Bombshell spies, witches & assassins: female stars have taken over blockbuster movies like " Charlie's Angels" & " Kill Bill" as well as prime time TV hits such as " Buffy the Vampire Slayer" & others. This anthology of fiction, essays, & comics recognises the seductiveness as well as the limitations of such contemporary pop culture heroines. ...

Screwball comedy about three Hollywood starlet room-mates who spend their lives plotting against each other. Evie (Jack Plotnick) is a washed-up alcoholic actress who's desperate to kick-start her languishing career & bag as many men as she possibly can in the process. Evie's room-mate
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- Coco (Clinton Leupp) has her mind set on other things, namely bearing a child by the doctor that carried out her abortion, while aspiring young actress Varla (Jeffery Robinson) soon puts noses out of joint with her naive optimism & country-girl cheer. Oh, & by the way, all three girls are played by men...

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Since the 1990s, women artists have for the first time dominated the creation & evolution of work depicting female bodies, producing what are arguably the most challenging, critically debated, well publicized, & highly collected representations of females. This title explores the representation of girls in contemporary women's art. ...

Suitable for preteens or young teenage girls, this book advises girls about their changing bodies, privacy issues, & how to feel their best, including: What is puberty? Body changes (height & shape, breasts & bras, body hair, skin & blemishes, body odour); Emotional changes; & more. ...