Claire Zulkey: Chick Lit is magazines & Sex and the City


	Claire Zulkey: Chick Lit is magazines & Sex and the City

readforpleasure

6-27-2007 5:37 PM

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readforpleasure says:

Claire Zulkey skewers chick lit for many of the qualities that I dislike about it. I was most struck by her comparison to magazines and Sex in the City. It seems to me that the most visible chick lit books are extended ads for, or paeans to, the air-brushed lifestyles purveyed by so many teen magazines.

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