num_pages: 420
description: A bestselling first collection of humorous and insightful essays by a luminary of the women's liberation movementThese essays from Gloria Steinem's first three decades of work offer a portrait of a woman who was not only one of the savviest leaders of the women's liberation movement, but also a profoundly humane thinker with a wide-ranging intellect and irresistible wit. In "If Men Could Menstruate," Steinem engages readers in a flight of imagination as incisive as it is hilarious. She offers first-person journalism in her underground expos"e" "I Was a Playboy Bunny," provides heartbreaking memoir in the story of her mother's struggles in "Ruth's Song," and stakes important positions in feminist theory in "Erotica vs. Pornography." This is Steinem at her most provocative--and most compassionate.Foreword / by Emma Watson --Life between the lines --I was a Playboy bunny --Campaigning --Sisterhood --College reunion --Ruth's song (because she could not sing it) --Words and change --In praise of women's bodies --The importance of work --The time factor --Men and women talking --The politics of food --Networking --Erotica vs. pornography --Marilyn Monroe: the woman who died too soon --Patricia Nixon flying --The real Linda Lovelace --Jackie reconsidered --Alice Walker: do you know this woman? She knows you --Houston and history --The intentional crime of genital mutilation --Fantasies for temporary relief of injustice --If Hitler were alive, whose side would he be on? --Night thoughts of a media watcher --If men could menstruate --Far from the opposite shore
language: English
title: Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
titlecomplete: Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
genres: Biography, Gender, Politics, Social Justice, Memoir, Nonfiction, Womens, Essays, Feminism, History
ratings_count: 4731
publisher: Signet