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Amazon Girls Handbook
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About the BookThink ladies' garden clubs. Think hiking clubs. Think bird watchers. Think competent women in sensible shoes. Think about the Amazon Girl oath, which says, "As an Amazon Girl I promise to always try to be out and proud, to be kind to the beasts, the children, the very old, to live the good life, and never sweat the small stuff." Becoming an Amazon Girl is a process. Novice Amazon Girls are known as Tomboys when they learn the oath, the ideals, and the motto: "We're prepared for a few things." When a Tomboy stomps up to Amazon Girl she will begin to earn badges and to select a path (Warrior or Mistress). Supremely dedicated Amazon Girls may aspire to the ranks of Matriarch or even Goddess. For the less organizationally inclined, the handbook supplies suggestions for activities to build character (or not!), organize outings, improve home life, think about spirituality, support community, learn new skills or have fun, inexpensively. First, you'll read this book because it's funny. Then you'll pick it up again because it has such good ideas. Then you'll write your name on the inside cover and carry it around with you. This is a book to become dog-eared and written in. Amazon Girls Handbook is a humorous self-help book and a guide for enhancing life. While the focus is on lesbians, everyone can benefit from its ideas and guidelines. Reviews"Truly inspires a reader to go scouting . . ."––Chicago Free Press "If all the dykes in the world were really just a gigantic group like the Girl Scouts, this would be their handbook. Quite literally."––Gay City News "Thacker made me laugh out loud . . . offers much wisdom and practical applications in its pages as well."––Curve Magazine "This is a whimsical and hilarious handbook for all older lesbian folk . . ."––She Magazine "Hey lesbians, here's a self-help guide for enhancing your life, both indoors and outdoors, partnered or no â¤| whether you're a lipstick lesbian, a diesel dyke or somewhere in between, this is your wo-manuel."––Stonewall News Northwest ". . . the book is light, entertaining reading, complete with instructions for forming your own 'tribe.' Thin mint, anyone?"––The Letter "If there were more books like this, I'd work harder on my reading badge."––KATE CLINTON "Serving as an etiquette guide of sorts for "out, proud lesbians who seek adventure, whimsy and the rekindling of ancient dreams" is Becky Thacker's Amazon Girls Handbook. Thacker's book explains the various ranks (from tomboy to goddess) and the badge requirement necessary to achieve status. Her advice covers love, cooking, camping, arts, spirituality and more. Thacker suggests, among other things, that readers "perform at least two works of activism to further the possibility of governmental same-sex marriage recognition" and "drink water or fruit or veggie juices . . . rather than pop, coffee or diet concoctions."––Publishers Weekly "Can you make a pair of Birkenstocks outlast a long-term relationship? Have you upholstered your car seat in dog hair? Are you a master of the cuisine known as potluck? Are you on a women's softball team? Now, thanks to Amazon Girls Handbook you can actually earn badges for these things! Help preserve the time-honored lesbian way of life and become an Amazon Girl today!"––KRIS KLEINDIENST, co-owner of Left Bank Books |
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