{"product_id":"hags-the-demonisation-of-middle-aged-women-9780349726960","title":"Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich, complex and witty' ROSE GEORGE, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Devastating and clever' BEL MOONEY, \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Could not be more necessary' RACHEL COOKE, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e almost everyone?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the last few years, as identity politics have taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings: the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHags\u003c\/i\u003e, Victoria Smith asks why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies, histories and choices. Smith traces the attitudes she describes through history, and explores the very specific reasons why this type of misogyny is so very \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a book that is absorbing, insightful, witty and bang on time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictoria Smith is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing on women's issues, parenting and mental health. Her newsletter, The OK Karen, about midlife women's experiences of feminism, was launched last year, and she tweets @glosswitch. She lives in Cheltenham with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fleet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626427617554,"sku":"9780349726960","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af9fefc4-de6b-4df0-8e76-509eda80b345.jpg?v=1737267315","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hags-the-demonisation-of-middle-aged-women-9780349726960","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}