Chick-lit fluff

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A while back i snarfed a copy of a Jenny Colgan book (Talking to Addison) and for a bit of fluff, i really enjoyed it (handsome computer geek character may have had something to do with it, heh).

I'm still looking out for a second hand copy of Bridget Jones (there is no excuse for printing any more of the buggers, surely there are enough copies to placate the population of the planet), and all in an attempt for something to relieve the monolith that is Ackroyd's London book.

Suggestions? Search and destroy?

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh well, new answers, then

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I hate the word chick. bah! Go for Kathy Acker, *dude*. ;-)

― helenfordsdale, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes with a Sten Gun.

― Tom, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Think she's already been got to, no?

What about Kathy Lette, then! In the stocks? Ducking stool? Or just literally put a sock in her?

― Terry Shannon, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you know, i've come to the conclusion that the on-line me is very much ruder (in the brusque/brash sense) and boisterously blokey than i've ever been IRL (even on happy drugs or beer). i also appear to be more alliterative.

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alliteration's artful aid.

― Terry Shannon, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"ALAN TREWARTHA SHAGS BIRDS"

― Nigel Rees, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh Nigel! Your hilarious anthologies of graffiti certainly had me "spraying" myself with laughter!!

― Terry Shannon, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alang - you work in Hammersmiff right? Most of the charity shops there I went in last week had copies of Bridget Jones (you mentalist)! I'm quite fond of chick lit fluff although I read a HIDEOUS book nicked off my mudder called CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC or something - about a gurl who buys clothes to feel good and then ends up a TV presenter in the course of the last two chapters. Evil book! I also read Arabella Weirs book which was more amusing as I always like tales of people RIDING THEIR SPAZ CHARIOTS in grand style - ie - not TOTALLY moronic but not exactly PROUST either. Although I wouldn't recommend paying over £2 for any of these books!

― Sarah, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ALANG if you are near King St just go to ALL the Charity shops (inc. the Amnesty bookshop and Oxfam, there's also imperial cancer research etc etc) - Sarah and i saw at least 2 copies of BJD on our trawl about a week ago!

― katie, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

weird, i must walk past these all the time. i went out of my way to do that in chiswick (= just a bit further up king st, ahem) and there was not one. nearly bought a jigsaw with some missing pieces and a tasteful smoked-glass ashtray that looked like an anemone, but no bloody BJD (one down from CJD?)

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ah-ha, but you have to go to the ones down the Hammersmith end. ISTR that there was one in the (i think) cancer research one, on the same side of the road as the MALL... while you're there, also go into Bushwackers and buy some organic pumpking. it's v. tasty!

― katie, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to keep a BJ Diary. My last three initials are CJD. Only one of these facts is a fact.

― N., Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Nick will you post us some more of your diary?

― Sarah, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, I was thinking of turning it into a fully fledged diaryland website extravaganza. I just wrote it for myself really, but if anyone else enjoys it, well that's a bonus.

N.B. This is not my BJ diary.

― N., Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have a huge instant dislike for 'chick-lit' but only because it seems to call my masculinity and social and romantic life so deeply into question. (See previous grrr-ing somewhere about "aggressive normalcy"). Admittedly I only guess this from reading the backs of books but that's my method for almost everything.

― Tom, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! I've got to tell you all my "chick lit" story.

Once upon a time, there were two creative writing graduate students - one in Chicago and one in San Francisco - who worked closely with a woman professor who is, like, the godmother of 'postfeminist' or 'chick lit', it is said.

They started a notorious 'postfeminist' (really *anti*-feminist) website which they promoted by spamming the net, especially feminist websites and discussion groups. They then announced that they would be doing a reading in Chicago. I announced to my feminist buddies that I would go there to 'check it out', maybe ask them some tough questions, and give a report.

Well, one of these postfeminists, now a published author, sent me a threatening e-mail in fake 'ghetto' talk along the lines of 'yo, bitch, I'm gonna bust ya ass if you come near me - I'm 6'-2" yadda yadda.'

I did some checking, and this sassy broad is in fact not living in the projects, but is the daughter of academics. I shut her up when I countered that I was from the south side of Chicago. The "Postfeminist" website is now a porn site.

― Kerry, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A fine story with a good moral. But did everyone live happily ever after?

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh!! i think i remember the site you're talking about (the postfeminist playground, right?) and it was, indeed, a steaming pile of shite, so hateful and horrible and embarrassing.

― maura, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

another site that was just as bad, and continues to be so, was riotgrrl.com. god, there was so much chickclick bullshit, all those 'we're cute, so we've totally, like, knocked the patriarchy down!' sites that just were unreadable and getting hits because their founders liked to pose in cone bras and write bad erotica ...

― maura, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Does chick-lit mean something different in the States, by any chance?

― N., Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

are you talking about books like bridget jones' diary and jemima j (which was absolutely horrid)?

i think the definition of 'chick lit' here is supplanted by the idea of the 'oprah book.'

― maura, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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