Girls Will Be Girls

''Part autobiography, part heartfelt plea to change the way we look at gender, Girls will be Girls is an excellent primer on feminist theory. Every teenage girl should be given a copy'' HOT PRESS Being a woman is, largely, about performance - how we dress and modify our bodies, what we say, the roles we play, and how we conform to expectations. Gender stereotypes are still deeply embedded in our society, but Emer O''Toole is on a mission to re-write the old script and bend the rules of gender - and she shows how and why we should all be joining in. Exploring what it means to ''act like a girl'', Emer takes us on a hilarious and thought-provoking journey through her life (including singing ''Get Your Pits Out for the Lads'' on national TV after growing out her body hair). Cross-dressing, booty-shaking, sexual disasters, family dinners and full-body waxing are all lovingly dissected in search of wisdom. With game-changing ideas, academic intelligence and laugh-out-loud humour, this book will open your mind and revolutionise the way that you think about gender.

O'Toole follows the personal example set by Caitlin Moran to such powerful effect, as she explores through anecdote and recollections from childhood and adolescence a powerful concept familiar to those who have studies feminist theory since the 1970s: the notion of one's gender as a performance, a construction that can be altered.

Préface

Change the way you think about gender and feminism forever. With all the revolutionary zeal, laugh-out-loud humour and intelligence of Laura Bates, Caitlin Moran and Bell Hooks, Emer O'Toole explores what it really means to 'act like a girl'.
'I wish it could be handed out to every teenage girl as a self-esteem booster' EVENING STANDARD

Auteur

Emer O'Toole is a scholar and writer who contributes to various online publications, including the GUARDIAN and the feminist blog VAGENDA. She is from the West of Ireland, but now lives in Montréal, where she is Assistant Professor of Irish Performance Studies at Concordia University.

Follow Emer on Twitter @Emer_OToole

Texte du rabat

Now in paperback, this is a revolutionary and humorous book about gender and feminism. Combines memoir with an exploration of how gender stereotypes can be subverted and the rules of gender bended. With appeal to fans of Laura Bates and Caitlin Moran.