{"product_id":"trainwreck-isbn-9781612196480","title":"Trainwreck","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Smart ... compelling ... persuasive .” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe’s everywhere once you start looking: the trainwreck.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShe’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Mary Wollstonecraft—who, for decades after her death, was more famous for her illegitimate child and suicide attempts than for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman—to Charlotte Brontë, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Plath, and even Hillary Clinton, Sady Doyle’s Trainwreck dissects a centuries-old phenomenon and asks what it means now, in a time when we have unprecedented access to celebrities and civilians alike, and when women are pushing harder than ever against the boundaries of what it means to “behave.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere did these women come from? What are their crimes? And what does it mean for the rest of us? For an age when any form of self-expression can be the one that ends you, Doyle’s book is as fierce and intelligent as it is funny and compassionate—an essential, timely, feminist anatomy of the female trainwreck.“Smart ... compelling ... persuasive ... Doyle reminds us that we shouldn't be so quick to judge women in terms of degrading stereotypes or unrealistic expectations.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Fantastic … \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e will very likely join the feminist canon.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Fiercely brilliant, must-read ... Doyle has dug deeply into the garbage that the media peddles about women...Doyle's book moves the needle.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Provocative, persuasive.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eTo miss \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e would be a mistake … Brilliantly snarky and smart, \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e deserves a place on every savvy woman's bookshelf.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Bust Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A deeply researched account of our culture’s misogynistic obsession with trainwrecks … A convincing, compulsively readable polemic, \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e hinges on the argument that normalizing hatred toward famous women sets a precedent for hating \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e woman: If you build it, the trolls will come.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Portland Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A dazzling compendium of iconic feminist figures … The transhistorical connections between women are delightful, and Doyle showcases the breadth and depth of her knowledge as she moves with ease from Tara Reid to Hillary Clinton to Britney Spears to Marie Antoinette … However, where \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e truly illuminates its readers is in its social and psychological reflections about origins of the narrative.” —\u003cb\u003eSalon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Smart, funny, and fearless.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"In Sady Doyle’s sharp new book … she examines the particular pleasure our society has taken, for centuries, in tearing down publicly visible women … Illuminating. —\u003cb\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A ruthlessly funny, smart, and relentlessly on-point takedown of modern misogyny … Doyle’s debut book places her on the A-list of contemporary feminist writers.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Doyle shows the way women in general have been, and very often still are, tried for their very womanness, devoured for their flaws, and respected only once they’ve been reduced to smoldering ash. High-speed and immediately readable, Doyle's poignant take on the concept of the trainwreck, and its relation to feminism, will provoke much thought and discussion.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Some people take a scalpel to the heart of media culture; Sady Doyle brings a bone saw, a melon baller, and a machete. \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e is a blistering indictment of how history has normalized sexism as entertainment, defining—and destroying—the women we claim to love.” \u003cb\u003e—Andi Zeisler, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were Feminists Once\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Sady Doyle’s wise, funny, bleak-when-it-needs-to-be voice has long been indispensable. With \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e, she brilliantly connects the dots on the women our society likes to chew up and spit out. We need this book.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eIrin Carmon, co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003ci\u003e Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sady Doyle is audaciously funny and relentlessly fearless. I am amazed by her ability to hold contentious but vital feminist lines long after the rest of us have fled the war to hide under the covers. The supposed ‘trainwrecks’ of history (and the future) couldn’t hope for a more clear-eyed, steadfast champion.” \u003cb\u003e—Lindy West, author of \u003ci\u003eShrill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sady Doyle is a wonder. She writes personally about the political and politically about the personal in a way that makes both worth reading. She’s also incisive, surprising, and funny as hell.” \u003cb\u003e—Clay Shirky, author of \u003ci\u003eHere Comes Everybody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sady Doyle is more than a writer, she’s a force of nature—a mostly benevolent one, like a cleansing forest fire that makes way for new growth. Her clear-eyed criticism, finely tuned prose, and always-questioning outlook combine to make hers one of the most necessary voices of our time. Plus she is very funny.” \u003cb\u003e—Emily Gould, author of \u003ci\u003eFriendship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sady Doyle is simply one of the smartest, funniest, most humane writers working today. In a time of too many takes, I always look forward to hers. If you agree with her, reading her work is cathartic; and if you don’t, take cover.” \u003cb\u003e—Kate Harding, author of \u003ci\u003eAsking for It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJude Ellison Sady Doyle founded the blog Tiger Beatdown in 2008. Their work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Elle.com, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic,\u003c\/i\u003e Slate, Buzzfeed, Rookie, and lots of other places around the Internet. 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