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The Fictional Woman

By: Tara Moss
Narrated by: Tara Moss
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Tara Moss has worn many labels in her time, including 'author', 'model', 'gold-digger', 'commentator', 'inspiration', 'dumb blonde', 'feminist' and 'mother', among many others.

Now, in her first work of non-fiction, she blends memoir and social analysis to examine the common fictions about women. She traces key moments in her life – from small-town tomboy in Canada, to international fashion model in the 90s, to bestselling author taking a polygraph test in 2002 to prove she writes her own work – and weaves her own experiences into a broader look at everyday sexism and issues surrounding the underrepresentation of women, modern motherhood, body image and the portrayal of women in politics, entertainment, advertising and the media.

Deeply personal and revealing, this is more than just Tara Moss's own story. At once insightful, challenging and entertaining, she asks how we can change the old fictions, one woman at a time.

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This book helped heal wounds from growing up as a female by shifting my perspective in how I think about womanhood in a beautiful way. It was the guidance I didn't know I needed. Thank you Tara. Your empowerment is inspiring.
- Natalie, 28, Australia

Healing to read

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I believe her stories to be hers, and I wasn’t offended at all like I am by some writers ‘attention seeking’ opinions.
I could relate to her stories from the 80s with delinquent male sexist tormentors. I like to think people have evolved since then, now in 2021, but hey, maybe it’s because I’m old now, it’s not an issue; maybe young single ladies are still being tormented? But by talking about it, telling her story, this is how these societal issues are overcome, so well done. I believe she has good intentions for her female colleagues. Non-fiction is always more interesting than fiction, and I hope her biography encourages other women (ones that aren’t celebrities either) to write their life story too.

I believe Tara gave us an honest insight into parts of her life, I enjoyed it.

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Tara writes about her own experiences and provides data, evidence and case studies demonstrating that feminism is still relevant and in fact necessary. As a proud feminists myself it was great to here her edify the ideology in such a robust and positive way. Brilliant read for anyone who wants to know why women are still asking for equality.

Wonderful account of why feminism is still relevant today

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Really interesting take on a wide variety of feminist issues. Well supported views with hard statistics provided where necessary. Very enjoyable.

Thought provoking

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Perhaps because I’m Gen X, for a very long time I have been too afraid to call myself a feminist in front of my older (white) male family members; you know the ones - love Alan Jones, can tell you the inside out of a cricket game in 1982 but couldn’t tell you the date of their own child’s birthday? Yeah them.
I never felt like I could defend myself against their barrage of hurt. But now, thanks to this book, I feel confident, educated and hopeful for my sons future. I am a feminist. My three sons will be/are feminist and together, we shall set out to make the world a better place one family lunch at a time.
Thanks Tara.

Feminism or Humanist

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Really easy to listen and relate to, to understand and think about. I love the referencing other feminists used throughout the book.

Loved it.

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I was really excited to read this, it started off well but the last half to me really just translated back to the old burn your bra etc .... It also felt like Tara was pushing her views onto the reader, really disappointed.... stick to Fiction Tara , your previous books were great

big letdown

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