Kiss My Tiara How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess

by Gilman, Susan Jane

• ISBN13: 9780446675772
• ISBN10: 0446675776
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

Designed to help women ages 18-35 catch a life, not a husband, with chapters such as Nevermind a Penis, Well Take a Paycheck. Like The Rules, its based on wisdom the author received from her grandmotherexcept her grandmother was a feisty, gin-drinking feminist. The book covers the gamut of a womans worldrelationships, money, self-esteem, sexual harassment in the workplace, and the guilt of ordering french fries. Gilmans is a sage, insightful, and witty voice in a confusing time that will make women laugh while teaching them to feel entitled, confident, and empowered.

Author Biography

Susan Jane Gilman is the author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and Kiss My Tiara. She has written commentary for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Ms. magazine, among others, and her fiction and essays have received several literary awards. Though she has lived most recently in Geneva, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C., she remains, eternally, a child of New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Forget Rules for Catching a Husband. How 'bout Rules for Catching a Life?	ix
Part I: Mistress of Our Domain
Beauty Tips from Mental Institutions	3	(10)
Skip the Spa. Viva Las Vegas!	13	(6)
If You Can't Order Dessert, You Can't Ask for a Raise	19	(8)
We Don't Shape History by Shaping Our Thighs	27	(6)
Niceness: Barf	33	(7)
PMS Is a Power Tool	40	(4)
Your Clitoris as Disneyland	44	(9)
Part II: Playing Well with Others
Our Booty, Ourselves	53	(10)
Every Idiot We Date Is One Less Idiot We Risk Marrying	63	(9)
Fish Who Need Bicycles (A Thinking Girl's Guide to Love)	72	(10)
Marriage Ain't Prozac	82	(9)
So What's Wrong with a Little Lesbian Wedding?	91	(7)
We Are the Fashion Police	98	(8)
Wisdom from Dickville	106	(9)
Family. Oy. How to Survive Your Relatives	115	(14)
Part III: Ruling the World
Everything We Need to Know We Learn from Shopping	129	(7)
Career Advice and Nail Polish	136	(8)
Never Mind a Penis, We'll Take a Bigger Paycheck	144	(10)
Latifah Weapon, Brooklyn Porn	154	(9)
Play Like a Girl, Watch Like a Girl	163	(6)
Give Us That Ol'-Time Religion---So We Can Clobber Sanctimonious Morons with It	169	(7)
How to Handle Lunatics, Perverts, and Right-Wing Republicans	176	(8)
Onward, Vixen Soldiers!	184	(12)
Conclusion: So Who Ever Said We Were Supposed to Be Happy?	196	(8)
Acknowledgments	204