How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Izzie's column seemed for the most part to be nothing more than a diary of her own hectic personal life with the odd social comment thrown in. Last week it had been "How high they can go?" and was about "the rise of the emancipated female hemline," but consisted mostly of Izzie's tips to acquire the necessary shapely ankles. (20.24)
Izzie's column is at a weird place between feminism and cankle-shaming, stuck on the fence between obsession with traditional female beauty and moving forward toward women's rights. Just like Izzie herself.
Quote #5
"Singing about how wretched it is to be a woman," Izzie said. […] "If only one could find someone really filthy rich to marry. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Do you know who said that? No? Well you should." (20.105)
Izzie is quoting Jane Austen's Mansfield Park here. Is Austen being ironic? Is Izzie? Izzie is a woman who ends up making her own fortune, while Sylvie, who loves Jane Austen, seems to take that quote to heart, believing that a woman's value is based on the value of her man.