"With a new foreword by Emma Watson and new material by the author"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
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."
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