Just a girl...

This bugs me. I have been looking at books for awhile, all sorts of books. I can't bring myself to buy them. I know you aren't supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I think it is fair to judge it by its title.

Please tell me I am not the only one who sees a problem with titles like these:
"On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance"
"Fight Like a Girl: The Power of Being a Woman"
"Mean Girls Grown Up: Adult Women Who Are Still Queen Bees, Middle Bees, and Afraid-to-Bees"
"Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes"
"The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want"
"The Single Girl's Manifesta: Living in a Stupendously Superior Single State of Mind"
"Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time"
"Home Girls Make Some Noise! Hip-hop Feminism Anthology"
"Toys for Girls: If Women Didn't Exist, All the Money of the World Would Have No Meaning"
"The Hip Girl's Handbook: For Home, Car, & Money Stuff"
"The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch): Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick-in-Charge"
"The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt"
"Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead... But Gutsy Girls Do: Nine Secrets Every Working Woman Must Know"
"The Bad Girl's Guide to the Party Life"
"The Joy of Doing Things Badly: A Girl's Guide to Love, Life and Foolish Bravery"

Let me assure you, not one of these books was intended for someone under the age of 16. Many of these were marketed to full grown WOMEN. Yes, WOMEN. Don't let me get started on the books for women with the term Bitch in the title.

1 comment:

o-mom said...

We're all just girls, didn't you know, how oh how did I fail you??