Overview
The author of the acclaimed, bestselling In Praise of Difficult Women delivers a hilarious feminist manifesto that encourages us to reject āself-improvementā and instead learn to appreciate and flaunt our complex, and flawed, human selves.
Why are we so obsessed with being our so-called best selves? Because our modern culture force feeds women lies designed to heighten their insecurities: āYou can do it allācrush it at work, at home, in the bedroom, at PTA and at Pilatesāand because you can, you should. We can show you how!āĀ
Karen Karbo has had enough. Sheās taking a stand against the cultural and societal pressures, marketing, and media influences that push us to spend endless time, energy and money trying to āfixā ourselvesāa race that has no finish line and only further increases our send of self-dissatisfaction and loathing. āYeah, no, not happening,ā is her battle cry.
In this wickedly smart and entertaining book, Karbo explores how āself-improveryā evolved from the provenance of men to women. Recast as āconsumersā in the 1920s, women, it turned out, could be seduced into buying anything that might improve not just their lives, but their sense of self-worth. Today, we smirk at Mad Men-era ads targeting 1950s housewivesāeven while savvy marketers, aided and abetted by social media āinfluencers,ā peddle skin care āsystems,ā skinny tea, and regimens that promise to deliver endless happiness. Weāre not simply seduced into dropping precious disposable income on empty promises; the underlying message is that we canāt possibly know whatās good for us, what we want, or who we should be. Calling BS, Karbo blows the lid off of this age-old trend and asks women to start embracing their awesomely imperfect selves.
There is no one more dangerous than a woman who doesnāt care what anyone thinks of her. Yeah, No, Not Happening is a call to arms to build a posse of dangerous women who swear off self-improvement and its peddlers. A welcome corrective to our inner-critic, Karboās manifesto will help women restore their sanity and reclaim their self-worth.
This book title, Yeah, No. Not Happening. (How I Found Happiness Swearing Off Self-Improvement and Saying F*ck It All-and How You Can Too), ISBN: 9780062945549, by Karen Karbo, published by HarperCollins (March 31, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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