Hot stuff, Mama! Tell it like it is & live it like you mean it. Say it loud & proud! The ArtSlut loves the SmartMouth.

Sensible and insightful....totally cuts through the silliness and stupidity attendant upon being a woman in the USA today.

This book was not what I expected. Im 20 years old and I loved it. I recommend it to any girl/woman that wants to see things from a really different prospective. It will make you laugh and educate you at the same time. Trust me this book is good from beggining to end. I loved it. Talks about everything us girls go through. From work, to dating, to dealing with relatives, to beauty and health, and all about standing up for yourself.

I received this book a few years back from a friend of mine as either a birthday gift or Christmas gift. Anyway, I read this book and found it to be very enjoyable, witty and fun! A must read for every young female out there that needs some humor! This book is a fast read. So kick back and enjoy.

One of my friends told me about this book. I bought it for my sister she loved it. It was a great read plus it had a lot of real life advice.

This book is great! I'm still laughing! As a study in fast comebacks, witty returns and all-purpose broadsides to fire off during the teeth-gritting aggravations of so many social situations women endure as a side effect of life, this is ingenious! I don't think I've ever combined laughing this hard with learning so much of the "Yeah, that's true!!!-style" practical information! (Or used this many exclamation points in an Amazon review!) Short of nuclear weapons there's nothing more dangerous than a rapier wit. I wish I could be one of the assertive, fearless, never off-center types Susan Jane Gilman celebrates, but alas, I think it'd take more than a book---even a devastatingly funny and cut 'em off at the knees how-to manual like this one---to transform me...but maybe I'm learning!

And to those who've read this book and know what this means: "Suffer, baby!"

Ha, I love it!

You HAVE to read her other book: Hypocrite in a White Pouffy Dress. So funny, and totally different from this one. Buy them both, it's well worth it!

The range of breathtaking ideas in this book defies description in a review. I'm not sure if I got more out of Gilman's suggestions on financial management, career planning, or spiritual development, and those are just three of her topics. I am sure my husband is glad I've finished the book because I woke him with my laughter several times.
While the vocabulary Gilman uses might blister sensitive eyes, I have no problem recommending this book for anyone old enough to use feminine hygiene products and young enough to appreciate a good laugh.
When I grow up I want to be a grandma like Gilman's.

Susan Jane Gilman, the author of Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a Smart Mouth Goddess, manages to accomplish two very unique things in these 23 chapters. First, her insight about how women should live their lives is an unintentional best practice guide for how to "lose friends and alienate people." Second, the recommendations made are so glaringly unsubstantiated by fact that they border on being sinister so it will ensure readers of martyrdom as the only place it will lead them is into the abyss.

The book is actually radical feminist theory thinly disguised as self-help. In terms of relationships, one would be hard-pressed to dream up more counter-productive advice than Gilman's. Rather comically, she admits to not really understanding men at all which makes the rest of the work all-the-more tragic. Gilman claims that women really don't have to worry about being beautiful because it is not very important to men. Who knew? Furthermore, it seems that what we really want are girls we can feel comfortable with who allow us to pass gas around them. We also aren't concerned about a woman's age which glaringly clashes with the whole of human experience. Did you happen to know that "women who eat are sexier"? I didn't either, but Gilman jumps to the conclusion due to our not liking anorexics. Well, no logical leaps there. In the final analysis, women just shouldn't worry about male opinion because "men will f*** anything." Is this true? Nope. That doesn't matter though because stereotyping and lying are perfectly justified when one's goal is to make women feel good about themselves. Gilman also confuses the word nymphomaniac as being applicable to both men and women, but this could simply be due to the writing programs at Brown and Michigan being above such distinctions.

How should a woman get ahead in life? Interpersonally, they'd be wise to "Really b*tch," and refuse to calm down once they become angered. It seems that virtue and niceness are overrated while "PMS is a Power Tool." There really is a great deal here that is unintentionally hilarious. This self-proclaimed queen informs us, without a hint of irony, of a man's proposal to her consisting of: "`I can support you while you write your feminist discourse.'" Is she appalled by her suitor's patriarchal attitude? Did she scream, "Never! I'll work until I'm dead!" Hardly, she's hot for the deal because a chump is a chump, but what queered it was that the fellow hadn't known her for long enough. On aggregate, the book isn't as offensive as it is pathetic. Its narration is a testament to the type of ignoramuses produced by today's politicized universities. Everything your eyes and ears document as reality is wrong because theory and dogma offer up a more soothing and empowering interpretation.

