false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255849034m/6095335.jpg 6095335 2 When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman.<br> From Brown's first book, Sex and the Single Girl, a bold precursor to today's unapologetic Sex in the City, to her editing of the most widely read women's magazine in the world, Brown defied traditional mores to proclaim the unmarried woman's right to happiness. The first woman to publicly say there was another role available in the conservative context of the 1960s, Brown offered American women a revelation that resulted in a revolution. Scanlon tracks the trajectory of Brown's career as a frank, fearless champion for women, from her support for abortion rights to her demands that freedom of choice for women include everything from fashion to politics, showing how Brown has advocated for women while achieving great commercial success.<br> The first to focus on Helen Gurley Brown, Scanlon's intriguing biography accords Brown a place among the early leaders of the second wave of the feminist movement. In Bad Girls Go Everywhere, Scanlon's impressively researched portrait shows us that Helen Gurley Brown is a woman of fascinating contradictions, carving out her own unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism, a philosophy that defines the lives of millions of women today. Scanlon's perceptive account of this shrewd public figure tracks the collision between sexual politics and commerce, providing new insight into the social forces that shape modern life. To read it is to better understand how feminism operates in our day-to-day lives. 6272368 10 4 2009 Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown total:45|5:2|4:12|3:17|2:13|1:1| 45 136 151 22 4 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:17:03 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:49:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 23:50:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 00:03:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 14:20:45 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 14:39:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:19:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:19:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 20:58:05 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:04:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Sep 30 12:18:37 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:26:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:33:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:39:14 -0700 2009 no juicy gossip here, as it's a biography and not an autobiography and she hasn't really int...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:36:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 18:36:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 13:08:13 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 08:10:19 -0700 2009 Sex and the Single Girl about a year ago. The academic defending-a-thesis tone isn't too heavy, alt...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:38:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:55:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 06:49:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 06:52:10 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 19:39:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 19:41:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 14:29:46 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 19:37:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 07 08:53:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 08:53:48 -0700 2009 3 1 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:13:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:15:55 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 22:23:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 19:52:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 16:07:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 04:03:07 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 17:27:49 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:57:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 18:35:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 08:39:55 -0700 2009 Sex and the Single Girl and would sugges...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 07 08:22:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:46:09 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6095335