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You’re Doing It Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women

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You’re Doing It Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women

By: Kaz Cooke
Narrated by: Kaz Cooke
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Come with Kaz on a laugh-out-loud frolic through centuries of terrible advice, from 14th-century clergy to the Kardashians (wear a dress made of arsenic, do some day-drinking, have sex with a billionaire biker, worry about your vagina wrinkles). It's also a roar against injustice, a rallying cry for sisterhood and a way to free ourselves from ludicrous expectations and imposed perfectionism.

Kaz's own 30-year history of interest and experience in advice - from her newspaper etiquette column to best-selling books, including Up the Duff and the Girl Stuff series - and years of archives and research have culminated in a full-colour, exuberant shout of a book with hundreds of wacky and sobering historical photos of objects and instructions.

You're Doing It Wrong examines what we're told to do (change shape, shoosh, do all the housework), and what we're not supposed to do (frown, have pockets, lead a country). It covers sex & romance, paid work, fashion & beauty, health advice, housework, and a motherlode of mad parenting instructions - from witchcraft to beauty pageants, with a side of aviatrixes. Put the kettle on and settle in.

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©2021 Kaz Cooke (P)2021 Penguin Random House Australia
Gender Studies Social Sciences Women Humour
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This book made me so angry!
Not the authors fault of course she was simply bringing my attention to all that happened!
Awesome performance!
However what happened is bull s…!
Every women should listen or read this book, true eye opener!
I guess the big question after listening to this is:
Why do we put up with it now (or back then) from men? And why do we do it to each other?

#bekind

Brilliant - but ….

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Loved this. It was hilarious, educational, validating and brilliant all at the same time. Very much recommend.

A great listen

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