Publisher: Fern Press
Publish date: 13 November 2025
Pages: 80
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Subjects: Art, Popular Culture, Literary Collections, Essays, Literary Criticism, Feminist, Poetry, Music, Genres & Styles, Pop Vocal, American, Women Authors, Social Science
In The Slicks, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge toward wanting hard, working hard, and pouring forth - and as twinned targets of patriarchy's ancient urge to disparage, trivialise and demonise such prolific, intimate output.