Pornography: Men Possessing Women9 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 ...
  
  











  



  
In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution12 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"
  
  











  



  
Herland25 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 ...
  
  











  



  
A Room of One's Own40 reviews
Virginia Woolf

Harvest Books, 1989

Obligatory Reading

+ Smooth transaction
+ unavailable...
+ A must have
  
  











  



  
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man115 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?"
  
  











  



  
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel1170 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral88 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!!!!
  
  











  



  
The Feminine Mystique55 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. ...
  
  











  



  
The Yellow Wall-Paper13 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Woman Hating (Plume)
Andrea Dworkin

Plume, 1991
  
  











  



  
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows85 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
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
Intercourse39 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Right Wing Women4 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape31 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA11 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!
  
  











  



  
The Second Sex37 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
  
  











  



  
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism7 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Sunday List of Dreams19 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition108 reviews
Eve Ensler

Villard, 2000

Ensler is a woman warrior

+ Amazing!
+ Thumbs up.
+ Not for every woman- but definitely for me!