http://gingersister.vox.com/library/posts/tags/citizen+girl/page/1/ the crazy red head of your dreams en Vox Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:33:06 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss citizen girl http://gingersister.vox.com/library/post/done-read-book-14.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ginger_sister) http://gingersister.vox.com/library/post/done-read-book-14.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://gingersister.vox.com/library/post/done-read-book-14.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:33:06 -0700 <p>I read another book.&#160; <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d4142cb4cc3c7f00e398e81d300005" at:format="large" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-large book-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item book-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://gingersister.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4142cb4cc3c7f00e398e81d300005.html"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4142cb4cc3c7f00e398e81d300005-320pi" alt="Citizen Girl" title="Citizen Girl" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://gingersister.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4142cb4cc3c7f00e398e81d300005.html" title="Citizen Girl">Citizen Girl</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Emma McLaughlin</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> It&#39;s by the authors of the &quot;Nannie Diaries&quot; (which I enjoyed) and it is all about balancing reality with idealism, but with a healthy dose of sarcasm at what feminism is degrading into.&#160; I appreciated Girl&#39;s starry eyed dreams about what could be, and completely understood the rough position of having to choose between ideals and unemployment.&#160; It also painted a very good picture of one who compromises and compromises until they don&#39;t hardly recognize what they&#39;re about anymore.&#160; This book was funny,&#160; insightful,&#160; scathing, true to life,&#160; stereotypical,&#160; and&#160; fantastical&#160; all in one book.&#160; Enjoying and thought provoking.&#160;&#160; Don&#39;t listen to it on CD as I did though, as the narrator often tried to sing (mistake)&#160; and do accents (Manchester is just not her thing). </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gingersister.vox.com/library/post/done-read-book-14.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142cb4cc3c7f00f48ce68b910003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> cynicism idealism citizen girl book 14