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"Orenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it's easy to forget
she's an important thinker too."--People In this lively, funny
memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from
scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process
discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein
spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone. The COVID pandemic
propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and
small. Some adopted puppies. Others stress-baked. Peggy Orenstein,
a lifelong knitter, went just a little further. To keep herself
engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life,
she set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear
sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater.
Orenstein hoped the project would help her process not just wool
but her grief over the recent death of her mother and the decline
of her dad, the impending departure of her college-bound daughter,
and other thorny issues of aging as a woman in a culture that by
turns ignores and disdains them. What she didn't expect was a
journey into some of the major issues of our time: climate anxiety,
racial justice, women's rights, the impact of technology,
sustainability, and, ultimately, the meaning of home. With her wry
voice, sharp intelligence, and exuberant honesty, Orenstein shares
her year-long journey as daughter, wife, mother, writer, and
maker--and teaches us all something about creativity and
connection.
The New York Times Bestseller 'Blows your mind on every page'
Caitlin Moran 'Should be mandatory reading for anyone who cares
about the next generation' Lori Gottlieb, New York Times
bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Peggy
Orenstein broke ground with her bestselling Girls & Sex,
exploring young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual
encounters. Now she turns her focus to boys with an examination of
how young men are navigating sexual culture in these changing times
- and what we need to do to help them. Drawing on comprehensive
interviews with young men, psychologists and experts in the field,
Boys & Sex dissects 'locker room talk'; pornography as the new
sex education; the role of empathy; boys' understanding of hookup
culture and consent; and their experience as both perpetrators and
victims of sexual assault. By presenting young men's experience in
all its complexity, Orenstein unravels the hidden truths, hard
lessons and important realities of young male sexuality in today's
world. The result is a provocative and paradigm-shifting work that
offers a much-needed vision of how boys can truly move forward as
better men.
The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller
Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of
the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent.
Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood
influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how
a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the
exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit
of physical perfection has been recast as the source of female
empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster
and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But how dangerous
is pink and pretty, anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe;
eventually they grow out of it . . . or do they?
In search of answers, Peggy Orenstein visited Disneyland,
trolled American Girl Place, and met parents of beauty-pageant
preschoolers tricked out like Vegas showgirls. The stakes turn out
to be higher than she ever imagined. From premature sexualization
to the risk of depression to rising rates of narcissism, the
potential negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is
undeniable--yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents can
effectively counterbalance its influence in their daughters'
lives.
'If you're going to talk about women in the 21st century, you MUST
read Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex.' - CAITLIN MORAN, author of
How to Be a Woman *TIME Top 10 non-fiction books of 2016* *Amazon
Best Non-fiction of 2016* A generation gap has emerged between
parents and their daughters. Mothers and fathers have little idea
about the pressures and expectations they face or how they feel
about them. Drawing on in-depth interviews with young women and a
wide range of psychologists and experts, renowned journalist and
bestselling author Peggy Orenstein goes where most others fear to
tread, pulling back the curtain on the hidden truths and hard
lessons of girls' sex lives in the modern world.
The New York Times Bestseller 'Blows your mind on every page'
Caitlin Moran 'Should be mandatory reading for anyone who cares
about the next generation' Lori Gottlieb, New York Times
bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Peggy
Orenstein broke ground with her bestselling Girls & Sex,
exploring young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual
encounters. Now she turns her focus to boys with an examination of
how young men are navigating sexual culture in these changing times
- and what we need to do to help them. Drawing on comprehensive
interviews with young men, psychologists and experts in the field,
Boys & Sex dissects 'locker room talk'; pornography as the new
sex education; the role of empathy; boys' understanding of hookup
culture and consent; and their experience as both perpetrators and
victims of sexual assault. By presenting young men's experience in
all its complexity, Orenstein unravels the hidden truths, hard
lessons and important realities of young male sexuality in today's
world. The result is a provocative and paradigm-shifting work that
offers a much-needed vision of how boys can truly move forward as
better men.
Peggy Orenstein’s bestselling Schoolgirls is the classic study of teenage girls and self-esteem. Now Orenstein uses the same interviewing and reporting skills to examine the lives of women in their 20s, 30s and 40s.
The advances of the women’s movement allow women to grow up with a sense of expanded possibilities. Yet traditional expectations have hardly changed. To discover how they are navigating this double burden personally and professionally, Orenstein interviewed hundreds of women and has blended their voices into a compelling narrative that gets deep inside their lives and choices. With unusual sensitivity, Orenstein offers insight and inspiration for every woman who is making important decisions of her own.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The classic account of the hurdles facing adolescent girls in America--now reissued with a new Foreword, to coincide with the award-winning author's new book on women and identity.
Inspired by a study by the American Association of University Women that showed girls' self-esteem plummeting as they reach adolescence, Peggy Orenstein spent months observing, interviewing, and getting know dozens of girls both inside and outside the classroom at two very different schools in northern California. The result was a groundbreaking book in which she brought the disturbing statistics to life with skill and flair of an experienced journalist.
Orenstein plumbs the minds of both boys and girls who have learned to equate masculinity with opportunity and assertiveness, and femininity with reserve and restraint. She demonstrates the cost of this insidious lesson, by taking us into the lives of real young women who are struggling with eating disorders, sexual harassment, and declining academic achievement, especially in math and science. Peggy Orenstein's SchoolGirls is a classic that belongs on the shelf with the work of Carol Gilligan, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, and Mary Pipher. It continues to be read by all who care about how our schools and our society teach girls to shortchange themselves.
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