Bad friend: how women revolutionized modern friendship
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"A smart and thought-provoking memoir, history, and cultural critique about the turmoil and complexity of female friendship Our culture today is inundated with narratives about the strength of female friendship, whether through images of girl power, BFFs,or work wives. Yet cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith has always found her own life much messier. She has had dramatic friend breakups, friendships that felt like too much or not enough, friendships that drifted into silence, and friendships built onconvenience rather than a meeting of minds. And there are older cultural scripts to contend with: the competitive rival, the jealous backstabber, the underminer, the fair-weather friend. We have all been bad friends. It's impossible to be a perfect one; as Watt Smith points out, women's friendships have long been magnified, scrutinized, praised, and admonished, creating a legacy of impossible ideals. In Bad Friend, Watt Smith reflects on her own experience and thoroughly mines the rich cultural history offemale friendship to look for a new paradigm that might encompass the struggles along with the joy"--
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Watt Smith, T. (2025). Bad friend: how women revolutionized modern friendship. First edition. Celadon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Watt Smith, Tiffany. 2025. Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship. Celadon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Watt Smith, Tiffany, Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship. Celadon Books, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Watt Smith, Tiffany. Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship. First edition. Celadon Books, 2025.
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