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Pornography: Men Possessing Women 9 reviews Andrea Dworkin
Plume, 1991
Men's hatred of women...
+ Her prose is an exercise in vitriolic masochism... + A book about loveless slavery
is limitless and inescapable. Personally, I believe all men are really only hot for each other. Men love same-sex men only environments: the military, religious institutions, political organisations are cultures created by and for males giving free reign for men's hot obsession with males and ...
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In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution 12 reviews Susan Brownmiller
The Dial Press, 1999
Substantial and chatty at once
+ A excellent resource for women's history + Born just enough too late + Essential, readable history of how women changed the world + "The Blood on the Floor was all Mine"
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Herland 25 reviews Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Pantheon, 1979
Where No Men Exist
+ Misunderstood + good service
In her novel of a positive utopia made up only of women, Gilman gives us a vision of what perfection would be like, if only the inevitable power, money and sex did not get in the way of things. In Herland, there are no men thus eliminating the sex motivations. And they live a highly socialized ...
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A Room of One's Own 40 reviews Virginia Woolf
Harvest Books, 1989
Obligatory Reading
+ Smooth transaction + unavailable... + A must have
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Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man 115 reviews Susan Faludi
Harper Perennial, 2000
What DOES it mean to be a man?
+ This book made me a Susan Faludi fan + Want to offer understanding to the men in your life? + Were the Astronauts Who Went to the Moon "Stiffed?"
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel 1170 reviews Rebecca Wells
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
The secrets of the popular girls
+ Divine Metaphor + It has become a favorite!!
As this bestselling novel opens Sidda, a 40 something successful theater director, is in the midst of a feud with her mother. Her mother, Vivi, had disowned her after Sidda had made public some family secrets. Fortunately for them both Vivi's lifelong friends, the 'Ya-Ya's, had urged Vivi to send ...
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Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral 88 reviews Kris Radish
Bantam, 2006
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
This is possibly the best CHICK NOVEL I've ever read! Women getting to know Annie through each other's eyes and learning a lot about themselves.I purchased 5 copies to send to friends, hoping we'll get together for a discussion!!!!
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The Feminine Mystique 55 reviews Betty Friedan
W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
Groundbreaking and inspiring
+ The Feminine Mystique
I am a 23 yr. old woman reading a book that was written in 1963 for and about women. I thought this book would help me learn more about women's history, but it was a huge eye-opener and a complete inspiration. The chapters in this book still describe me as a young American woman almost 40 yrs. ...
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The Yellow Wall-Paper 13 reviews Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1996
Imaginative tale of a descent into madness
+ The (yellow) walls are closing in... + A Celebrated Chintz
This short story, based upon the author's own experiences, is a powerful tale of one intelligent woman's struggle with madness, the role of (married) women in society and family in the late 1800s, and how she copes with well-meaning but misguided relatives and their ideas of a woman's nature and ...
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Woman Hating (Plume) Andrea Dworkin
Plume, 1991
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The Elegant Gathering of White Snows 85 reviews Kris Radish
Bantam, 2003
I couldn't put it down...
+ A Walk I enjoyed + Woman's book + Put this on you List of Books You Want to Read
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Femininity 5 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.
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Intercourse 39 reviews Andrea Dworkin
Basic Books, 2006
Intercourse
+ Great Book, Great Author + a lost classic
After Betty Friedan, Andrea Dworkin seems to top the list as one of the most referenced feminists. Her popularity did not prepare me in the least for what exactly her book de jour is. That is, Intercourse, the book coined as "saying" "all sex is rape," is actually an intriguing literary criticism ...
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Right Wing Women 4 reviews Andrea Dworkin
Perigee Trade, 1983
Ever wonder why some women are so antifeminist?
+ insightful + Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!
What's in it for them? Here is Andrea Dworkin to tell you in superb detail exactly why right-wing women stand against their sisters. She explains with in-your-face language how the right has managed to be highly successful in opposing women's rights. Dworkin pulls no punches and will never ...
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Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape 31 reviews Susan Brownmiller
Ballantine Books, 1993
An impartial view on the history of "comfort women" for soldiers
+ Funny + Beautifully written, a masterpiece
Recently I learned that Congressman Mike Honda (Dem, CA-15) introduced a resolution on Japan to apologize for WWII exploitation of "comfort women."
I've read his text and got a strong objection on it. Why can he be so arrogant to believe United States should behave like a prosecutor and a judge ...
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Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA 11 reviews Kris Radish
Bantam, 2008
The Novels by Kris Radish Should be Required Reading for Every Woman
+ Two Sides to Every Story + a must read again and again book + I loved it!
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The Second Sex 37 reviews Simone De Beauvoir
Vintage, 1989
the treaty on feminism
+ Worth more than gold + To what extent are women responsible for being the other? + good book
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Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism 7 reviews Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
Grassroots is for Everyone
+ Finally an answer to a common question + Very helpful guide with resources
I couldn't disagree more with the negative reviews of this book. For full disclosure, I was the 18 year old feminist from alabama who wrote to amy for help on my auction and my story was included in grassroots. At the time the donations she sent (along with unbelievably supportive emails) were a ...
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The Sunday List of Dreams 19 reviews Kris Radish
Bantam, 2007
The Sunday List of Dreams
The Sunday List of Dreams describes one woman's fulfillment of her list of things she wants to do one day. Facing retirement, Connie decides it is time to get started on a list that she had been working on during those long years of her life that were devoted to nursing and her family. Paralyzed ...
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The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition 108 reviews Eve Ensler
Villard, 2000
Ensler is a woman warrior
+ Amazing! + Thumbs up. + Not for every woman- but definitely for me!
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