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'Entertaining... Sane about much of the madness that grips us
today' TLS 'An incisive look at the reality of "woke" culture, and
who gains from demonising a generation.' GUARDIAN
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Is 'cancel culture' spiralling out of hand? Are the youth of today
oversensitive, mollycoddled and intellectually weak? Does the
scourge of political correctness threaten the very fabric of our
society? Indignant politicians, columnists and baby boomers
certainly think so. The problem, we're told repeatedly, is that the
current generation is full of hypersensitive cowards; 'snowflakes'
who are obsessed with making mountains out of molehills. A safe
space here, an unruly protest there, it's all proof that they don't
know how to handle the real world. But what if you were to drown
out that noise and talk to the snowflakes themselves? What are they
actually asking for? How are they going about it? And who's really
benefitting from all the anger being directed towards them? In this
timely and subversive book, journalist and author Hannah Jewell
investigates the stories behind the headlines and finds that,
shockingly, most of them have been blown out of proportion. 'Cancel
culture' isn't really a culture at all, many of the people who
claim to have been silenced are doing quite well now, thank you
very much, and maybe it's ok to think swastikas daubed in faeces in
a campus bathroom is something that should be adequately
investigated. The truth is that snowflakes understand plenty about
the 'real world', which is why they want to see it change. And that
is what their detractors are actually scared of.
'Vital reading' STYLIST '...hooting with laughter - what a
swashbuckler that Hannah Jewell is' MARINA HYDE 'Because 100 Nasty
Women is so easy to read and witty, I didn't expect it to be the
life changing, important book that I'm discovering it to be'
PHILIPPA PERRY 'A fantastic addition to your feminist library and
historical knowledge.' ANN SHEN, author of Bad Girls Throughout
History * * * * * * 100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories
about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women
from across the world. These are the women who were deemed too
nasty for their times, too nasty to be recognised, too nasty to be
paid for their work and sometimes too nasty to be allowed to live.
When you learn about women in history, they're often made out to be
shining, glittering souls. But when you hear about these
Bold-Yet-Morally-Irreproachable Women of History who were 100% Pure
and Good (TM), you're probably not being told the best bits of her
life. You probably missed the part where she: Slept around Wore
men's clothes Crashed planes Led a revolution Terrorised the seven
seas Wrote ~sensual poetry~ Punched a Nazi (metaphorically, but not
always) These are the women you've probably never heard of, but
should. Take these stories and tell them to your friends, because
everyone should know about the nasty women from history who gave
zero f*cks whatsoever. These are the 100 Nasty Women of History you
need to know about.
Is today's youth over sensitive, mollycoddled and intellectually
pathetic? Does the scourge of political correctness threaten the
very fabric of our nations? Yes, and yes! comes the cry of the
incensed politician, columnist, comedian, disgruntled father, and
baby boomer. Dubbed the 'snowflake generation', these
hypersensitive cowards are up in arms about silly things like
bathrooms smeared with faeces in the shape of Swastikas, climate
change, and statues of colonisers being kept in their natural
habitats of universities and town squares. They make obstinate
requests like wondering if a vegan option might be available, or if
you could (please) use their correct pronouns. In response to this
outrage, writer and Washington Post pop culture host Hannah Jewell
has decided to write a book to explain why being a snowflake might
not be a bad thing. It might even make the world a better place.
Subversive, provocative and very funny, Hannah explains how,
shockingly, despising the generation that comes after your own
isn't actually a new thing, and why it's good for students (and
indeed the rest of us) to kick off. She shows how you can instill
resilience in children without having to live through a war or be
made to eat octopus; and provides a handy guide to how you - yes,
you! - can also become a snowflake and help to make the world a
kinder, more empathetic place.
'Vital reading' STYLIST 'Because 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read
and witty, I didn't expect it to be the life changing, important
book that I'm discovering it to be' PHILIPPA PERRY * * * * * *
These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times. When
you learn about (the very few) women in history, it's hard not to
wonder: why do they seem so prim and proper? The truth is, (mostly
male) historians keep glossing over the real details, or leaving
out the women who threatened their idea of what a woman should be
like. Fake news! But fret not. Former Buzzfeed senior writer and
Washington Post pop culture host Hannah Jewell has got you covered.
In 100 Nasty Women of History, Hannah will give you the brief on,
among others: Aethelflaed, who fought off Vikings at her wedding;
Ching Shih, a swashbuckling pirate known as 'The Terror of South
China'; Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who fought racism with the point of
her pen; Lilian Bland, who built her own plane and flew it; Rani
Chennamma, who was a (literal) queen and went to war with the
British; Nell Gwynn, one of the greatest hos in English history;
Coccinelle, the first known trans woman to be legally married in
France; Noor Inayat Khan, who may have literally punched Nazis. And
that's just eight of them. So if you think that Nasty Women are a
new thing, think again. They've always been around - you just
haven't always heard of them. It's time to get learning. These are
the 100 Nasty Women of History who gave zero f*cks whatsoever.
These are the 100 Nasty Women of History whom everyone needs to
know about, right now. 'A fun, hilarious read that will make a
fantastic addition to your feminist library and historical
knowledge' ANN SHEN, author of Bad Girls Throughout History
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