How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #10
The Cool Girls are even more pathetic: They're not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they're pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be. (30.24)
Here's what's kind of weird about this: while the book is full of dudes (Nick, Gilpin, Nick's dad) making blanket judgments about women, Amy, in an odd case of reverse sexism, does it too. What's even stranger is that as she disses on Cool Girls, she's actually dissing herself for pretending to be one of them.
Side note: Maybe the Cool Girls and the Blue Book Boys should get together.