{"product_id":"9780349726960-hags","title":"Hags","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the torrent of ageism and misogyny currently directed against women in their forties and older.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich, complex and witty' ROSE GEORGE, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Devastating and clever' BEL MOONEY, \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Could not be more necessary' RACHEL COOKE, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e almost everyone?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the last few years, as identity politics have taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings: the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHags\u003c\/i\u003e, Victoria Smith asks why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies, histories and choices. Smith traces the attitudes she describes through history, and explores the very specific reasons why this type of misogyny is so very \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a book that is absorbing, insightful, witty and bang on time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40740333125729,"sku":"9780349726960","price":19.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29593358.jpg?v=1725609260","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349726960-hags","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}