I am IN LOVE with Susan Jane Gilman. "Kiss My Tiara" is wonderful. I wish I'd read this book YEARS ago.

I'm a wife, mom and author too, and this book still spoke to me. You don't have to be single or anti-guy to "get" this book. It is for any woman who has held her tongue and then kicked herself on the drive home for not speaking up---or not having that witty retort/comeback ready until the next morning in the shower. Or got out of said shower and pinched that inch in disgust. Forget about it already !

Granted, I'm Left, Liberal and Wiccan, so I didn't even squirm with Susan's own politics, but even if this doesn't fit your world view---if you are willing to put those differences aside, you will really feel energized again about being a female in this world. Thanks, Girl. It's been awhile for me !!

Stephanie Davidson
Author "101 Ways to Have a Great Day At Work"
Cary NC
sdavidson@bellsouth.net

I bought this book without knowing anything about it. It is hilarious. She hits the spot while making her points. Although I'm not American and can't relate to some cultural aspects (50s housewives? baseball?) The message still comes thru loud and clear. I love that she makes me think while making me laugh. I got quie a few aha moments... off to buy something else by Ms Gilman, right now!

Having read - and absolutely loved - Ms. Gilman's hilarious memoir, "Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress", I naturally expected this book to be a great read as well. I was sorely disappointed. Ms. Gilman's sassy style gets lost in a sea of trite "you-go-girl" cliches. As the pages turn, Gilman's voice just gets angrier and angrier. Every other sentence is prefaced with "Yeah, well..." The writing is terrible, the editing is sloppy...I could go on forever. Grandmother's quotes were wonderful, but otherwise, this book was difficult to take. Gilman makes it abundantly clear that only as long as you share her extremely liberal views - this coming from someone who considers herself moderately liberal - can you make it into the Goddess Club. After the first twenty or so pages it began to irritate me. This is not a manifesto on how to cultivate some "girl power" and exercise it, but rather an excuse for Ms. Gilman to hop on her soapbox and rant. I would suggest skipping this shallow read.

I did not care for the language nor the the theme and did not consider it to be a book linked with the Sweet Potato Queens

This book was laugh out loud funny. If you are feeling repressed by the current state of affairs in this country, this is a good read. I greatly enjoyed the points for not sleeping with Republicans. Ms. Gilman's grand ma and mine may have been long lost sisters from the stories she tells in the book. I have been telling everyone about this book.

I first read the author's follow up book Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and absolutely loved it. It was a memoir that had stories of the author growing up in NY that had me cracking up. I bought this book Kiss My Tiara in a search for more and was very dissapointed. She doesn't go into stories at all. I could only read half way through and believe me I was pushing myself to do that because I loved her other book so much. In this book the author is just preaching to the reader over and over, telling me what to feel or think on issues like gay marriage or sex. How to be a liberated woman and a free thinker. However as a liberated woman and a free thinker, I found her writing just preaching and more distasteful was her opinion that to hold ideas or values contradictiory to her was rediculous, foolish or just plain wrong.

This book was chosen for my book club, and not a single one of us liked it. My book club is made up of very diverse women; among us we have a Women's Study Professor, Adult Toy Store Owner, School Teacher. All of us are strong, professional, educated, fun women. We all felt this book was a total waste of time. We agree that more women should indulge and have fun... but we didn't get this message from the book at all. It didn't feel like the author had a single original thought of her own, it was like 'bad bumper sticker' writing. We did enjoy the few quotes from her grandmother, but that was about it. I can't recommend this book.

Kiss My Tiara is a fun read. The pages fly by quickly and Gilman writes with a ready wit and ease. However, the book, overall, is shallow and the author often sacrifices depth for breadth.

