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Not pretty in pink
By libby
December 2, 2008 · 6 Comments
Nike Desis’ Fashion activity book, Color Me Fierce!
www.quirkbooks.com
The first girl to break into the boy group that runs FLUXspace was Nike Desis. So you know she’s gotta have some spine. And the spine has showed up on a book that arrived on my doorstep the other day. She has just published a coloring and activity book in time for Christmas–it’s aimed at girls and it’s about girls, but the pink cover doesn’t mean that what’s inside is pretty in pink.
This is a page about poor Libby. She got a raw deal.
Desis’ book, which comes with its own crayons attached to the cover (from “Black is the New Black” Black to Gold-Digger Yellow), talks Dick-and-Jane-ish prose mixed with dark humor about the vapid expectations for girls and unfair limitations for girls that permeate our culture.
The book is a great gift for a budding feminist or a hopeless Britney Spears wannabe–in other words, any not-too-too young female (not appropriate for a young child or some young teens, although neither is Paris Hilton, and you can’t escape her). While the book is funny, it tackles serious issues from gender identity to self-loathing to sexism.
[added 12/7: the best way to get this book is through Nike's blog (see comments if you want more about this)].
Color Me Fierce!, a Fashion Activity Book
by Nike Desis
$12.95
ISBN 978-1-59474-279-8
Quirk Books is a Philadelphia publisher! Check them out.
Tags: book reviews, nike desis
Readers Comments (6)
Conratulations Nike! I’m trying to decide if I have money to spend on one!
Definitely worth the price. I love how some of the pages are subtle, and some of them, not. But all of them are pretty darned smart.
Buy Nike’s book through Nike!!! She’s got a blog set up for sales. Here’s the url http://nikedesis.blogspot.com/
No muss, no fuss and more money for the artist.
thanks, Chris Golas, for the tip!!! We love you guys!
Oh, I wish I had known about the direct link to Nike. Use it, y’all.
YEEE-AH!
http://nikedesis.blogspot.com/
Pay Pal straight to me! And then the book is straight from me! (I’ll sign it too xoxonike)
Thanks Pals,
See you at the checkout counter.