Irreverent, provocative, hip - this guide to power and attitude offers women an intelligent alternative to the negative messages we hear every day from magazines, TV and relatives. Gilman serves up advice on everything from sex to politics. Susan Jane Gilman is the author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and Kiss My Tiara . She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, and has written commentary for The New York Times , The Los Angeles Times , and Ms. magazine, among others. Her fiction and essays have received several literary awards. Though she lives in Geneva, Switzerland, she remains, eternally, a child of New York.