Obviously they are too busy thinking about clothes and furniture and food

[faustus]

Where are the books by women with big ideas?

Books like Freakonomics, defining significant cultural or economic trends with a punchy title, never seem to be produced by women. But why?

Apparently Naomi Klein and Susan Faludi don't count; nor Greer, Russ, Millett, Carter, Woolf, Wollstonecraft, Rowbottom, Paglia, Rubin, Dworkin, Gilbert and Gubar, Showalter, Jardine ... Why do I think The Guardian bookblog is actually trolling rather than saying something serious ever? Make brain dead statement and step back. Hey, I can do that...


On the other hand, maybe women know the truth: it's not the size of the idea that matters, it's what you do with it.

Comments

[dalmeny]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghh.

Etc.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Is that your Big Idea or your punchy title?

[buffysquirrel.livejournal.com]

I think bookblog must be about twelve.

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

I was irritated by the ridiculous piece they did on the bookblog about using facebook and twitter as marketing tools (or, really, about characters having a multi-media existence). I decided not to blog about it because, as you say, I think it's all trolling and doesn't deserve further attention.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

"Can you say, 'Teaser Campaign'?"

How long ago were The Matrix and The Blair Witch online teaser campaigns?

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

Here's an amusing response:

"Here at Bookninja, I have developed an alternative theory about how we roll in Canada. Developing this theory involved taking my own bias in hand, crafting a thesis to suit and proving it by plucking a few favourite examples, all while ignoring any evidence that doesn’t fit.

Here it is: Canadian “big think” books are written by women - Noami Klein, Jane Jacobs, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Visser…"

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Oh deary, deary me.