**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
