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By (author) Gilbert, Sophie
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From a Pulitzer Prize-finalist for journalism, Girl on Girl is the ultimate book to understanding the toxic legacy of popular culture on women today – and what we can do to fight back.
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NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025
A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2025
”Essential reading” Irish Independent
”Fascinating and powerfully argued” Daily Telegraph
”A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand how and why misogyny is as powerful a force as ever” KATE MANNE, author of Down Girl
Cosmetic surgeries are at an all-time high, Ozempic is bringing back ”heroin chic” and TikTok trad-wives are on the rise – after four waves of feminism, what went wrong?
Despite decades of progress, the gains of the feminist movement feel more fragile than ever. But as Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert points out, this is not a unique moment. Feminism felt just as fragmented in the early 2000s, when the momentum of third-wave feminists and riot grrrls was squashed by lad culture and the commodification of Girl Power.
Casting her eye across pop culture of the past thirty years – from Madonna, the Spice Girls and the Kardashians, to MySpace, #GirlBoss and Real Housewives – Sophie Gilbert reveals a toxic pattern of progress and misogynistic backlash. Girl on Girl shows how every form of media, heavily influenced by the rise of porn, has shaped and warped women”s relationships with themselves and other women.
We cannot move forward without fully reckoning with the ways pop culture has defined us – this book shows us how.
”Add this book to the list of titles that urgently provide context and answers to the hell storm that is [vaguely waves around] everything going on right now” HARPER”S BAZAAR
”A book that will make you think, and want to discuss” GLAMOUR
”Blistering” NEW YORK TIMES
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Landmark feminist non-fiction
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A sharp, insightful analysis of how media and pop culture have shaped how women view themselves and each other
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Gilbert unmasks the collective regression that continues to influence our views on misogyny, feminism and womanhood today
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Gilbert is one of my favorite writers and thinkers, particularly on the subjects of gender and womanhood-and her debut book, which dissects three decades of pop culture through a feminist lens, is sure to be one of the standouts of the year
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A carefully buttressed and sharply written analysis that takes into account a dizzying number of cultural products and characters . . . Truly, Gilbert deserves a medal – not only for her observations and conclusions, but for navigating the sludge she had to wade through to get there. Essential cultural criticism
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With panache, wit, and brilliance, Sophie Gilbert”s GIRL ON GIRL offers compelling analyses of how mass culture has diluted and tainted feminism, even managing to turn women against each other and ourselves. A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand how and why misogyny is as powerful a force as ever
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A riveting, incisive, rousing exploration of millennial culture that reveals the cyclical pattern of political movements, the insidious nature of backlash, and the importance of understanding how we got here, so that we can move forward. Sophie Gilbert is one of our most important cultural critics and I”ll read everything she ever writes
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