You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke

You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke

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.

Kaz Cooke is a well-known cartoonist and writer in Australia. She is the author of four additional novels and a filmmaker as well as a newspaper columnist. She believes popcorn should be one of the major dietary groups.

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ISBN 13	9781760896973
ISBN 10	1760896977
Title	You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women
Author	Kaz Cooke
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Viking Australia
Year published	2021-11-02
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.