{"product_id":"hags-the-demonisation-of-middle-aged-women-9780349726960","title":"Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich, complex and witty' ROSE GEORGE, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Devastating and clever' BEL MOONEY, \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Could not be more necessary' RACHEL COOKE, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e almost everyone?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the last few years, as identity politics have taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings: the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHags\u003c\/i\u003e, Victoria Smith asks why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies, histories and choices. Smith traces the attitudes she describes through history, and explores the very specific reasons why this type of misogyny is so very \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a book that is absorbing, insightful, witty and bang on time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fleet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349726960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Victoria Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271754416309,"sku":"9780349726960","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_835b0584-94de-47e2-b926-fb8b5dc3f707.jpg?v=1699956655","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hags-the-demonisation-of-middle-aged-women-9780349726960","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}