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You're Doing it Wrong

A History of Bad and Bonkers Advice to Women

Kaz Cooke

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English
Viking
02 November 2021
You're Doing it Wrong is an outrageous tour through the centuries of bonkers and bad advice handed down and foisted upon women, told as only Kaz Cooke can - with humour and rage, intelligence and wit.

Come with Kaz on a laugh-out-loud frolic through centuries of terrible advice, from 14th-century clergy to the Kardashians (wear a dress made of arsenic, do some day-drinking, have sex with a billionaire biker, worry about your vagina wrinkles). It's also a roar against injustice, a rallying cry for sisterhood and a way to free ourselves from ludicrous expectations and imposed perfectionism. Kaz's own 30-year history of interest and experience in advice - from her newspaper etiquette column to best-selling books, including Up the Duff and the Girl Stuff series - and years of archives and research have culminated in a full-colour, exuberant shout of a book with hundreds of wacky and sobering historical photos of objects and instructions.

You're Doing it Wrong examines what women are told to do (change shape, shoosh, do all the housework) and what women are not supposed to do (frown, have pockets, lead a country). It covers sex and romance, paid work, fashion and beauty, health advice, housework and a motherlode of mad parenting instructions - from witchcraft to beauty pageants, with a side of aviatrixes. Sit down with a cuppa and settle in for a good laugh...
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Imprint:   Viking
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 218mm,  Width: 171mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   802g
ISBN:   9781760896973
ISBN 10:   1760896977
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kaz Cooke is a bestselling author and cartoonist whose books have informed and tickled Australians and New Zealanders for more than twenty years. Her books include Up the Duff- The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Babies & Toddlers- The Sequel to Up the Duff, Girl Stuff 8-12, Girl Stuff 13+- Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years - all updated each year; Women's Stuff, the children's picture books Wanda Linda Goes Beserk and The Terrible Underpants, and the novel Ada. With a background in journalism, she's a mum who enjoys reseach, toast and having a good lie down. kazcooke.com.au

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