Lauren Levin
Auteur de Same Sex in the City: (So Your Prince Charming Is Really a Cinderella)
Œuvres de Lauren Levin
In Fortune 3 exemplaires
The Lens 1 exemplaire
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- Sexe
- female
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 127
- Popularité
- #158,248
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 5
The only two things I have in common with most of the women in this book are that I am a woman attracted to women, and I am a Jewish-American lesbian. Other than that, there are no commonalities at all. I knew I was in trouble when they started rattling off designer brands (of shoes? clothes? I have no idea).
Basically, this book is all about upper class uber-femmes. It's obvious that the two authors have only a limited experience with lesbians; nearly all of the stories feature Jewish-American women who live in New York City. The one South American woman whose story is featured here admits that she grew up in an exceptionally wealthy neighborhood. Yeah, I can't relate to that at all.
I also disliked the not-so-subtle digs at those who identify as "butch." I don't like labels, and I don't fall handily on the femme-butch spectrum. I love football, ball caps, and flannel shirts (hey, they're warm and comfy!). But I also like doing my hair, wearing heels (although not $1000 pairs), and donning dresses. But, with the exception of my first girlfriend, I am attracted to butches, and I felt like my attraction to that subset was being denigrated.
This book doesn't offer much for advice, either. Each chapter has a page or two of "advice," which is shallow at best, and then is followed by groupings of stories that are supposed to illustrate...something. Let's put it this way: one of the longest chapters in the book is titled "Hooking Up With Straight Girls."
I think that says it all.… (plus d'informations)