http://bitchmagazine.org/tag/literature The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://bitchmagazine.org/article/moms-word <p>At the turn of the millennium, Bridget Jones and the <i>Sex and the City </i>girls heralded a new era of fun, fearless singledom. Chick lit, accompanied by memoirs and anthologies about single womanhood, made it whimsical for an otherwise-capable woman to be vain, proud of her missteps and mistakes, and heartbroken over her inability to find a man. Now, what happens in the next chapter after Ms. Adorably Quirky has found Mr. Right? She manifests new neuroses and fears as she enters the brave new world of motherhood. </p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/article/moms-word">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/article/moms-word#comments breeding Feature literature motherhood parenting procreation Social commentary Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00:00 -0500 Kyla 131 at http://bitchmagazine.org http://bitchmagazine.org/article/franzen <p>As every tabloid reader knows, it’s a short step from a celebrity marriage to a publicity-filled divorce. When Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, <em>The Corrections</em>, was published this fall, critics waxed hyperbolic over its wedding of character-driven family drama and up-to-the-nanosecond cultural commentary. Then Oprah chose the novel for her book club, and <em>The Corrections</em> seemed poised to bring about what many considered an even more unlikely union—this time of the lit-crit, severe-glasses clique and the suburban Barnes &amp; Noble crowd.</p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/article/franzen">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/article/franzen#comments appropriation Books Feature gender high brow / low brow literature Oprah privilege Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:47:44 -0500 Debbie Rasmussen 51 at http://bitchmagazine.org