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"  Susan J. Douglas&amp;#039; groundbreaking 1995 book, Where the Girls Are, laid bare women&amp;#039;s love-hate relationship with the media\u2013and vice versa; now, in Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism&amp;#039;s Work is Done (Times Books), Douglas, a communications prof at the University of Michigan, shows how glam representations of women calling the shots in the boardroom, the bedroom, and beyond lull us into thinking we&amp;#039;re much more powerful than we really are. She skewers television shows, women&amp;#039;s magazines, and ads for peddling false &amp;quot;fantasies of power&amp;quot; that make men anxious and keep women complacent. Most impressively, she takes down Oprah by showing how our national guru&amp;#039;s message of self-improvement distracts women from fighting for real change: &amp;quot;The Oprah dynasty affirms\u2013indeed demands\u2013that women turn within&amp;quot; instead of storming the barricade. The final irony, Douglas contends, is that amped-up images of fierce, sexy Superwomen may actually thwart our forward momentum. But she has only a few suggestions for how to take control of our media image and turn those power fantasies into reality; she also doesn&amp;#039;t give enough credit to the women-run blogs that have already embraced this challenge. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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