Social Satire

If you want to watch patriarchy burn and dance on its ashes, buy this book today.

Offering advice on exercise (walk, don't run) and insomnia (read Solzhenitsyn), Friedman takes the pulse of the aging American male - and finds him still in need of some good satire.

Walt Kelly (1913-1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running Pogo newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and scholars as one of the best ever. Cartoonists Bill Watterson ( Calvin and Hobbes), Jeff Smith ( Bone), and Frank Cho ( Liberty Meadows) have all cited Kelly as a major influence on their work. We Go Pogo is the first comprehensive study of Kelly's cartoon art and his larger career in the comics business.

Are You Tired of Being Treated Like a Second-Class Citizen Just Because You’re a Man? Ever felt family courts see you as a wallet, not a father? Why are men forced to die in wars but labeled “privileged”? How do false allegations ruin lives while feminists stay silent? Expose the hidden systems rigged to strip men of rights, dignity, and freedom. Learn why equality agendas target masculinity—and how to counter them. Discover evolutionary truths feminism ignores to keep men submissive. Uncover the lies behind “toxic masculinity” and reclaim your identity.

It's an outright culture war between the Boomers and Generation Whatever in this sharp, outrageously funny political satire. Outraged over the mounting Social Security debt, Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, incites massive cultural warfare...

Since 1968, Garry Trudeau (b. 1948) has brought his brand of political satire to bear on public figures, movie stars, heads of state, and even on himself. Trudeau has also advocated for artists' rights and challenged industry norms while keeping a decidedly low profile. In Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire, Kerry D. Soper traces the contribution of this groundbreaking artist. Trudeau is arguably the premier American political and social satirist of the last forty years. Amazingly, he achieved this on the comics page, rather than the editorial page.

Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon brought an uncertain end to the most corrupt and criminal presidency in American history. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for Chain Saw unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film.

They Lied to You About Equality. Here’s How Feminism Became a War on Men. Are you exhausted watching men vilified as "toxic" while bearing society’s deadliest burdens? Sick of divorce courts stripping your assets, rights, and children for a gynocratic agenda? Ever wonder why real male heroes—soldiers, firefighters, fathers—are erased as "oppressors"? Banned Data: Men die younger, pay more taxes, and get 60% less healthcare funding—why. Divorce Warfare: 97% of alimony paid by men. 90% custody lost. This isn’t justice—it’s theft.

Today's political pundits express shock and disappointment when candidates resort to negative campaigning. But history reveals that smear campaigns are as American as apple pie. Anything for a Vote is a look at 200-plus years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections, from George Washington to Barack Obama and John McCain. Let the name-calling begin!

Professor Soren Pafko has made a life and career out of lying, conniving, manipulating, and abusing everyone in his path. So far, it’s working great: he’s Chair of his College’s Department of Comparative Literature; he’s leader of the local chapter of the Democratic Communists of America; and when he wants to cheat on his wife, he’s got his pick of women who think he’s the second coming of Che Guevara. But when he flunks local yokel Gus Dropo’s teenage son for a politically incorrect classroom comment, everything in Professor Pafko’s world begins to go hilariously wrong.

Las divertidas desventuras que envuelven la vida y obra del general Arroyo, sirven para narrar el desastroso nacimiento de la democracia en un país asolado por la injusticia, el abuso de poder y la traición. Sin pena ni gloria, recluido en su cuarto con lápiz en mano, el singular protagonista de esta novela escribe sus memorias, dando cuenta sin tapujos de los episodios más inverosímiles y vergonzosos de su participación en la lucha revolucionaria.

Today's parents are navigating a new frontier in child-rearing: raising "digital natives" in a world where "screen time" is ever-present. It's a journey strewn with questions, doubts, and persistent pings. But fear not. Parenting Unplugged turns these challenges into opportunities for humor, wisdom, and a screen savvy family life.

Shepherd Mead's hilarious and timely Male Manifesto takes a fresh look at the issues and perils of the coming sexual war and exhorts his comrades-in-arms to rally 'round this book, boys, in one of the most delightfully chauvinistic satires to come along in years.

Why are they targeting the disadvantaged? Why are the rich not taxed fairly? Why does everyone feel so powerless to make change for the better? Why is the anger of so many not being addressed? Why do the rich keep getting richer, while the poor are kept poor? Why is austerity becoming worse while the government laugh their heads off and give themselves huge pay raises and take so much? Why are they not paying for the austerity measures that they instigated and perpetuate?

This book is important, and not just because it's about Donald Trump. It is essential listening for anyone who wants to discover the official Trump Brand Origin Story, to learn his positions on vital issues like the military - "Are These the Biggest Missiles We Have?," science - "If Einstein Was So Smart, Why Wasn't He Rich?" and good government - "Of the Good People, By the Good People, and For the Good People."

Paul Krassner's style of personal journalism constantly blurs the line between observer and participant. Nowhere is this more apparent than this collection of essays and interviews culled from his columns at AVN Online. Krassner shines his keen satirical mind on the so-called taboos of today's society and breaks them down to show the hypocrisy of the world's "culture warriors". With a biting wit and tongue firmly planted in cheek, Mr. Krassner reveals the absurdity of our oppressive social mores....

Northanger Abbey, a satire of Gothic melodrama, is one of Jane Austen's most popular works. When Catherine Morland is launched into the politics and pitfalls of the Bath social season, she behaves with the cheerful open-mindedness of one of Jane Austen's most eligible classic heroines.

A child fails his studies because of his passion for work. He is kicked out of his home and embarks on a grueling journey... How will he prove himself and achieve success that will astound everyone? Will he ever return and become a role model for his villagers?

What happens to a businessman who loves the spotlight when his initiative to solve unemployment turns into a disaster that floods his company with thousands of applicants? In an attempt to escape, he devises absurd tricks to fire them, but the surprise... the employees respond with a smarter plan! Will he fall into his own trap?

Bougies are the new name for the hip middle class. Bougies Rule! is a satirical look at this group of people who dress up their dogs, speak endlessly of exotic vacation destinations and pepper their conversation with expressions like, "nuance," "feng shui," and "serious cinema."