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1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Woman: How to Be Thinner, Richer, Sexier, Kinder, Saner and Happier Enough
Perfection. It’s what we’re all aiming for, right? Doesn’t every woman want to fit—easily!—into a size 6 dress? To be a lioness in the boardroom and a tigress in bed? To be a totally dedicated wife, mother, daughter, coworker, and friend? To eat healthy, get rich, wear fabulous clothes, and, while she’s at it, save the planet?
Well, maybe not. What none of the self-help-book authors seem to realize is that most women don’t desire—or have time for—a total physical, intellectual, or financial makeover. They just feel the need for a little tweaking . Enter Pamela Satran, a self-help guru for those who want to be just a bit better than they already are—or to stop obsessing about how they fall short of some “ideal.”
1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Woman offers more than 120 humorous (but nonetheless useful) lists divided into chapters such as “79 Ways to Lose Two Pounds by Next Summer,” “95 Ways to Be a Sexual Demi goddess,” and “86 Ways to Be a Less Desperate Housewife.” Packaged in a fun and accessible format, these gentle prods to becoming good enough provide the kind of self-improvement most women really want to—and realistically can—achieve.
Well, maybe not. What none of the self-help-book authors seem to realize is that most women don’t desire—or have time for—a total physical, intellectual, or financial makeover. They just feel the need for a little tweaking . Enter Pamela Satran, a self-help guru for those who want to be just a bit better than they already are—or to stop obsessing about how they fall short of some “ideal.”
1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Woman offers more than 120 humorous (but nonetheless useful) lists divided into chapters such as “79 Ways to Lose Two Pounds by Next Summer,” “95 Ways to Be a Sexual Demi goddess,” and “86 Ways to Be a Less Desperate Housewife.” Packaged in a fun and accessible format, these gentle prods to becoming good enough provide the kind of self-improvement most women really want to—and realistically can—achieve.
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160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Pamela Redmond Satran
41 books315 followersPamela Redmond Satran is the author of 20 books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent novel, The Possibility of You, is written as Pamela Redmond and published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books. A New York Times bestselling humor writer, she has a new humor book, Rabid: Are You Crazy About Your Dog or Just Crazy?, due out from Bloomsbury in September 2012. She is the creator with Linda Rosenkrantz of the million-visitor website Nameberry, based on the 10 books on baby names they coauthored. Satran also writes The Glamour List column and contributes to The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast.
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June 26, 2025
Unfortunately, not everyone's bodies work the same. Depending on people's heights and weights, they need specific amounts of calories per day to avoid health problems. Lowering those needed calories per day will harm their bodies.
I don't double my drinking of water to avoid going in the bathroom. My bladder isn't that strong.
Glancing at "12 Foods to Get Rid of Before They Tempt You" was funny. Modern society has found ways to make some of those 12 foods much healthier now.
Some people don't donate their scales. It's not obsessing about their weights. Weight loss programs that require a scale help people track their progress. Especially since there are people whose bodies prevent them from losing weight as easily.
There should be more than "9 Signs That You're Too Stressed Out." Rising cost of living, increasing wealth inequality, rights attacks, and the NATO war against Russia are signs.
On page 33 about "Things That Get Better as You Get Older" made me roll my eyes. It aged badly. This crazy economy in 2025 is robbing younger people of their generational weaalth to afford those things now. Rising cost of living, increasing wealth inequality, rights attacks, the NATO war against Russia, and other things are actually making most people's living standards regress while billionaires live in luxury. Things get better for billionaires as they get older. Not a majority of the human population, though.
"8 Signs You Need a New Doctor" reminded me of the medical industry becoming corrupt with greed. Many decades ago, doctors were better educated, honest, and actually helped make healthy people stay out of hospitals everywhere. But some countries have become way more corrupt than they used to be. It doesn't matter if you need a new doctor sometimes. Some countries are corrupt. That's why they have dishonest doctors who don't help people stay healthy. And depending on the country, some countries' health insurance companies started profitting off of genocide from not helping people afford healthcare some decades ago. Things are not getting better everywhere for everyone unless they're billionaires who can afford better doctors.
