Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Lisa Scottoline

lscottolineI read this interview yesterday and it totally cracked me up.  I haven’t read Scottoline’s books but I am now adding them to my list.  I guess I must be the only one who hasn’t read them because there are 25 million in print.  She now has a non-fiction book out Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog which is based on her “Chick Wit” column from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Here are some of the answers she gave to Time Magazine:

You’ve been called the female John Grisham. How do you feel about that?
…But the truth is, more so than ever before, I have my own voice, and it’s not a girl version of a man. By the way, do you ever see any man called [that]? You never see that kind of a description. You’ll never see, “He’s a guy version of Lisa Scottoline.”

So let’s get down to the business of your new book. What are Spanx?
You know what? Spanx are a sham. Spanx are an evil hoax perpetrated upon womanhood. It happened to me when I was in a store. I don’t have time to shop so I grabbed a pair of tights and figured I would try them on at home. I put them on and I can’t get them on. I try to put these on and it’s like a tourniquet … So I thought, what is this garment? I started to do the research. It is in fact body-shaping underwear and it says things on the website like, “It’s power panties.” The only thing I could think, truly, is that if women had power, they wouldn’t need Spanx.

Spanx are evil.  I wonder if it was a woman or a man who invented Spanx?  Anyone know?

Update: Thanks to reader Elizabeth, we know that a woman, Sara Blakely is that one who created this hateful garment.

Q&A: Best Selling Author Lisa Scottoline (Time)

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