Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies

by Hadley Freeman

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Hadley Freeman, Guardian features writer and author of the popular âe~Ask Hadleyâe¦âe(tm) column, reminds the modern lady to âe~Be Awesomeâe(tm). âe~Being single is often awesome. You can leave a party when you want to, whether that be 9pm or 9am; you don't have to live in fear of ever hearing yourself described as âeoemy better halfâe; and you can spend all day lying on the sofa in your pajamas watching âeoeMurder She Wroteâe and eating peanut butter straight out of the jarâe(tm) Covering topics vital for any modern woman to consider (from âe~How to read womenâe(tm)s magazines without wanting to grow a penisâe(tm) to âe~Beyond the armpit: a guide to being a modern day feministâe(tm)), âe~Be Awesomeâe(tm) tackles body image, sex, dating and feminism head on. With an attitude that is unfalteringly funny, smart and surprisingly heartwarming, Hadley Freeman is a voice of sanity that every woman should hear.… (more)

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I loved this book way more than I thought I would. I'm not usually into books by girls - for girls, but Hadley's particular brand of feminism comes with film studies and lipstick on the side. Laugh out loud funny in places (the Daily Mail headlines chapter) and had me questioning Ferris Bueller in a different way than I ever had before. You should eally read this. (

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kimlovesstuff | Dec 31, 2023 |

Decided to give up on this because I'm already plenty awesome and Hadley Freeman's writing is fucking annoying. Personally, telling other women what to do with their bodies and snarkily bitching about teenage girls she considers to have been "slutty" is not my idea of feminism. (

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It is wedged awkwardly in the gap between the media of print and internet, and this makes for a sometimes frustrating but ultimately surreal and interesting read

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Hadley Freeman, Guardian features writer and author of the popular âe~Ask Hadleyâe¦âe(tm) column, reminds the modern lady to âe~Be Awesomeâe(tm). âe~Being single is often awesome. You can leave a party when you want to, whether that be 9pm or 9am; you don't have to live in fear of ever hearing yourself described as âeoemy better halfâe; and you can spend all day lying on the sofa in your pajamas watching âeoeMurder She Wroteâe and eating peanut butter straight out of the jarâe(tm) Covering topics vital for any modern woman to consider (from âe~How to read womenâe(tm)s magazines without wanting to grow a penisâe(tm) to âe~Beyond the armpit: a guide to being a modern day feministâe(tm)), âe~Be Awesomeâe(tm) tackles body image, sex, dating and feminism head on. With an attitude that is unfalteringly funny, smart and surprisingly heartwarming, Hadley Freeman is a voice of sanity that every woman should hear.

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