"How to believe the horoscope only when it's good" on "11 Things Women Could Learn From Men" makes me cringe. Astrology is a scam that grifters use to get money from suckers who believe in that nonsense. It's not my fault when women are suckers who fall for that nonense.
After seeing "The Devil Wears Prada" on "DVD Guaranteed to Cheer You Up No Matter How Bad Your Problem", I got icked out. Union strikes against abusive bosses who make their employees go crazy would cheer me up. Not watching a DVD.
"Lines You Shouldn't Even Think About Crossing" had "making racist and sexist jokes" in it. Oh, no. The Kancel Kulture Karens klan is coming. Whatever will I do. Tell me you take the world too seriously without saying it.
What this book lacks is same-sex marriage situations where women are married to each other. It just has situations where a woman and man are married to each other based on its pronouns. So, this book is definitely dated in that regard.
I wouldn't recommend this book for people who want serious advice in 2025. I'd suggest they go seek actual professionals. And I'm not talking about professional grifters nor dodgy magazines.
I don't double my drinking of water to avoid going in the bathroom. My bladder isn't that strong.
Glancing at "12 Foods to Get Rid of Before They Tempt You" was funny. Modern society has found ways to make some of those 12 foods much healthier now.
Some people don't donate their scales. It's not obsessing about their weights. Weight loss programs that require a scale help people track their progress. Especially since there are people whose bodies prevent them from losing weight as easily.
There should be more than "9 Signs That You're Too Stressed Out." Rising cost of living, increasing wealth inequality, rights attacks, and the NATO war against Russia are signs.
On page 33 about "Things That Get Better as You Get Older" made me roll my eyes. It aged badly. This crazy economy in 2025 is robbing younger people of their generational weaalth to afford those things now. Rising cost of living, increasing wealth inequality, rights attacks, the NATO war against Russia, and other things are actually making most people's living standards regress while billionaires live in luxury. Things get better for billionaires as they get older. Not a majority of the human population, though.
"8 Signs You Need a New Doctor" reminded me of the medical industry becoming corrupt with greed. Many decades ago, doctors were better educated, honest, and actually helped make healthy people stay out of hospitals everywhere. But some countries have become way more corrupt than they used to be. It doesn't matter if you need a new doctor sometimes. Some countries are corrupt. That's why they have dishonest doctors who don't help people stay healthy. And depending on the country, some countries' health insurance companies started profitting off of genocide from not helping people afford healthcare some decades ago. Things are not getting better everywhere for everyone unless they're billionaires who can afford better doctors.
"How to believe the horoscope only when it's good" on "11 Things Women Could Learn From Men" makes me cringe. Astrology is a scam that grifters use to get money from suckers who believe in that nonsense. It's not my fault when women are suckers who fall for that nonense.
After seeing "The Devil Wears Prada" on "DVD Guaranteed to Cheer You Up No Matter How Bad Your Problem", I got icked out. Union strikes against abusive bosses who make their employees go crazy would cheer me up. Not watching a DVD.
"Lines You Shouldn't Even Think About Crossing" had "making racist and sexist jokes" in it. Oh, no. The Kancel Kulture Karens klan is coming. Whatever will I do. Tell me you take the world too seriously without saying it.
What this book lacks is same-sex marriage situations where women are married to each other. It just has situations where a woman and man are married to each other based on its pronouns. So, this book is definitely dated in that regard.
I wouldn't recommend this book for people who want serious advice in 2025. I'd suggest they go seek actual professionals. And I'm not talking about professional grifters nor dodgy magazines.
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June 13, 2023
A few quips with good advice that didn't feel overdone, but moreso lists that leave you feeling like "Who cares? Not me." I would avoid this one. Bleh.
March 16, 2009
A book of lists containing ideas for how to better oneself ... some lists are rather humorous, some are wonderful, some are ... not so applicable.
Nice idea.
Nice idea.
May 21, 2010
bwa haha. I got this book on a lark from the library and I think it is hilarious AND applicable and maybe I kinda want a copy for fluff, fun reading/reference! HAHAHAHA
May 1, 2008
I felt like I read these lists somewhere before...
October 29, 2014
Cute, fun, easy, quick read!
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