"Girls navigating the path to womanhood in the early aughts faced an onslaught of media telling them who and how to be. Contradictory depictions of young women were everywhere across pop culture: purity culture clashed with Girls Gone Wild, reality TV made beauty and love commodities, models went from "super" women to teenage waifs. Sophie Gilbert explores the influence pornography had on culture at the time, providing vital insight into messages for young girls that were often objectifying even if they were sold as empowering."
"Robert Macfarlane gives the river a voice in this extraordinary work of nature writing. In pursuit of an answer to the titular question, he explores the lives of three very different rivers, explicating their perils and potential triumphs. What is epic in scope, Macfarlane makes feel intimate and urgent. His thorough knowledge of the subject matter is rivaled only by his mastery of language. These pages are full of passion; of clarity and poetry, fascinating and absolutely gorgeous."
A tech-startup narrative transforms into an exposé showing leaders who misunderstand their power, with Meta disputing allegations and citing a nondisparagement clause. Girls in the early 2000s encountered conflicting media messages: purity culture clashed with Girls Gone Wild, reality television commodified beauty and love, and models shifted from superwomen to fragile waifs. One book examines pornography's cultural influence and shows how objectifying messages were often framed as empowerment for young girls. A nature work gives rivers a voice by following three distinct rivers, making epic themes feel intimate and urgent through lyrical language and deep knowledge. An examination of Spotify portrays listeners and musicians trapped in an abusive relationship created by algorithmic curation and industry pressures.
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