Penis Politics
A Memoir of Women, Men & Power
by Karen Hinton
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Pub Date Dec 01 2021 | Archive Date Apr 30 2022
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Description
Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men & Power offers an insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman in the newsroom, the conference room, the halls of Congress and the highest reaches of American political power through the eyes of Karen Hinton, a colorful and outspoken former journalist, political operative and seasoned media professional.
The book opens with a sexual trauma that affects a close-knit group of girlfriends in rural Mississippi in the 1970s and traces Hinton’s emergence as a journalist and an ambitious press secretary in Washington DC and New York.
Hinton writes of the toxic brew of ego, entitlement, power, testosterone and “bro culture” in politics that is especially difficult for women to negotiate. She illustrates, through compelling storytelling, how powerful men often create a public image as a champion of women’s rights and equality. Behind closed doors, they use gender domination to assert their power over women.
This is a must-read for every woman, for readers who love beautifully crafted memoirs and for anyone who sees the headlines about a powerful man tumbling off his pedestal for terrible behavior and wonders, “How could he have been so stupid?”
Advance Praise
“At last readers have a true-life version of Stand By Me for girls. With her first book, Penis Politics, Karen Hinton takes her seat at the table of exceptional Mississippi writers.” –Linda R. Monk, J.D. Constitutional Scholar and Award-Winning Author
“Impressively candid, immensely thoughtful and thought-provoking…an extraordinary and riveting read from first page to last.”— Mary Cowper’s Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review MBR Bookwatch
“A timely, engaging political account about the consequences of saying nothing and speaking up. Hinton’s prose is sharp and incisive. She is adept at setting a scene and bringing people to life on the page.”— Kirkus Review
“…brimming with the steady perseverance, relentless ambition and maddening frustrations of a talented woman who found her way in a world dominated by men less talented than she.”–Mara Gay, New York Times Editorial Board Member and MSNBC Political Analyst
“Touted as ‘a memoir of women, men and power’ it is so much more…
Hinton is an accomplished and entertaining writer, juxtaposing bad and good, sorrow and hope…(An) immensely readable memoir…Hinton shares stories of shame, sorrow, successes, surprises and egos.”— Sherri Daley for BookTrib, the leading source for book news and reviews
“Fascinating . . . I loved the metaphors . . . a cautionary tale . . . rich images of what life is like in a town (like Soso). . . very interesting on a human level”— Errol Louis, CNN Political Expert, NY1 Anchor
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781736211684 |
| PRICE | $26.22 (USD) |
