Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise And Reign Of The Unruly Woman

"In Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, the cultural critic Anne Helen Petersen writes about celebrities and other cultural figures who have been called “too strong,” “too fat,” “too gross,” “too slutty,” “too old,” “too pregnant,” “too shrill,” “too queer,” “too loud” and “too naked” for uncomplicated cultural acceptance. She ranges from Serena Williams (“too strong”) to Lena Dunham (“too naked”) and shows how each woman defies norms while still staying close enough to the edges of respectability to achieve mainstream success. Petersen interrogates our culture with precision and nuance."