"What starts as a kind of dishy peek inside a tech startup growing into a Goliath morphs into an exposé of the people in charge failing to understand their power. Meta disputes the book's allegations and argues the author violated a nondisparagement clause in her severance agreement. - Tayla Burney, director, Network Programming and Production 'Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves' by Sophie Gilbert"
"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."
A tech-startup narrative becomes an exposé of leaders who failed to understand their power; the company disputes the allegations and cites a nondisparagement clause in a severance agreement. Girls growing up in the early 2000s encountered contradictory pop culture messages: purity culture, exploitative reality TV, commodified beauty and love, and models recast as teenage waifs. Pornography influenced cultural signals that often objectified girls while being marketed as empowerment. A nature-focused account endows rivers with a voice, examining three rivers' lives, perils, and possible triumphs with intimate, urgent prose that blends clarity and poetry.
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