Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman

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Autobiography and self-help collide in Sheindlin's latest book (after Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining). S. city newspapers going back 100 years and more, golden and silver age fine condition comic books (soon to be added), and many other ephemeral items as well as much more recent popular volumes. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

Quote by Judge Judy Sheindlin: “Beauty fades, dumb is forever.”

My father was a kidder, and he could usually make me laugh; in laughing I was able to feel better about myself. The stories she used from her own marriages (all 3 of them - 2 to the same man) were really interesting. I also really like the advice she had for women regarding self confidence and not being afraid to be who you are, even if that means you have to stand alone. As an example, she talks about her up and down marriage and how it took 2 divorces to get to her happy spot in love.This is a non-sugar coated, to the point, relatisic, no-fluff approach to help women see with their own eyes and stand on their own two feet! Yes this is an older book but I find that it is now even MORE relevant today than it was when originally written! The author seems to be more concerned with fitting in as much advice as possible instead of really focusing in on a few different aspects of her advice. You have to be able to do for yourself, and pat yourself on the back, because no one else will do it for you. Here, the savvy, opinionated, and irrepressible Judge Judy exposes, with her trademark wit and wisdom, these dirty little secrets so many women share and offers her own take on the destructive repercussions they have on women.

Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman

Good Advice: She admonishes mothers who only compliment their daughters’ prettiness, telling them to focus on children’s talents, strengths, and character instead. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.That said, we are here to serve you, to offer you fine quality items that are conservatively described so that you will always be pleasantly surprised and delighted with your purchase. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Sexist, anti-feminist, backwards, and full of gender stereotypes, I must have the word “stupid” written across my head for having read it. Using real cases involving women of every background--from the most affluent and successful to young girls just starting out--as well as stories from her own life, Judge Judy shows women how to fix their attitude and, equally important, how to teach their daughters to follow their dreams by keeping their individuality intact.

Beauty fades, dumb is forever : the making of a happy woman

But if you really want to make yourself a happy woman, seek out some self help from a feminist author who avoids Judge Judy’s trappings of outdated gender roles and sexist expectations because this book is … BALONEY! I just finished reading a book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and I was hoping this would be similarly inspiring. Her goal of this book slaps you in the face, "Beauty fades, dumb is forever" is the lesson, and though primarily directed at women, anybody will have their internal "amen, sister" run through their head at one of her rants, because if there's one thing this judge is definitely NOT, it's subtle. We have been in business for 21 years, originally known as Emerson Books (named after one of our owner's favorite authors, to wit, Ralph Waldo Emerson) located back then in Westport, Connecticut. They spend their lives trying to please everyone but them-selves, and then they wonder why they feel so frustrated and unfulfilled.I think there are a lot of women and men that could really benefit from the advice she gives in this book. I guess I need to find an actual Judge Judy biography to remedy the bad taste this book left in my mouth. Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever presents Judge Judy's ten hard and true lessons for happiness: Beauty fades, dumb is forever. The forthright self-revelations reveal an unusual person with, apparently, no conception of being eccentric.

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As a judge, wife, mother, and grandmother, Judge Judy understands the lasting currency of self-esteem and independence, and when she voices her tough-minded opinions daily in her courtroom, everyone listens. I'd left behind not only friends, but most of my extended family--my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, and my cousin Shirley, with whom I'd always been close. While I believe that I personally already got the "gist" of the point that Judge Judy was trying to make, I do believe that this should definitely be a "must read" for girls (and even some older women) who feel that their self worth is based on their looks or how many men they can attract. Judge Judy's full frontal personality is fully shown and truly inspiring throughout this autobiography. As a family court judge in New York City and now in her successful TV courtroom show, she has listened to thousands of excuses, complaints, and tales of woe from women of every background, and she's ready to rule.If you want this philosophy in a nutshell, take the greatest sermon ever given, and turn it on its ear. If you’re interested in learning what created the legend that is now Judge Judy, she shares many anecdotes about her childhood, her law school days, her marriages and more – these are the parts of the book I enjoyed the most. On the way, she explained to me that if you wanted to be popular, if you wanted to have a boyfriend, you had to let a boy touch your breasts.