F*ck Happiness by Ariel Gore (Uncorrected Proof Copy)
Why do men have a monopoly on happiness?
Happiness has become big business. Books, psychologists, consultants, and even governments promote scientific findings into it. The problem is that almost all of this science is performed by and for straight white men. And some of the most vocal of these experts suggest that women can become happier by adopting traditional gender values and eschewing feminism.
Sceptical of this hypothesis, Ariel Gore immersed herself in the optimism industrial complex, combing the research, reading the history, interviewing the thinkers, and exploring her own and her friends' personal experiences and desires. The result is a nuanced, thoughtful, and inspiring account of what happiness means to women.
For readers of Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me and Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright Side, this is a provocative, persuasive look at how and why women's desires are more complex than we are led to believe.
About the Author
Ariel Gore is a feminist, journalist, writer and teacher. The author of several books on parenting, feminism and queer culture, she is also the publisher of Hip Mama, an award-winning magazine covering the culture and politics of motherhood. Her writing has been described as 'eloquent, sensitive, and revolutionary' and novelist Marc Acito dubs her 'an adventurer, the Indiana Jones of literature'.
Paperback | 192 pages
136 x 208 x 16mm | 234g
25 May 2020
Black Inc.
Nero
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
English
1760641995
9781760641993
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks along the edges, and minimal scratching on the back cover, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.