I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ISN'T SHE GREAT by Elizabeth
Teets Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
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Author: Elizabeth
Teets (Edited By)
Pub. Date: January 16, 2024
Publisher: Read
Furiously
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 142
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Indigo, BAM, Bookshop, Powell's, Blackwells
A love letter to women-led comedies.
Based on Elizabeth Teets’s program series called “Isn’t She Great” at the
Hollywood Theater, this anthology is a collection of the most beloved
female-centric comedies and the audiences who adore them. From 9 to 5 to
Romy and Michele to the iconic Elle Woods, the essays in this
collection build on our devotion to these films and continue the
conversation around funny women and how these characters have shaped so
many talented writers.
As Elizabeth Teets reminds us, there is a specific power in a funny
woman. A woman who dares to laugh at the world and at herself. These
movies made us strong and smart and sexy (and bend and snap a lot). At
the end of the day, we remind ourselves when the world only tries to let
us have a little - a little money, a little confidence, a little joy - to go
out and get the whole enchilada.
Isn’t She Great is for anyone who loves movies and feels the glamour in pink. Cult
cinema and film criticism will never be the same.
Top 5 favorite movies
Every
essay featured in Isn’t She Great:
Writers on Women-Led Comedies from 9 to 5 to Booksmart reminds us of the
power of funny women and how their stories shaped so many talented writers.
This list is just a few of the fantastic films and what makes them deserve so
many rewatches.
9 to 5
“It is a movie they rarely let
women make...For once women are allowed to go on a journey and this time we can
also bring our friends. The movie addresses sexual harassment, the unpaid extra
roles women play in the workforce, and the glass ceiling in ways even movies
made today shy away from.”
-Elizabeth Teets (editor), “The
Whole Enchilada”
Jawbreaker
“During a time when most female
protagonists were relaying messages of self-doubt, low self-esteem, and
anxiety, Courtney Shayne was out here organizing murder cover-ups and playing
kinky sex games with her boyfriend without breaking a sweat or worrying over
other people’s opinions of her. This is a woman who knows exactly how to play
every situation, obviously until the end where everything unravels.”
-Samantha Mann, “An Unlikely
Shero: How Jawbreaker Helped Me Get
My First Kiss”
Miss Congeniality
“Miss Congeniality became a hit at such a critical time for young
women who didn’t want to choose between glam and grit.”
-Aubrey Jacobowitz, “Satan’s
Panties: Miss Congeniality and
Fashion as Performance”
Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Bridget Jones’s Diary is, to me, one of the more excellent romcoms
because it does not require anything of its protagonist for her to be deserving
of love.”
-Toju Adelaja, “To Bridget
Jones, Just As She Is”
Booksmart
“Booksmart’s real revelation, the one without a nature-meets-city
metaphor or any major declaration: Molly and Amy don’t need to party to prove
they have dimension,”
-Anna Sims, “On Booksmart Rewriting the Narrative of the
Teenage Girl”
About Elizabeth Teets:
Elizabeth
Teets is an Oregon born writer, comedian, screenwriter, and fashionista.
Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Repeller,
Catapult, Reductress, and more. She lives in Los Angeles where she is
waiting for her group chat to respond.
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Isn't She
Great Contributors
Megan J.
Kaleita is an
essayist and memoirist living in the PAC Northwest. Her debut essay collection,
This Book is Brought to You By My Student Loans is available
through Clash Books. Her work has appeared in Ravishly, Hello Horror,
Daily Drunk Mag, Luna Station Quarterly, and Lady Spike. Do not ask
her for coffee. She won’t get it for you.
Samantha
Mann is a Brooklyn
based essayist. She is the author of Putting Out: Essays on Otherness.
She edited the anthology, I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy.
Meg
Walters is a
Canadian-British writer currently living in London. Her writing has appeared in
GQ, The Daily Beast, Vulture, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and others. She is a
great lover of classic films, rom-coms, period dramas, pop culture, books
and style and tries to write about them all as often as possible. Find
her on Twitter @wordsbymeg
Toju
Adelaja is a
Nigerian-British writer and chick-flick connoisseur. Her work has appeared in
publications such as Glamour U.K. and Black Ballad.
Ella Gale
is a writer,
director, and comedian in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in
McSweeney’s, Reductress, and the Hard Times.
Michele
Theil is a
journalist focusing on culture, race, LGBT+ issues and investigative pieces.
She has been published in VICE, Insider, Glamour, and others. She watches
all the Bring It On movies at least once a year.
Lana
Schwartz is a writer
who was born and raised in New York City, where she continues to live
today. Her work has been published on The New Yorker, McSweeney’s,
Shondaland, Glamour, InStyle, and more. Her book “Build Your Own
Romantic Comedy” was released by Ulysses Press in March 2020. For more
about Lana - as well as instructions on how to pronounce her name - visit
www.lanalikebanana.com.
Yaël
Krinsky is writer
and comedian based in Boston, where she works in TV and Film Production.
She holds a writing and performance degree from Bard College. She
currently lives with her dog Midge.
Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of ISN'T SHE GREAT, US Only.
Ends January 31st, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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