Dec 18, 2009

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions | Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

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Author: Gloria Steinem
First Published: 1983
Type of Work: Essays
Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Essays, Biography, Journalism
Subjects: Self-discovery, Mothers, Parents and children, Politics, Social issues, Beauty, Feminism, Women’s issues, Women’s movement

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Gloria Steinem, feminist activist and founder of Ms. magazine, has been a writer throughout her career. Most of her works have been essay-length magazine articles, and this book is a compendium of selections of those writings. It is a volume of essays that give, in various ways, insights into the experience and character of the author. Some of the essays are comic (“If Men Could Menstruate”), some are sad (“Ruth’s Song”), and others evoke horror (“The International Crime of Genital Mutilation”). Some are autobiographical (“I Was a Playboy...

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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions | Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

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