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West, Lindy

Shrill : notes from a loud woman / Lindy West. - First edition. - viii, 260 pages ; 21 cm

Lady Kluck -- Bones -- Are You There, Margaret? It's Me, a Person Who Is Not a Complete Freak -- How to Stop Being Shy in Eighteen Easy Steps -- When Life Gives You Lemons -- You're So Brave for Wearing Clothes and Not Hating Yourself! -- The Red Tent -- Hello, I Am Fat -- Why Fat Lady So Mean to Baby Men? -- The Day I Didn't Fit -- Chuckletown, USA, Population: Jokes -- Death Wish -- It's About Free Speech, It's Not About Hating Women -- The Tree -- The End -- The Beginning -- Slaying the Troll -- Abortion Is Normal, It's Okay to Be Fat, and Women Don't Have to Be Nice to You.

"Presents a series of essays by the American writer and comedian, dealing with issues of body image, popular culture, feminism, and social justice,"--NoveList.

ISBN: 9780316348409 (hardcover) 0316348406 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2016001577

Subjects--Personal Names:
West, Lindy--Humor.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women journalists--United States--Biography.
Feminists--United States--Biography.
Women--Humor
Conduct of life--Humor.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Humor
Autobiographies

LC Class. No.: PN4874.W425 / A3 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 818/.602