Living It Up
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The provocative feminist writer and performer delivers a send-up of holiday craft and entertaining books, taking readers month-by-month through a year of off-the-wall activities and projects from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385486456
ISBN13:9780385486453
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:Doubleday Books
Length:149 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 8.3"
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s/t "Humorous Adventures in Hyperdomesticity"
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
The authoress is performance artist Karen Finley (who achieved notoriety several years ago, when Senator Helms and cohorts objected to the NEA subsidizig a woman who smeared chocolate on her breasts and called it art) she offers her a masterful parody of the Martha Stewart school of happy homemaking. Arranged as a monthly guide, the text includes activities such as making a bathmat out of your hair as a Mother's Day gift, creating a John Wayne Bobbitt Father's Day party serving of (guess what?) and stirring up a "Turkey Brew" by stuffing the various elements of a Thanksgiving dinner into a fifty pound blender and liquefying. Fun for all, and all for fun, and biting tongue-in-cheek-and-jowl social-politcal satire.
Freaky fabulous fun.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Not only have I read "Living It Up," but I read it often. At least once a week. I am (to say the least) obsessed. While some of the ideas are a little to out-of-it to sound realistic (such as growing flowers in your armpits)- others sound like fun (such as the "throw your own funeral party." and also the idea for a "depression room"). If you are a fan of Karen Finley- whether from seeing her live, hearing her recordings, or even an earlier book- you will definitely love this title. SO CLIMB OUT FROM UNDER THE BED, BUY A BLENDER, AND BUY THE BOOK!
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