How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Jas said, "Georgia, you thought it was funny and I thought it was funny, but you have to remember that boys don't think girls are for funniness." (1.44)
Jas believes herself to be quite the authority on the subject of gender roles and readily makes judgments about how girls are supposed to behave, particularly Georgia. Thing is, Georgia buys into this hook, line, and sinker.
Quote #2
Jas was going on and on wisely, "Yes they do, I think they do like girls who are a bit soft and not so, well… you know." (1.48)
Jas is essentially saying boys don't like Georgia. Why are these two friends? This is a case of Jas projecting her own ideas about gender onto Georgia. Do you think Jas knows how limited her thoughts on what makes women desirable are?
Quote #3
Why can't he be a real dad? It's pathetic in a grown man. (1.82)
Georgia's dad did a poor job wiring something behind the fridge, and he's also pretty sensitive and talks about his feelings, traits that Georgia sees as not masculine and not dad-like. Interestingly, over the course of the book, Jas often takes on ideas about how females should behave while Georgia comments more on masculinity.
Quote #4
I want him to be like Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (although, having said that, I've seen him in other things like Fever Pitch and he's not so sexy out of frilly shirts and tights). (1.83)
Based on the time period of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Georgia wants to date a man who like is Colin Firth playing Mr. Darcy. It's confusing if you think about it: She doesn't like her father showing any sort of softer side, but frilly shirts and tights are totally cool in her book.
Quote #5
Anyway, I'll never have a boyfriend because I am too ugly. (1.83)
Georgia has a few ideas about what guys find attractive in women and—bummer for dudes (and herself)—she limits them to only admiring superficial qualities in women. This gender stereotype leaves Georgia feeling self-conscious about her looks since she thinks they're her only value to men. Ugh.
Quote #6
I did find something very strange in the tie drawer as well as the tweezers. It was a sort of apron thing in a special box […]. It would be more than flesh and blood could stand if I have to "understand" his feminine side. (1.90)
Georgia might only be talking about her father directly here, but she's saying a lot about men's gender roles in general. She majorly freaks out about this garment she discovers, though she gets her comeuppance when her dad rips her a new one after he finds out she's been snooping.
Quote #7
I wish my mum could be emancipated, a feminist, a working mother, etc… and manage to do my ironing. (2.156)
Oh, Georgia… Her selfishness takes over here before her feminist side can really shine through.
Quote #8
Mum said, "Calm down, Bob, of course I respect you, it's just that it is quite funny to think of you as a transvestite." (2.162)
Mum gets in on busting Dad's chops here, but unfortunately, the punch line of the joke is gender deviation. Repeat after us: There's never any shame in just being yourself and stereotypes are limiting to all.
Quote #9
I'm going to be a comedy actress or someone like those "it" girls who don't actually do anything except be "it." The newspapers follow them all day, and the headlines say, Oh, look, there is Tara Pompeii Too-Booby going out to buy some biscuits!! or Tamsin Snaggle-Tooth Polyplops goes skiing in fur bikini. And they just make money from that. (2.170)
Sigh. Way to dream high, Georgia… not.
Quote #10
I am going to become a writer for Cosmo—you don't have to make any sense at all. Or maybe I'll be a bloke, they don't have to make any sense either. (5.545)
If only Georgia would think about the logic she's trying to make work here—teen lady magazine writers are idiots and so are boys and so is Georgia—we're thinking she might be kind of appalled.