Rules for Being a Girl
16 April 2020Synopsis
From Katie Cotugno and author of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell comes this fierce and feisty exploration of feminism: standing up, speaking out and rewriting the rules.
Don’t be easy. Don’t give it up. Don’t be a prude. Don’t be cold. Don’t put him in the friendzone. Don’t act desperate. Don’t let things go too far. Don’t give him the wrong idea. Don’t blame him for trying. Don’t walk alone at night. But calm down! Don’t worry so much. Smile!
Marin is a smart, driven, popular girl – she's headed for Brown when she graduates and has a brilliant career as a journalist ahead of her. Especially in the eyes of English teacher Mr Beckett. He spends a lot of time around Marin, and she thinks it's harmless . . . until he kisses her.
No one believes Marin when she tells them what happened, so she does the only thing she can: she writes an article called 'Rules for Being a Girl' for the school paper to point out the misogyny and sexism that girls face every day. As things heat up at school and in her personal life, Marin must figure out how to take back the power and rewrite her own rules.
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16 April 2020
9781529036091Reviews
A fiercely feminist call to arms
This attempt to keep women in their place is deftly captured in the book
The authors write a convincing teen exploring the complex, frequently sexist social norms that girls and women navigate daily
Young people starting to explore social justice will find this engaging work a stepping stone on the way to heavier fare such as Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist or Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
