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F*ck Happiness
- Author
- Ariel Gore
- Narrator
- Liisa Ivary
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 11 August 2020
- Run Time
- 6 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Can a woman be smart, empowered, and happy?
Happiness has become a serious business. Where twentieth-century psychology focused on depression and illness, in the new millennium scientists have begun focusing on “positive psychology”—the study of happiness. Ariel Gore first became intrigued by this subject when she discovered that a class on positive psychology was the most popular course on the Harvard campus.
As she read deeper into the topic, she noticed something disturbing: everyone in this happy land was a man. Worse still, some of these new “experts” seemed hell-bent on proving that women with traditional values and bread-winning husbands—those who had made “an effort to expect less,” according to one sociologist—were more content than women with feminist values. The more she read, the more she wondered: Can a woman be smart, empowered, and happy?
Determined to find out, Gore began her own “study in living”— a journey into the feminine history, science, and experience of happiness. Her results, chronicled with humor and curiosity in F*ck Happiness, are by turns fascinating and enriching. A woman’s happiness may not come easily and it may not take the forms prescribed by popular culture. But, as Gore discovers, it is not only possible but necessary.
F*ck Happiness is a smart, no-nonsense, uplifting study of the real secret of joy and whether it’s truly at odds with the goals of modern women.
Critics Review
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“[Gore’s] research is absorbing, her idea of happiness as a dynamic force is appealing, and her conclusions seem sensible.”
Washington Post
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“Positive psychology, as happiness study is often called, has ignored women’s issues, she says. She proffers her own system for truly comprehending the concept of happiness, especially women’s personal happiness…Thoughtful, funny, and inspiring, Gore is a down-to-earth guide to the elusive human quest for happiness.”
Booklist
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“Gore enlisted 100 other women to keep journals about their happiness efforts…[and] interweaves musings on psychology and happiness with her story…Female readers of positive psychology books will like this one.”
Library Journal
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“Chronicles Gore’s ups and downs in her personal quest for happiness…The book is also a distillation of the history of happiness studies, with commentary on America’s and women’s unique relationship with the emotion.”
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Details
- Author
- Ariel Gore
- Narrator
- Liisa Ivary
- Duration
- 6 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781982672232
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Gender studies: women and girls, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude
Synopsis
Can a woman be smart, empowered, and happy?Happiness has become a serious business. Where twentieth-century psychology focused on depression and illness, in the new millennium scientists have begun focusing on “positive psychology”—the study of happiness. Ariel Gore first became intrigued by this subject when she discovered that a class on positive psychology was the most popular course on the Harvard campus.As she read deeper into the topic, she noticed something disturbing: everyone in this happy land was a man. Worse still, some of these new “experts” seemed hell-bent on proving that women with traditional values and bread-winning husbands—those who had made “an effort to expect less,” according to one sociologist—were more content than women with feminist values. The more she read, the more she wondered: Can a woman be smart, empowered, and happy?Determined to find out, Gore began her own “study in living”— a journey into the feminine history, science, and experience of happiness. Her results, chronicled with humor and curiosity in F*ck Happiness, are by turns fascinating and enriching. A woman’s happiness may not come easily and it may not take the forms prescribed by popular culture. But, as Gore discovers, it is not only possible but necessary.F*ck Happiness is a smart, no-nonsense, uplifting study of the real secret of joy and whether it’s truly at odds with the goals of modern women.
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