Two new books with the "B" word in the title

The first one is Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Guide to Female Stereotypes (305.4 B546), a reader's guide to all of our (not) favorite stereotypes: daddy's girl, tomboy, the girl next door, bimbo/dumb blond, femme fatale/vamp, bitch/ballbreaker, mother (good or bad, sainted or smothering), spinster/old maid, hag/crone, girls who do, girls who don't.



The second is Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook (746.432 St686s), by Debbie Stoller. Knitting has become so hip that Stitch 'n Bitch groups are suddenly popping up all over the country. If only my grandmother had lived so long...