Book reviews

Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
Guerilla Girls Book Review

Read a book review online (click here to search reviews)
Books Movies  
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Mystery/Thriller Literature Romance Biography Video
Guerilla Girls Books
New book search
Guerilla Girls Message Board
Get more information about this book
Plot Summary of Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
"Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers is a hillarious satire on the stereotypes of women. Examples are given of women fitting the stereotypes and photos give the reader a sense of the message that the author is trying to convey. Inevitably the main goal of the authors is to dispel myths about women and change the way that women percieve themselves and each other. Each sterotype shows a constraint that was placed on gender and takes a humorous approach in asking why women are labeled in that manner. "
Daniela Lo Presti, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history: - 1990's - 20th century
History of a people? Yes
Nationality? - American--General
Social history? Yes
Kind of social history - history of girls

Subjects of this Historical Account
Is the portrayal sympathetic? - Somewhat sympathetic
Intelligence of subject of history: - Smart

Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group? - champion of justice
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Nationality? - American
Is the portrayal sympathetic? - Neutral

Setting
If applicable, liberal/conservative? - Historian is very liberal

Style
How much gore? - 1 ()
How fast-paced is the book? - 10 ()
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel... - very happy
How much focus on stories of individuals? - Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance? - 2 ()
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - puns - eccentric personalities - Dry-cynical - parody - satire
Is this a kid's book? - Ages 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations? - A lot
Length of book - Less than 150 pages
How much emphasis on small details? - 10 ()
Most similar books to Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins
There She Is, Miss America by Elwood D. Watson and Darcy Martin
Women of the Old West by Judith Alter
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
On This Date in North American Indian History by Phil Konstantin


Click here for more information about this book


Guerilla Girls Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Daniela Lo Presti  

SCHOLARS:


Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
Three ways to search for History (in beta) books!

1) One-click plot searches! Simply click on a plot or subplot below!

Economic History?

History of a journey/colonization?

History of a people?

History of a science?

History of Art?

History of cloak & dagger?

History of disaster/tragedy?

History of food?

History of military?

History of religion?

History of words/phrases?

Social history?



or 2) Simple lookup
(title or author)

or
3) Even more search options available with a Detailed Booksearch (click here)

Use our site!
17 FREE Sci-Fi Ebooks!
FREE "How to be happy" Ebook!
Feedback


Most recent discussions:

General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
George W. Bush 2:32:02 AM
Anonymous 2:03:39 AM
Erin Hunters 9:00:01 PM
Betty Mahmoody 6:00:22 PM
Judith McNaught 11:55:44 AM
Iris Johansen 9:03:43 PM
Norah Lofts 1:11:37 PM
Jane Rubino 9:32:45 AM
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twersky 11:28:51 PM
Faye Kellerman 12:37:41 AM
LaVyrle Spencer 7:25:23 PM
Robert James Waller 8:30:15 PM
Suzanne Weyn 12:50:03 AM
Deric Longden 2:54:11 PM
Wilma Counts 1:23:32 PM
Kin Platt 12:58:29 AM
Lilian Jackson Braun 10:05:52 PM
G.A. McKevett 10:03:31 PM
David Williams 10:03:01 PM
Steven Pressfield 10:02:30 PM

More message boards