{"product_id":"shrill-notes-from-a-loud-woman","title":"Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*CATCH THE TV ADAPTATION OF \u003ci\u003eSHRILL\u003c\/i\u003e ON BBC3 NOW*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Women are told, from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small in our presence, and small in our impact on the world. We're supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet and hungry. I want to obliterate that expectation...'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Lindy West wasn't always loud. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice - and how she found it! That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living standing up for what's right instead of what's cool.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eShrill\u003c\/i\u003e, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people's jokes, to telling her own brand of jokes - ones that carry with them with a serious message and aren't at someone else's expense. She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she's had to overcome to make herself heard, in a society that doesn't think women (especially fat women and feminists) are or can be funny.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She also tackles some of the most burning issues of popular culture today, taking a frank and provocative look at racism, oppression, fat-shaming, twitter-trolling and even rape culture, unpicking the bullshit and calling out unpalatable truths with conviction, intelligence and a large dose of her trademark black humour.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Lindy West is an essential (and hilarious) voice for women. Her talent and bravery have made the Internet a place I actually want to be.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLena Dunham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Quercus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781784295547\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917005439153,"sku":"SB-178429554X-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/178429554X.jpg?v=1789143658","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/shrill-notes-from-a-loud-woman","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}