and hygiene | Women -- Conduct of life | Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects | Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)DDC classification: 305.42 Summary: You're Doing it Wrong is an outrageous tour through the centuries of bonkers and bad advice handed down and foisted upon women, told as only Kaz Cooke can - with humour and rage, intelligence and wit. A fresh, funny and furious look at the terrible advice women have been told for centuries. Stroll with bestselling author Kaz Cooke through instructions on how to day-drink, wear a dress made of arsenic, pretend you're an idiot, have sex with a billionaire biker, curtsey, get properly harassed at work, exercise your nose, oppress other women and frighten your uterus. Using hundreds of amazing photos and illustrations, and the experiences of generations of women in her own family, You're Doing It Wrong shows how advice has been a weapon against us - and how by recognising it, we can ignore it. And totally cheer up. Warning- contains unbridled swearing about famous philosopher.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 305.42 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111083456283 |
You're Doing it Wrong is an outrageous tour through the centuries of bonkers and bad advice handed down and foisted upon women, told as only Kaz Cooke can - with humour and rage, intelligence and wit. A fresh, funny and furious look at the terrible advice women have been told for centuries. Stroll with bestselling author Kaz Cooke through instructions on how to day-drink, wear a dress made of arsenic, pretend you're an idiot, have sex with a billionaire biker, curtsey, get properly harassed at work, exercise your nose, oppress other women and frighten your uterus. Using hundreds of amazing photos and illustrations, and the experiences of generations of women in her own family, You're Doing It Wrong shows how advice has been a weapon against us - and how by recognising it, we can ignore it. And totally cheer up. Warning- contains unbridled swearing about famous philosopher.
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