Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: One Simple Step to Becoming a V.G. Consumer: Read Women’s Magazines
Chapter Three: The Girls’ Guide to Breaking The Rules
Chapter Four: Down with Marriage: The Search for Romantic Alternatives
Chapter Five: Living the Life of a Domestic Goddess: "It’s a Good Thing"
Chapter Six: Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Caroline J. Smith is an Assistant Professor in the University Writing Program at the George Washington University. She has been published in Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal and Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Review of Women’s Studies Resources. Her research interests include contemporary women’s popular fiction and popular culture.






