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Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- and Liberalism --- to the Women of America Paperback – February 1, 2005
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Myrna Blyth, former editor-in-chief of Ladies' Home Journal, was part of the Spin Sisters media elite for over twenty years. In Spin Sisters, she tells the truth about the business she knows so well---its power and influence, its manipulations, and frequently misguided politics. Spin Sisters is an eye-opener that will change the way you think about a major influence on your life---and about yourself.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateFebruary 1, 2005
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.79 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-100274872994
- ISBN-13978-0312336073
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“[A]n exposé that will almost certainly wipe those big smiles off the faces of Katie, Diane, Barbara, and a few other important divas in the world of big-time journalism.” ―Bernard Goldberg, author of Bias
“In a no-holds-barred account, Myrna Blyth advances the heretical notion that American women aren't as unhappy with their lives, their careers, and---dare I say it?---their husbands as our media make them out to be.” ―William McGurn, chief editorial writer, The Wall Street Journal
“Ann Coulter fans: This one is for you.” ―Kirkus Reviews
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The Provocative New York Times Bestseller
"[A]n exposé that will almost certainly wipe those big smiles off the faces of Katie, Diane, Barbara, and a few other important divas in the world of big-time journalism."---Bernard Goldberg, author of Bias
Spin Sisters tell you what to think, and how you feel. They tell today's women that they are frazzled, frumpy, and fearful and that their lives are too tough for them to handle.
Spin Sisters are the women at the top of the media heap, the Girls' Club who lunch, party, and weekend together, support the same left-of-center causes, and think alike.
Spin Sisters present their favorite celebrities' liberal messages with a halo of approval even though you may not share those liberal attitudes or values.
Spin Sisters think all women should agree with them because they are sure they know what's good for you---even better than you may know yourself!
"Ann Coulter fans: This one is for you."---Kirkus Reviews
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The Provocative New York Times Bestseller
"[A]n exposé that will almost certainly wipe those big smiles off the faces of Katie, Diane, Barbara, and a few other important divas in the world of big-time journalism."---Bernard Goldberg, author of Bias
Spin Sisters tell you what to think, and how you feel. They tell today's women that they are frazzled, frumpy, and fearful and that their lives are too tough for them to handle.
Spin Sisters are the women at the top of the media heap, the Girls' Club who lunch, party, and weekend together, support the same left-of-center causes, and think alike.
Spin Sisters present their favorite celebrities' liberal messages with a halo of approval even though you may not share those liberal attitudes or values.
Spin Sisters think all women should agree with them because they are sure they know what's good for you---even better than you may know yourself!
"Ann Coulter fans: This one is for you."---Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Myrna Blyth, author of Spin Sisters, was the editor-in-chief of Ladies' Home Journal from 1981 to 2002 and also in charge of the business side of the magazine for more than a dozen years. She was also founding editor-in-chief and publishing director of MORE magazine. She has won numerous awards as an editor and magazine executive, including the Magazine Publisher Association's Henry Johnson Fisher Award and the Publishing Executive of the Year Award from Advertising Age. Before joining Ladies' Home Journal, Blyth was the executive editor of Family Circle. She's married, has two sons and lives in New York City.
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- ASIN : 0312336071
- Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition (February 1, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0274872994
- ISBN-13 : 978-0312336073
- Item Weight : 15.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.79 x 8.5 inches
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It was interesting to revisit the 90s and be reminded how much Hillary was loathed during her husbands presidency until he was caught cheating with Monica turning Hillary into a victim. Now we have people freaking out she wasn't elected president. If that doesn't prove how biased the media has become I don't know what does.
Even as a guy, I still found this an interesting read. I purchased this book in an attempt to further understand the feminist mentality and while I wouldn't say it was a complete eye opener it did give me further insight into where the feminist view point comes from.
But Ms. Blyth gets stars deducted for the way she delivers the message. The book's thirty pages of endnotes and indexing implies a substantive project. Instead, the writing wanders, unfocused and bloated, for 300 pages. It's hard to find more substance than what I summarized in three sentences of the first paragraph of this review. Rather than witty, I found the tone to be ickily catty and mean-spirited. And Ms. Blyth's credibility is eroded by her participation in this media scheme for 21 years as head of Ladies' Home Journal ... her efforts at penance now through this book are weakened by the fact that it's the reader who's paying $$ to read her apology.
My recommendation: read this book's dust jacket to remind yourself of what you already know -- and then use your energy to avoid the media's messages instead of reading this book.
What a surprise.
About half of American women vote conservative; there is not a single magazine aimed at them. Not a single one.
And here's another depressing fact: Magazines aimed at women have all the intellectual heft of whipped cream. Judged from the content of American magazines, there are no women in America with an IQ above gravel.
Take, for example, an issue you would assume every woman in America would want a thorough discussion of, such as single parenting. Look, for the last 50-80 years there has been a flood of social science proving that children raised in a single parent home are harmed.
Where are the articles passionately explaining these facts? Where are the articles pointing to the social research, or at least pointing out what the research suggests will help when raising a child without a husband?
It is now common practice for every young woman to live with her boyfriend. And yes, there are a huge number of research studies showing just what the results are likely to be. Don't the editors think women deserve the truth?
Yet decade after decade the magazines can only chatter idiotically about sex or clothes. Why are they all so bland and without opinion, other than to parrot the cliches of the left and praise liberal heroines?
Why do movie stars always get puff pieces? Blyth in "Spin Sisters" rips off the tissue paper surrounding some of the stars she wrote puff pieces for, and the result is, without question, more interesting and more revealing than the drivel served out in magazines.
And why do magazines never make a stand against behavior that clearly hurts children?
Don't they think anyone wants the truth? When Kristen Stewart commits adultery with a married man who has two small children, does anybody out there think those children aren't going to be hurt by her behavior, not to mention what was even worse, the behavior of their own father?
Why isn't there a single magazine with a single writer ready to point out that this was wrong? And not a little wrong. Utterly wrong. You simply don't hurt little children. Period.
Blyth is a fine writer, and I certainly enjoyed her book. But she is far too polite about behavior by women editors that is slanted, biased, and all too often, utterly immoral. She points out that "Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Marie Claire overflow with ...soft core" (p 217) porn that aids and supports a hookup culture that is damaging our children.
A book you will want to read. Certainly better than any woman's magazine you can buy.

