The Women of Jenji Kohan: Weeds, Orange is the New Black, and GLOW: A Collection of Essays

The Women of Jenji Kohan, creator of such landmark shows as Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, and GLOW, is the latest in Fayetteville Mafia Press's pioneering series examining the female characters of legendary creators of television and film. Here, writers from all walks of life analyze the significance of such iconic characters as Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) and the host of women residing in Litchfield Correctional Institution, Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), and Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), to both themselves and to pop culture at large. Edited by Scarlett Harris (A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment), The Women of Jenji Kohan: Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, and GLOW is the third book in the unique "The Women Of" series, following The Women of David Lynch (June 2019) and The Women of Amy Sherman-Palladino (November 2019). The Women of Jenji Kohan, creator of such landmark shows as Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, and GLOW, is the latest in Fayetteville Mafia Press's pioneering series examining the female characters of legendary creators of television and film. Here, writers from all walks of life analyze the significance of such iconic characters as Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) and Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), and the host of women residing in Litchfield Correctional Institution, to both themselves and to pop culture at large. Edited by Scarlett Harris (A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment), The Women of Jenji Kohan: Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, and GLOW is the third book in the unique "The Women Of" series, following "The Women of David Lynch" (2019) and "The Women of Amy Sherman-Palladino: Gilmore Girls, Bunheads, and Mrs. Maisel (2019). - back cover Lifelong wrestling fan and critic Scarlett Harris uses big ideas, such as #MeToo, the commodification of feminism, and how we tell women's stories to chart the rise and fall and rise of women's wrestling. Performing Arts,Orange Is The New Black,Weeds,GLOW,Jenji Kohan,Television,Writing