Reading Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Alexandria
Read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos. Subverting intellectual snobbery, this Jazz Age satire weaponizes ditzy blondes to expose how performative superficiality masks deeper truths. Loos's genius lies in showing that playing dumb can be the smartest strategy - a lesson for an era when authenticity is currency but power still rewards strategic self-presentation.