num_pages: 288
description: Already an international bestseller this empowering survival guide provides no-nonsense advice on sex social media mental health and sexism that young women face in their everyday lifefrom one of the emerging leaders in the feminist movement.They told you that you need to be thin and beautiful.They told you to wear longer skirts avoid going out late at night and move in groupsnever accept drinks from a stranger and wear shoes you can run in more easily than heels.They told you to wear just enough make-up to look presentable but not enough to be a slut; to dress to flatter your apple pear hourglass figure but not to reveal too much.They warned you that if you try to be strong or take control youll be shrill bossy a ballbreaker. Of course its fine for the boys but you should know your place.They told you thats not for girlstake it as a complimentdont rock the boatthatll go straight to your hips.They told you beauty is on the inside but you knew they didnt really mean it.Well screw that. Laura Bates is here to tell you something else.Hilarious bold and unapologetic Girl Up exposes the truth about the pressures surrounding body image the false representations in media the complexities of sex and relationships the trials of social media and all the other lies society has told us.Praise for Girl UpIn Girl Up  Laura Bates has given women of every age a fast frank seductively readable guide to surviving in the time of social media impossible body images feminist hopes internalizing fault standing up for ourselves and each other and yes confronting Donald Trump. She leaves no doubt about what consent is where the clitoris is what our rights are and what our hopes could be. This is an owners guide to our world and our bodies. It will definitely save sanity and might save lives. Gloria Steinem Girl Up is an essential compendium of wit wisdom advice and straight-talk. They should give out copies in the delivery room every time another girl enters the world. Or a boy for that matterthey ought to be reading Girl Up too. Sarah Knight bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ckThis is the book young women needone that teaches them about the anatomy of their vulva instead of how to impress their crush. While many of the topics covered are still relevant to me now I really wish I'd had this book as a young adult. Beth Newell editor/cofounder of Reductress
language: English
title: Girl Up
publisher: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster