Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, by Ariel Levy
New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy, wicked and witty feminist, took the establishment by storm with this classic, and its unforgettable name: Female Chauvinist Pigs.
(I actually constantly mispronounce it when I'm on phone with Ariel: "Feminist Chauvinist Pigs"-- which we agree sounds like another must-read! ;-)
Levy's book is a piercing examination of how women are treated and perceived by 21st century American society— how sexual representation is ubiquitous, but sexual empowerment and fulfillment are as undervalued as ever.
Levy takes her investigation from places like Playboy auditions and Girls Gone Wild sets to lesbian first dates and high school students.
Here's a clip of Stephen Colbert grilling her about Female Chauvinist Pigs:
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Is he any match for Ariel Levy? No! But I bet he loved it.
Narrated by Aimee Jolson, who read Kate White's "Hush" with such aplomb.
--Aretha and Susie Bright
