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Introduction: An uprising of glamorous outsiders

Chapter 1

The Ladies Who Are Out to Lunch...or B.R.U.N.C.H.

THE BELLIGERENT, RESILIENT, UNINHIBITED, NAUGHTY, CREATIVE AND HILARIOUS SPIDER FAWKE

Chapter 2

Origins: Nature or Nurture...or Torture

BRIGID BERLIN -- THE WARHOL FACTORY GIRL

SUNNY CHAPMAN -- THE GLUE FACTORY GIRL

Chapter 3

Style: The Missile Defense System of the Wacky Chick

SUSANNE BARTSCH -- SHOWGIRL CHIC

JANET CHARLTON -- SABOTEUR CHIC

LISA EISNER -- CRITTER CHIC AND GEEZER CHIC

Chapter 4

Home: Safe Spaces for Space Cases

PEARL HARBOUR -- HOME IS WHERE THE TART IS

Chapter 5

Work: Chicks with Shticks

ISABEL GARRETT -- THE SPANDEX EVANGELIST

AMY SEDARIS -- VERMIN AND CHEESEBALLS

Chapter 6

Mating Habits

AUDREY "GOLIGHTLY" SMALTZ -- JUST GIVE HER $50 FOR THE POWDER ROOM

Chapter 7

Faith: Squeezing Your Inner Shaman

JESSICA PORTER -- HIP HYPNOSIS AND ZEN COMEDY

KAZUKO -- CRYSTAL-PACKIN' MAMA

Chapter 8

The Future: The Wacky Chicklettes

P5 -- THE EDITOR IN CHIEF

MARY CHRISTMAS -- THE RADICAL CHEERLEADER

Chapter 9

The Dark Side: When Wacky Goes Wack-Job

Conclusion