little fluffy reads
Jan. 28th, 2009 01:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonBoth of these were quick reads and I'll loan to anyone interested, first come, first serve:
Hellions: Pop Culture's Rebel Women - I count as fluffy because it's popular rather than academic, and an overview rather than in-depth. However, it's still a good intro to truly rebellious women and mainstream response to them - Raha makes a persuasive case that while male rebellion is more likely to be celebrated, female rebellion is more likely to be punished or discounted. There are a ton of endnotes if you want to follow up with something crunchier.
Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You: At last! A style guide that is about something more than dressing to look thin or matching bag to shoes! Not strictly a how to do, but how to approach, with tongue firmly in cheek. I don't agree with all of Doonan's advice (I can't see dressing up just to do the grocery shopping), but he can imagine style beyond trying to emulate the tall/blond/thin matchy-matchy ideal, and actively encourages the weird and the tacky.
Hellions: Pop Culture's Rebel Women - I count as fluffy because it's popular rather than academic, and an overview rather than in-depth. However, it's still a good intro to truly rebellious women and mainstream response to them - Raha makes a persuasive case that while male rebellion is more likely to be celebrated, female rebellion is more likely to be punished or discounted. There are a ton of endnotes if you want to follow up with something crunchier.
Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You: At last! A style guide that is about something more than dressing to look thin or matching bag to shoes! Not strictly a how to do, but how to approach, with tongue firmly in cheek. I don't agree with all of Doonan's advice (I can't see dressing up just to do the grocery shopping), but he can imagine style beyond trying to emulate the tall/blond/thin matchy-matchy ideal, and actively encourages the weird and the tacky.