The book is not organized in a traditonal manner--the chapters do not follow each other in any particular way. While this makes the book easy to read, put down, and pick up and read later on, it does detract from the main point of the book. Its purpose is to empower women--young and old--to reject the patriarchal conception of what women should do and who women should be.

Gilman includes many personal anecdotes, most of which are humorous. The vehicle of her gradmother as a proto-feminist of sorts is effective but seems tired by the end. There is a paucity of research, although there is some presented, which is already commendable in this genre.

The author also takes care to include mentions of lesbians as well as straight women, which is a nice touch, as it is odd to have a pro-women's rights book that ignores an entire subset of the female population.

So, overall, the book is fun. It's not the best tongue-in-cheek, self help, girl power book out there, but it's not the worst either. It's a little above the average, but it doesn't go any further than a fun, easy read.

This is a very funny book, starting from the title. It encoruages us modern girls to make the most of our life. This is a great femmanist book, without being radical. It encourages women to look past society's expectations of thems This book tells women what they have wanted to hear for a long time. That it's OK that you don't look like Cindy Crawford, that you shouldn't feel bad about having fun in bed, eating donuts or making big money. This book says if men can't do it, why can't we? It also gives us gals tips on how to deal with those creeps who catcall us and those pyschos who stalk us. It also tells women that they don't have to always be nice, it is ok to bitch and moan if we arn't treated right. This books teaches women of all ages, races and shapes to stand up for them selves and have a good time.

The only caution I would give anyone about this book, is that the author has political bias that comes up a lot in this book. This book is not recommended to anyone who is republican or is more conservative. But if this dosn't matter, go out and buy this book!

This book is awesome. I was looking for a good laugh girl to girl and that it was and so much more. She introduces thought provoking ideas but in a very amusing way. I have found myself citing it in discussions on politics and gender relations. Doesn't hurt to read to atleast get another opinion.

Oh my Goddess! What a hootin' & hollerin' funny book this is! Trying not to laugh out loud on a darkened international flight while fellow passengers were sleeping was near impossible. This book is fun and is written with intelligence and great humor. Yet it still manages to address some real issues that women should take note of, from asking for raises, negotiating better salaries at job interviews, to breaking off relationships cleanly and maintaining a body weight that's equal to your IQ-Right On Sister! Her advice though written through the heavy veil of humor, I found to be real, thought provoking and sensible. Unlike her memoir, Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, which was very much a "chick read", I think men who are comfortable with themselves, love women, have a good sense of humor and don't take themselves too seriously will enjoy this book too. It's just plain funny.

I bought this book because, I'm reading gilman's other book in a pouffy white dress and it's very funny so I thought this one would be to I'm not all the way through it yet but, I'm not very into self improvement books for young girls girls need to find their own voice and run with it I totally would recommend the other book though

I loved this book. Smart, Funny, Sassy and everything that makes us savvy chicks giggle. This the next book that I am buying for every lady I know.

I've bought this book five times and lent it out to people at work who were going on vacation. I live in Florida so they never came back but...it's a great book. It empowers you to not sleep with republicans, someone should have to but not you!!!!Stop borrowing it from me and buy your own, damn it!

Yuck - Gilman obviously is very opinionated, which is good. But it seems like hers is the only opinion that matters, which is bad. Instead of elegantly making her point, she resorts to name-calling and cursing. By the end of the book, you want to do the opposite of everything she says, just to make her angrier than she already obviously is. Save your money.

The modern woman. The modern life. Told honestly. Truthful and sad. Funny too. Not to be missed!

This is the smartest most entertaining book I've read in a long time. Makes me wonder where those other goddesses are out there that share Susan Janes Gilman's convictions because I'd like to make their acquaintance. If you're a part-time rabble-rouzer for the "Holy Cause Sisterhood" and you haven't read this book yet...time to straighten up your Tiara and dive in!

Sarah Jane Gilman does have some important points to make. It's a shame she does so in such an obnoxious way. As for the "humor" in this book, it escaped me. A liberal dousing of the "f" and the "p" words doesn't make something funny. BTW, I'm a total leftie single white female who works full time and goes to grad school, so I'm not sniffling because it offended my sensibilities -- more like it made me roll my eyes. I gave up after the chapter featuring 50 ways to say the word "penis" (ha, ha, ha, ha, ha).

