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Female Problems: An Unhelpful Guide by Nicole Hollander

heidihaverkamp's review

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4.0

Sylvia was one of my mother's favorite cartoons in the 1990s, especially "The Woman Who Does Everything More Beautifully Than You." I've been thinking about her lately and had to track her down. An early feminist cartoon strip that cracks me up, still - with Sylvia in her bathtub, on the phone, smoking, and berating most of modern culture. TWWDEMBTY: "Sunday: Monogrammed the children's underwear and color-coordinated their school outfits for the year. John, our wonderful handyman, made them lovely pencil cases from our old barn recently struck by lightning. We're using the rest of the wood to build an addition to the local pet shelter and a planetarium in the backyard." etc.

inkstainedlife's review

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2.0

The title’s right on—it truly is an unhelpful guide. This was a less entertaining read than I’d hoped, though I did get a few giggles out of it. --notes from 2005
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