Science...For Her!, Megan Amram
Science...For Her!, Megan Amram
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Science...For Her!

Author: Megan Amram

Narrator: Megan Amram

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/04/2014

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

“One of the funniest—and most subversive—books of the year” (Esquire): Megan Amram, a writer for Parks and Recreation, delivers a politically, scientifically, and anatomically incorrect “textbook” that will have women screaming with laughter, and men dying to know what the noise is about.

“Laugh-out-loud funny…an exuberantly scathing takedown of the sexism lurking within the fun, flirty pages of women’s magazines” (The Boston Globe), Science…for Her! showcases Megan Amram’s fiendish wit with a pitch-perfect attack on everything from those insanely perky tips for self-improvement to our bizarre shopaholic dating culture to the socially mandated pursuit of mind-blowing sex to the cringe-worthy secret codes of food and body issues.

Part incisive farce, part biting commentary on gender, this “hilarious feminist manifesto for the modern era” (Salon) blends Cosmo and science to highlight absurdities with a machine-gun of laugh-inducing lines that leave nothing and no one unscathed. Subjects include: this Spring’s ten most glamorous ways to die; tips for hosting your own big bang; what religion is right for your body type; and the most pressing issue facing women today: kale!!!

This “giddily demented” (The Washington Post) satirical gem is “comedy-as-borderline-art” (Flavorwire). “Science…for Her! is a triumph that anybody with a sense of humor will appreciate” (People).

About Megan Amram

Megan Amram is a writer for the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation. A 2002 Harvard graduate, she has amassed nearly 400,000 Twitter followers who enjoy her hilarious brand of off-beat humor. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Vulture, and The Awl, among others. Her viral video “Birth Control on the Bottom” prompted Jezebel to call her a “national treasure.” She lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sydney

This was a DNF for me. I'm sorry, I just couldn't get through it. I got one chapter in and I wanted to strangle myself. The dedication in the very beginning was cute, it was unique, but it was SO LONG. And the language... this was not science in the form of a Cosmo magazine, it was just the annoying......more

Goodreads review by Leah

I wanted to read this book after I heard about it on NPR in the interview with the author. It's supposed to be a tongue in cheek take on how women are perceived to understand science. I couldn't get through it. I know the entire thing is meant to be a joke. I get that it's satire. But the humor is s......more