''Fascinating and powerfully argued'' Daily Telegraph ''A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand how and why misogyny is as powerful a force as ever'' KATE MANNE, author of Down Girl Cosmetic surgeries are at an all-time high, Ozempic is bringing back ''heroin chic'' and TikTok trad-wives are on the rise - after four waves of feminism, what went wrong? Despite decades of progress, the gains of the feminist movement feel more fragile than ever. But as Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert points out, this is not a unique moment. Feminism felt just as fragmented in the early 2000s, when the momentum of third-wave feminists and riot grrrls was squashed by lad culture and the commodification of Girl Power. Casting her eye across pop culture of the past thirty years - from Madonna, the Spice Girls and the Kardashians, to MySpace, #GirlBoss and Real Housewives - Sophie Gilbert reveals a toxic pattern of progress and misogynistic backlash. Girl on Girl shows how every form of media, heavily influenced by the rise of porn, has shaped and warped women''s relationships with themselves and other women. We cannot move forward without fully reckoning with the ways pop culture has defined us - this book shows us how. ''Add this book to the list of titles that urgently provide context and answers to the hell storm that is [ vaguely waves around ] everything going on right now'' HARPER''S BAZAAR ''A book that will make you think, and want to discuss'' GLAMOUR ''Blistering'' NEW YORK TIMES

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****Sophie Gilbert is a staff writer at the Atlantic, where she writes about television, books, and popular culture. She was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism and has previously written for the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Republic, and the Brooklyn Rail. She lives in London.

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'Fascinating and powerfully argued' Daily Telegraph

'Blistering' New York Times

'Riveting' Vogue

'Gilbert is a serious and attentive chronicler of a fraught era' Financial Times

'Essential reading' Irish Independent

Cosmetic surgeries are at an all-time high, Ozempic is bringing back 'heroin chic' and the manosphere on the rise - after four waves of feminism, what went wrong?

Despite decades of progress, modern womanhood feels more challenging than ever. Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert reveals how today's misogyny emerged from another turbulent era: the late 90s and early 2000s.

Spanning the past thirty years of pop culture - from Madonna to Taylor Swift, #GirlBoss to OnlyFans, Real Housewives to trad-wives - Girl on Girl shows how every form of media, heavily influenced by the rise of porn, has warped women's relationships with themselves and others.

We cannot move forward without fully reckoning with the ways pop culture has defined us - this book shows us how.

**'A captivating must-read' KATE MANNE

'I folded down every single page' PANDORA SYKES**

'Vast, engaging and brilliant' Stylist

'A book that will make you think, and want to discuss' Glamour

'Add this book to the list of titles that urgently provide context and answers to the hell storm that is [vaguely waves around] everything going on right now' Harper's Bazaar

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