Susan Gilman takes what many think and fell and actually puts it in to words. She does not sugar coat at all what she writes. This book can be very empowering. Ultra conservatives will hate it, guaranteed. But she is ready for that, guaranteed and will probably be writing a book soon about what she thinks about that. Susan gives women that it is ok to be women. That we don't have to be what many in society have tried to create us to be. She tells us, it's ok to drink, it's ok to have fun, it's ok not to be married and sometimes way better, it's ok not to always be nice. She examines real issues with humor and wit, making fun of the reasons why we have established these ideas. For once we do not have to make excuses for the reason that we women do things. No excuses for why we like to have sex, no excuses to why we become bitchy during "that time of the month", no excuses to why we can't be just as powerful as any man out there. A great guide to, well, just living.

Warning: This book is funny in places. BUT the humor is a bit overshadowed by the very very frequent use of the word F*ck. She also tends to take a lot of political and anti-religious stances. There is some really great material it is just to bad that it wasnt pulled together better. If you are thinking about buying this book go read parts of it at Borders or buy it used. Save your money.

Warning: This book is the anti-venom for Surrendered Wife Syndrome. Apply liberally. Side effects may include independent thought and self-actualized behaviors. You may end up not needing Fred Astaire to enjoy a good long dance.

A smart mouthed goddess is not going to lie down and take any guff from society, family, institutions, or her own doubts. This has nothing and everything to do with politics.

If you can't claim your life for yourself and make your own rules, you will always be run, and run over, by someone else. What a pity and waste of potential.

The author may express this sentiment in her own way, but just stating it isn't very exciting. And the last time I checked, here in the USA, one is still allowed to voice an opinion, even if nobody else agrees with you. If she enrages you, you had to give it a moment (ok, maybe half a moment)of consideration. Give it another moments' worth of thought. Don't just blindly buy into what the patriarchy is selling. Use that brain God gave you to think your own ideas instead of simply posessing other peoples' thoughts because they told you to.

If we hadn't had smart mouthed, uppity, presumptuous, impudent, disobedient, loud, enraged women in the past we would still be tied to the cookstove with nothing but the prospect of endless child bearing, chores, and early death ahead of us. You don't have to agree to benefit from what smart mouthed goddesses accomplish in this world.

After reading "THe Sweet Potato Queens" trilogy I was thirsty for some more of Jill Conner Browne's quick wit and hilarious stories. Amazon recommended "Kiss My Tiara" based on my past purchases. I was SORELY disappointed. This book is offensive to say the least. The author is obviously an angry liberal who needed an outlet and wrote a book because nobody wanted to listen to her garbage. This is nothing compared to the sweet potato queen's empowering female stories. Sadly, I tried my best to finish this book but was unable to and had to do the worst thing possible for a book lover, I had to throw it away. I was just too afraid that if I let it live someone else might read it or worse yet, may think I actually agree with it just by mere fact that I own it. I can't say enough about this depressing, angry tirade of a book!

I was so looking forward to reading this book, and I hate the fact that I could not even finish it. What a let down. There are some bits that are funny. My favorites were the quotes from her grandmother. But as the pages turn she seems to be saying the same thing over and over and over again. She almost sounds bitter and that is really no fun. And she makes a lot of lists. This is suppose to be a witty, girl power book not a how-to book.

This book should be a must read for older teenage girls. Yes, the language can be a bit raw, but trying to shelter your child or yourself from reality won't get you too far. You might as well live under a rock.
Republicans, this book isn't for you (too complicated). I gave my 15 year old niece this book. It's good to see women thinking and acting independantly.
Kudos to you, Ms. Gilman!

Let's grow up ladies. Let's be truly free, not ruled by our emotions. This book is embarrassing. How silly she makes us all look. A woman can be a smartass and still kick others, all while being refined and humble at the same time. Sleeping around, ordering dessert and getting a raise will not really be helpful, it might just make you feel a little better, for now.

I am a connoisseur of these type books. This is the one I buy on a regular basis for all my friends. It's the one on my night stand that I flip through for refresher courses. It is THE book to buy! You will not regret it.