Spin Sisters. How The Women Of The Media Sell Unhappiness-And Liberalism-To The Women Of America

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 342 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Blowing the whistle on a job she herself did for over ten years at Ladies Home Journal as editor-in-chief, Blyth reveals the almost institutionalized selling of a liberal/do-gooders message to women through chararacterizing women themselves as victims. Playing on womens compassion and ability to be hooked into "uplifting" stories with a moral or happy ending, American media has convinced the most well-educated, rich and healthy audience in history that they are miserable. She dissects why: --liberal celebrities messages arent scrutinized and in fact presented with a halo of approval --middle class American women have been sold stress as the new scourge of modern life --media paints a negative picture of womens lives today, at exactly the moment when women have more money, privlege and choices than ever before --the club of liberal women who run magazines and television shows have an outsize and lock-step affect on what we "know" about the major issues of the day--the incestuous relationship between celebrities and media has corrupted journalism --magazines rarely tell stories about the majority of women whose conservative views dont mesh with their own

ISBN: 9780312312879