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Hadley Freeman. Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies
Life is pain … but it doesn’t have to be painful, aka the introduction
The office of magical thinking
1. ‘Office life is so predictable and always the same!’
2. ‘The office keeps me from pursuing my dreams!’
3. ‘I hate my job!’
4. ‘Everyone in my office drives me insane!’
A day in your life in Daily Mail headlines
Sex tips for smart ladies
Movies lie – damn it, woman, they lie!
1. All men are constantly desperate for sex and women are the reluctant objects of their energetic pursuits
2. Popular kids are evil and will end up miserable
3. You have to be the boring woman to get the guy
4. Women never talk to one another or, if they do, they only talk about men
5. You have to give up your job to find happiness if you’re a woman
6. Falling in love and getting married are the only possible happy endings, especially for a woman
7. Women don’t even consider having abortions … any more
8. A woman’s personality is revealed through her eating habits. Also, thin women eat tonnes and never put on weight
9. Jewish men are smoking hot, Jewish women are non-existent and/or awful
What to expect when your friends are expecting
Talking about eating disorders without using a single photo of Kate Moss
Every dating guide you’ll ever need
You don’t need Winona Ryder to tell you how to live your life
But do you like him?
You’re never too old for Topshop
The ten commandments of being an unannoying vegetarian
The Forwardthinkoriums
How to cheer up your friend who is depressed about being single without lying to them, patronising them or making them feel even worse
Exercise – it’s just like sex!
How to read women’s magazines without wanting to grow a penis
There will always be something wrong with your body, which means nothing is wrong with your body
Beyond the armpit: a ten-point (plus three addenda and some posh little footnotes) guide to being a modern-day feminist
1. Cure yourself of that nasty case of Self-Deprecating Tourettes
1. a) By all means ask men about their achievements but then tell them about yours, too: An addendum to Self-Deprecating Tourettes
1. b) Accept that you don’t have to be liked by everyone – and that’s OK
2. Be kind to yourself
3. Never be afraid of getting into an argument about abortion
4. Do not get distracted by phoney women vs women fights
5. Have a very stern word with anyone who judges women more harshly than they judge men, even – especially! – if they don’t realise they’re doing it
6. Be a feminist, not a faux feminist
6. a) Don’t define yourself by your age or your size
6. b) And also, don’t lose your individuality in a relationship or define yourself by it
7. Stand your ground against Bully Mothers
7. a) And don’t pay any attention to their single lady equivalents
8. Don’t be a passive consumer of the media
9. Accept that the things you feel and/or do occasionally that you worry aren’t feminist are, in fact, unfeminist
10. Understand what feminism actually is, and how it involves Glamorgan
When to listen to your friends, and when not to. LISTEN
DON’T LISTEN
Ten signs you are having a non-awesome date (possibly autobiographical)
Ten awesome women (in no particular order)
Betty White
Decca Mitford
Miss Piggy
Katharine Graham
Bea Arthur
Katharine Hepburn
Nina Simone
Gloria Steinem
Hadley Richardson
George Eliot, aka Marian Evans
Five awesome films and five very un-awesome films. AWESOME. Annie Hall
The Philadelphia Story
Say Anything
Auntie Mame
Rushmore
NON-AWESOME. The Sex and the City films
Love, Actually
Pretty Woman
Funny Face
The Devil Wears Prada
Ten awesome books. Persuasion, by Jane Austen
American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld
Eloise, by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
A Girl’s Guide to Fishing and Hunting, by Melissa Bank
The Collected Dorothy Parker
Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary, by Rae Earl
The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford
Heartburn, by Nora Ephron
Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding
Acknowledgements
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