Material Girls

Author: Kathleen Stock
Publisher: Fleet
ISBN: 9780349726625
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard 'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex. Professor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir's statement that, 'One is not born, but rather becomes a woman' (an assertion she contends has been misinterpreted and repurposed), to Judith Butler's claim that language creates biological reality, rather than describing it. She looks at biological sex in a range of important contexts, including women-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection. Material Girls makes a clear, humane and feminist case for our retaining the ability to discuss reality, and concludes with a positive vision for the future, in which trans rights activists and feminists can collaborate to achieve some of their political aims.

Material Girls

Author: Elaine Dimopoulos
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054438850X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
Project Runway meets Divergent in this insightful young adult novel that looks at fashion and consumerism in a world where children are the gatekeepers of culture and staying young and trendy are the keys to success.

Prodigal Sons and Material Girls

Author: Nathan Dungan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471469971
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
In today’s society many young people have lost sight of the value of money and seem to believe that money really does "grow on trees." Part expose and part survival guide, Prodigal Sons and Material Girls addresses the nagging issue faced by many parents today – why do their children have such unrealistic expectations about money? The book is divided into two comprehensive parts. Part I outlines the disturbing facts about America’s possession-crazed youth and the society that has distorted their views. You’ll be introduced to everything from the "three-headed monster"—a high-powered triumvirate of consumer products companies, media conglomerates, and advertising agencies that has tremendous influence over your children—to the distorted view of the American Dream as shaped by principles known as "The Teen Commandments." In learning what you’re up against you can teach financial responsibility from a position of strength. In Part II, Dungan offers creative and convincing examples on how to leverage his highly successful "Share-Save-Spend" approach to money – critical elements for you to help your children break free from the materialism that has become ingrained in our society. Through insightful anecdotes and simple exercises, you will learn how to: Talk to your children about money Understand the difference between financial wants and needs Increase the probability of your children having a prosperous life Raise your children’s marketing IQ Maintain healthy financial boundaries Set a healthy example for your children to follow The "Share–Save–Spend" methodology will help your children establish healthy financial habits and will undoubtedly become their foundation for making a lifetime of responsible financial decisions. Nathan Dungan is an innovative leader in the financial services industry. Over the past 15 years, he has been a top-performing financial advisor outside of Philadelphia, PA and most recently served as Vice President of Marketing for Lutheran Brotherhood (now Thrivent Financial for Lutherans), a $57 billion member-owned financial services company with nearly 3 million members. Dungan is a frequent speaker and workshop leader and has been widely quoted on this subject in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and has appeared on CNN and PBS.

Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl

Author: Tiqqun
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 158435108X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
A theoretical dissection of capitalism's ultimate form of merchandise: the living spectacle of the Young-Girl. The Young-Girl is not always young; more and more frequently, she is not even female. She is the figure of total integration in a disintegrating social totality. —from Theory of the Young-Girl First published in France in 1999, Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl dissects the impossibility of love under Empire. The Young-Girl is consumer society's total product and model citizen: whatever “type” of Young-Girl she may embody, whether by whim or concerted performance, she can only seduce by consuming. Filled with the language of French women's magazines, rooted in Proust's figure of Albertine and the amusing misery of (teenage) romance in Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke, and informed by Pierre Klossowski's notion of “living currency” and libidinal economy, Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl diagnoses—and makes visible—a phenomenon that is so ubiquitous as to have become transparent. In the years since the book's first publication in French, the worlds of fashion, shopping, seduction plans, makeover projects, and eating disorders have moved beyond the comparatively tame domain of paper magazines into the perpetual accessibility of Internet culture. Here the Young-Girl can seek her own reflection in corporate universals and social media exchanges of “personalities” within the impersonal realm of the marketplace. Tracing consumer society's colonization of youth and sexuality through the Young-Girl's “freedom” (in magazine terms) to do whatever she wants with her body, Tiqqun exposes the rapaciously competitive and psychically ruinous landscape of modern love.

Material Girls

Author: Suzanna Danuta Walters
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520089782
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
On feminist cultural theory

Material Girls

Author: April Eden
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781600591839
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Fabric and maybe a touch of paint: see how the three hip hosts of Material Girls transform a home. Readers can learn from DIY’s expert "seam team”--seamstress April Eden, interior designer Cat Wei, and upholsterer Kelly Keener--superheroes of sewing and style. Instead of emptying a room and starting from scratch, the Material Girls create redecorated masterpieces based on what’s already there. And we’re not just talking about changing the curtains and bedspread. April, Cat, and Kelly fashion floor coverings, padded headboards, slipcovers, lampshades, room dividers, and more. With before and after photos of each project, step-by-step instructions, and full-color reference photos, Material Girls will inspire home decorators to fire up the sewing machine and break out the scissors.

Material Girls

Author: Elaine Dimopoulos
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544556895
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
In this dystopian thriller, fashion is making everyone a victim: “A captivating and fast-paced ride” (Joelle Charbonneau, New York Times–bestselling author of The Testing trilogy). In Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde’s world, teens are the gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs sixteen-year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin to question their world’s aggressive levels of consumption. Now they’re joining forces to subversively resist and overturn the industry that controls every part of their lives . . . Smart, provocative, and entertaining, this thrilling page-turner questions the cult-like mentality of fame and fashion. Are you in or are you out? “Through its likable characters, sly humor, and smart, fast-moving plot, this entertaining debut raises serious questions about the costs of disposable fashion and pursuit of celebrity.” —Kirkus Reviews

Ms. and the Material Girls

Author: Catherine Gourley
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 0822568063
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Examines the symbols that defined perceptions of women during the 1970s through the 1990s and how they brought about major changes for women.

Little Emperors and Material Girls

Author: Jemimah Steinfeld
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857726072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
China is the world's fastest-growing economic powerhouse. But behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation sexual and cultural revolution is taking place - all in the bars, cafes and streets of China's growing mega-cities. Welcome to this new China. Writer and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld meets the young people behind the world's fastest-moving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: 'little emperors' - single men who have grown up under the one child policy - they're bossy and selfish; 'bare branches' - those without children; 'leftovers' - women over twenty-six who aren't married; 'comrade' - how the gay community identifies itself; 'love markets' - weekend gatherings across China where parents attempt to find husbands and wives for their children, and others show up to match-make young singles and even offer boyfriends for hire. Jemimah Steinfeld introduces the people at the heart of this world, from the woman starting China's first online dating agency to the mistresses of the rich and powerful; from the company trying to sell sex toys to China's middle-classes to the sino-punks of Beijing's bar scene. Little Emperors and Material Girls is the book which will change the way you see China.

Prodigal Sons and Material Girls

Author: Nathan Dungan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471250694
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 275