Edith's review
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media
by Susan J. Douglas
Edith's review
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J. Douglas
Edith's review
rating:
I read this for a US studies class, and while it fit the curriculum well and was a fun, easy read, it wasn't very... academic? Too much based off personal experience and opinion. The woman is in academia, too, so I suppose that is a red flag.
There is this one chapter towards the end where she is talking about how the "80's work ethic" influenced the popularity of women showing off their hips and thighs in that era, "because getting great looking thighs is fucking impossible after you turn 21!!!" (not an exact quote, but believe me, not too far off.) How you talk about this for 10+ pages I have no idea.
She made a lot of valid connections, and statistics were not completely lacking as I recall, but some claims turned into more of a personal lj-stlye bitchfest.
There is this one chapter towards the end where she is talking about how the "80's work ethic" influenced the popularity of women showing off their hips and thighs in that era, "because getting great looking thighs is fucking impossible after you turn 21!!!" (not an exact quote, but believe me, not too far off.) How you talk about this for 10+ pages I have no idea.
She made a lot of valid connections, and statistics were not completely lacking as I recall, but some claims turned into more of a personal lj-stlye bitchfest.
