This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color3 reviews
Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua

Kitchen Table--Women of Color Press, 1984

Very important collection

+ A classic, ground-breaking feminist of color anthology!
+ Should be On Every Feminist Bookshelf, in Every Library.

Oh my goodness!! This is an incredible ground-breaking book of awareness and consciousness. It was a must-read for anyone coming of age in the 1980's and it is still relevant today. I came on line to purchase it for a friend who had never seen it, and I am in shock that it is out of print, or even ...
  
  











  



  
The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English5 reviews

W. W. Norton & Company, 1996

At Last!

+ A must for any Women's Studies student
+ Review
+ Plethora of Wonderful Works of Women
+ One of my favorite books of all time
  
  











  



  
Women, Race, & Class13 reviews
Angela Y. Davis

Vintage, 1983

Great Read

+ WOMEN OF POWER
+ The book is great!
+ The Gift of Intelligence
+ women, race, and class
  
  











  



  
Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture1 review
Maria Buszek

Duke University Press, 2006

An important and entertaining book

For anyone who doubts what a study of pin-ups might have to offer, prepare to be convinced otherwise! Buszek has composed a rich analysis of her subject, which while full of original ideas on the topic never loses sight of the fact that it's a book about pin-ups, images created to titilate and ...
  
  











  



  
Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape30 reviews
Susan Brownmiller

Ballantine Books, 1993

Beautifully written, a masterpiece

+ Funny
+ An impartial view on the history of "comfort women" for soldiers

This book flows so well from topic to topic so seamlessly that one is surprised when one realizes the subject has changed completely. It is beautifully written and poignant. The book hit so close to home for me I was shocked. Every single aspect and dimension of rape is covered leaving nothing ...
  
  











  



  
In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution12 reviews
Susan Brownmiller

The Dial Press, 1999

Essential, readable history of how women changed the world

+ A excellent resource for women's history
+ Born just enough too late
+ Substantial and chatty at once
+ "The Blood on the Floor was all Mine"
  
  











  



  
How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Sex, Virtue, and the Way We Live Now20 reviews
Christina Page

Basic Books, 2006

Well written, informative and factual literary piece

+ Interesting Book

First of all, I want to say that this book opened my eyes even more to the horrors that the radical pro-life movement imposes to human and reproductive rights of women around the world. This piece will make any pro-choice feminist to become furious like me as I have devoted my life to do my best to ...
  
  











  



  
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture104 reviews
Ariel Levy

Free Press, 2006

A Fascinating Read

+ F-bombing great.
+ Looking for insight, Found it!
+ Eye Opening...the women behind raunch culture.
+ Girls in Reserve
  
  











  



  
Femininity5 reviews
Susan Brownmiller

Ballantine Books, 1985

It's About Time

+ Misleading, but Okay
+ The most illuminating book on the topic I've ever read.
+ About social expectations on women throughout the ages.
+ About social expectations on women throughout the ages.
  
  











  



  
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women83 reviews
Naomi Wolf

Harper Perennial, 2002

Truer today than when it was written

+ A Very Important Book
+ The third wave
+ interesting and well researched
  
  











  



  
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Live Girls)13 reviews

Seal Press, 2002

In response to 'racist'

+ A compelling Third Wave feminist, multiracial, youth anthology
+ Edgy Third Wave Book
+ Thinking and Racism
+ In response to "racist"
  
  











  



  
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence Expanded and Updated Second Edition104 reviews
Inga Muscio

Seal Press, 2002

amazing

+ extremely happy
+ My new bible

This book is a must read for any woman. It goes everywhere from supporting female owned corporations to showing women how they disempower each others and themselves. Most of all it teaches you how to love yourself and the women around you. I'm buying for all of my female relatives for this ...
  
  











  



  
Sexual Politics5 reviews
Kate Millett

University of Illinois Press, 2000

The First of Its Kind

+ brilliant historic /literary analysis that prompted the modern women's movement
+ Fasinating Essay
+ classic
  
  











  



  
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics23 reviews
bell hooks

South End Press, 2000

A Must Have

+ An eye-opener

Im a young feminist and I adore bell hooks. Before reading hooks I was only familiar with one opinion of feminism: the white, upper-middle class, waspy side. Im totally digging reading another side of the story. Hooks' language is accessible but her ideas are complex. She tackles topics that I ...
  
  











  



  
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women83 reviews
Naomi Wolf

Harper Perennial, 2002

Truer today than when it was written

+ A Very Important Book
+ The third wave
+ interesting and well researched
  
  











  



  
Sexual Politics5 reviews
Kate Millett

University of Illinois Press, 2000

The First of Its Kind

+ brilliant historic /literary analysis that prompted the modern women's movement
+ Fasinating Essay
+ classic
  
  











  



  
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics23 reviews
bell hooks

South End Press, 2000

A Must Have

+ An eye-opener

Im a young feminist and I adore bell hooks. Before reading hooks I was only familiar with one opinion of feminism: the white, upper-middle class, waspy side. Im totally digging reading another side of the story. Hooks' language is accessible but her ideas are complex. She tackles topics that I ...
  
  











  



  
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence Expanded and Updated Second Edition104 reviews
Inga Muscio

Seal Press, 2002

amazing

+ extremely happy
+ My new bible

This book is a must read for any woman. It goes everywhere from supporting female owned corporations to showing women how they disempower each others and themselves. Most of all it teaches you how to love yourself and the women around you. I'm buying for all of my female relatives for this ...
  
  











  



  
Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture1 review
Maria Buszek

Duke University Press, 2006

An important and entertaining book

For anyone who doubts what a study of pin-ups might have to offer, prepare to be convinced otherwise! Buszek has composed a rich analysis of her subject, which while full of original ideas on the topic never loses sight of the fact that it's a book about pin-ups, images created to titilate and ...
  
  











  



  
Women, Race, & Class13 reviews
Angela Y. Davis

Vintage, 1983

Great Read

+ WOMEN OF POWER
+ The book is great!
+ The Gift of Intelligence
+ women, race, and class