The author of the acclaimed, bestselling In Praise of Difficult
Women delivers a hilarious feminist manifesto that encourages us to
reject "self-improvement" and instead learn to appreciate and
flaunt our complex, and flawed, human selves. Why are we so
obsessed with being our so-called best selves? Because our modern
culture force feeds women lies designed to heighten their
insecurities: "You can do it all--crush it at work, at home, in the
bedroom, at PTA and at Pilates--and because you can, you should. We
can show you how!" Karen Karbo has had enough. She's taking a stand
against the cultural and societal pressures, marketing, and media
influences that push us to spend endless time, energy and money
trying to "fix" ourselves--a race that has no finish line and only
further increases our send of self-dissatisfaction and loathing.
"Yeah, no, not happening," is her battle cry. In this wickedly
smart and entertaining book, Karbo explores how "self-improvery"
evolved from the provenance of men to women. Recast as "consumers"
in the 1920s, women, it turned out, could be seduced into buying
anything that might improve not just their lives, but their sense
of self-worth. Today, we smirk at Mad Men-era ads targeting 1950s
housewives--even while savvy marketers, aided and abetted by social
media "influencers," peddle skin care "systems," skinny tea, and
regimens that promise to deliver endless happiness. We're not
simply seduced into dropping precious disposable income on empty
promises; the underlying message is that we can't possibly know
what's good for us, what we want, or who we should be. Calling BS,
Karbo blows the lid off of this age-old trend and asks women to
start embracing their awesomely imperfect selves. There is no one
more dangerous than a woman who doesn't care what anyone thinks of
her. Yeah, No, Not Happening is a call to arms to build a posse of
dangerous women who swear off self-improvement and its peddlers. A
welcome corrective to our inner-critic, Karbo's manifesto will help
women restore their sanity and reclaim their self-worth.
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