UTNE magazine named IRON MAIDENS one of “five new titles for women who resist easy definition” in 2006 and wrote “The history of women’s weight training rounds out this sassy, poignant memoir.”
IRON MAIDENS: THE CELEBRATION OF THE MOST AWESOME FEMALE MUSCLE IN THE WORLD
At age twenty-three and fresh out of drama school, Kristin Kaye landed her dream job: to write and direct a Broadway show in New York City. Its title? The Celebration of the Most Awesome Female Muscle in the World, starring twenty-five of the world’s most muscular women. Her mandate? To turn The Celebration into a High Art Happening exalting women’s physical and intellectual strength.
Kaye thought this was her chance to enter a whole new feminist arena, but in reality she was about to enter another world entirely: her carefully orchestrated artistic interludes would be sandwiched between skits involving white lace thongs, smoke machines, and a bodybuilder spinning by her neck. Kaye tells the whole story in this hilarious book, alternating between an account of directing the show, which builds to the disastrous climax of opening night, and reportage on women’s bodybuilding and the little-known sub-culture around it, including the use of steroids, the side business of strong women who wrestle men for money, and the judging controversy that threatens to split the sport in two.
Editor and writer for Ziba Design’s provocative book Authenticity is Now.
Ziba Design reveals the nature of authenticity in business in its new book Authenticity is Now: A working definition of the fluid state of being as it applies to business and design. Essays and a poignant pictorial narrative unearth the issues every company must consider when evaluating their commitment to being authentic: Why authenticity, why now?; What are four components of authenticity? Is authenticity in the eye of the beholder? Does authenticity get lost in translation? Authenticity is Now is an essential handbook for any company intending to be relevant in the global marketplace today.
