Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions / Gloria Steinem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinem, Gloria, author.

Contributor:

Watson, Emma, 1990- writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steinem, Gloria.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

United States.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 422 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Second Picador edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

Summary:

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions has sold over half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, acclaimed for its witty, warm, and life-changing view of the world, "as if women mattered." Steinem's truly personal writing is here, from the now-famous exposé, "I Was a Playboy Bunny," to the moving tribute to her mother "Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It)". Her prescient essays on female genital mutilation and the difference between erotica and pornography that are still referenced and relevant today, and the hilarious satire, "If Men Could Menstruate" resonates as much as ever. As Watson writes of Steinem in her foreword, "She makes what otherwise can be arduous and depressing reading into something not only relatable, but also enjoyable... Her plain common sense, calling things out as they are, will make you laugh out loud. This is her superpower."

Contents:

Learning From Experience

Life Between the Lines p. 3

I Was a Playboy Bunny p. 36

Campaigning p. 87

Sisterhood p. 120

College Reunion p. 128

Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It) p. 140

Other Basic Discoveries

Words and Change p. 165

In Praise of Women's Bodies p. 182

The Importance of Work p. 189

The Time Factor p. 195

Men and Women Talking p. 198

The Politics of Food p. 213

Networking p. 220

Erotica vs. Pornography p. 231

Five Women

Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Who Died Too Soon p. 251

Patricia Nixon Flying p. 259

The Real Linda Lovelace p. 264

Jackie Reconsidered p. 278

Alice Walker: Do You Know This Woman? She Knows You p. 285

Transforming Politics

Houston and History p. 309

The International Crime of Genital Mutilation p. 325

Fantasies for Temporary Relief of Injustice p. 338

If Hitler Were Alive, Whose Side Would He Be On? p. 343

Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher p. 371

If Men Could Menstruate p. 380

Far from the Opposite Shore p. 385.

Notes:

"With a new foreword by Emma Watson and new material by the author"--Cover.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781250204868

1250204860

OCLC:

1031946912