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Chick lit is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at women. Widely used in the 1990s and 2000s, [1] the term has fallen out of fashion with publishers, [2] while writers and critics have rejected its inherent sexism. [3]
Along with Jeffrey DeShell, Mazza used the term "chick lit" for the edited anthology Chick Lit Postfeminist Fiction (1995) and the follow-up anthology Chick Lit 2: No Chick Vics (1996). [2] While originally meant to be ironic, the term was co-opted to define a very different sort of work.
Her essay for The Boston Globe Magazine, "Daughter of Cuba," won first place in the 1998 SUNMAG essay contest. [6] In 1999, Valdes left Boston for a position as staff writer in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. Her articles have appeared in dozens of newspapers, and she has written cover stories for Glamour and Redbook. [7]
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Bernadette Strachan (née Gaughan, born 27 December 1962) is an English author of popular women's fiction and among the more popular writers of "chick lit". Biography [ edit ]
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Bryant-Woolridge was born in the San Francisco Bay Area to a biracial father, Brig. Gen Albert Bryant Sr., and biracial Asian mother, RN Mable Lun. She was raised in both California and Silver Spring, Maryland.
Trio the Buffalos won Season 12 of "The Masker Singer" marking the first win from a group in the show's nearly six year run.