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Girly Drinks

By: Mallory O'Meara
Narrated by: Mallory O'Meara
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From Los Angeles Times best-selling author Mallory O'Meara comes a lively and engrossing feminist history of women drinking through the ages.

Strawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. These are the cocktails that come in sleek-stemmed glasses, bright colors and fruity flavors—these are the girly drinks.

From the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of social rituals and cultures worldwide. But when exactly did drinking become a gendered act? And why have bars long been considered 'places for men' when, without women, they might not even exist?

With whip-smart insight and boundless curiosity, Girly Drinks unveils an entire untold history of the female distillers, drinkers, and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to iconic 1920s bartender Ada Coleman. Filling a crucial gap in culinary history, O'Meara dismantles the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that listeners everywhere can look to each celebrated woman in this book—and proudly have what she's having.

©2022 Mallory O'Meara (P)2021 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited Food & Wine Gender Studies Social Sciences Wine & Beverages Women Alcohol

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Critic reviews

“At last, the feminist history of booze we've been waiting for!” (Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist)
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It's been a really easy and fun to listen to book!
was really nice to hear an empowering history book about women, written and read by a woman, to shed a bit of different perspective than the usual one we use to hear from the usual male historians...
Loved it!
Loved the narrating too (:

Empowering & Fun!

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Incredible insight - mind blowing and so thought provoking. I loved the way the narrative covered the world, time lines and contemporary issues/history too. Amazing

Incredible

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And thus another feminist was born! Thank you teaching me so much, for opening my eyes and for relaxing me with your comforting voice!

All Of it

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I am a woman in the distilling, brewing and blending industry and it’s very male dominated still. This book was empowering and inspiring! I learnt a lot.

A great read for women in the industry (and women who aren’t)

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