**One of NPR's Best Books of 2017** Petersen's gloriously bumptious brash ode to nonconforming
women suits the needs of this dark moment. Her careful examination of how we eviscerate the
women who confound or threaten is crucial reading if we are ever to be better.-Rebecca Traister
New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies NOW WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE
AUTHOR From celebrity gossip expert and BuzzFeed culture writer Anne Helen Petersen a bold
accessible and analytical look at how female celebrities are pushing society's boundaries You
know the type: the woman who won't shut up who's too brazen too opinionated-too much.
Sometimes she's the life of the party other times she's the center of gossip. She's the unruly
woman and she's on eof the most provocative powerful forms of womanhood today. There have
been unruly women for as long as there have been boundaries of what constitutes acceptable
feminine behavior but there's evidence that she's on the rise--more visible and less easily
dismissed. In Too Fat Too Slutty Too Loud Anne Helen Petersen uses the lens of unruliness to
explore the ascension of contemporary pop culture powerhouses from Serena Williams to Kim
Kardashian to Hillary Clinton. Petersen explores why the public loves to love (and hate) these
controversial figures each of who has been conceived as too something: too queer too strong
too honest too old too pregnant too shrill too much. With its brisk incisve analysis Too
Fat Too Slutty Too Loud is a conversation-starting book on what makes and breaks famous women
today. Must-read list.-Entertainment Weekly Named one of Cosmopolitan's Books You Won't Be Able
to Put Down This Summer Selected as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Month A Refinery29
Editors' Pick
