Reviews

Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America by Myrna Blyth

ravenhaymond's review

4.0

I found this book to be really eye-opening and entertaining at the same time. Blyth gives us the insider's view of media and how it, basically, messes with our minds. One point that she made that really resonated with me is that, according to all the women's magazines and shows out there, we are all stressed out all the time. We think (if the stories filling women's magazines are any indication) we're too fat, too old, not pretty enough, over-worked, victims of huge amounts of abuse and discrimination, can't handle our children, etc. That life now is harder than it has ever been before. As she points out, this just isn't so! Look at all the world has to offer us that women could only dream of not too long ago. She makes the point that the feminist movement seems to have produced a culture of victims who allow the smallest things to completely stress them out. If anything, this kind of movement should have produced strong women. I love her emphasis--we are stronger than this! Don't let yourself be convinced that you aren't. A really good read--as long as you're a conservative woman, that is.

raehink's review

2.0

The author, a former women's magazine editor, admits that magazines and TV have a vested interest in keeping the American woman in a state of discontent. An unhappy woman is more likely to spend money to find a cure for her emotions. Well, duh.