Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition

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Macmillan, Oct 15, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 406 pages

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions--a phenomenal success that sold nearly half a million copies since its original publication in 1983--is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays. Both male and female readers have acclaimed it as a witty, warm, and life-changing view of the world--"as if women mattered." Steinem's truly personal writing is here, from the humorous exposé "I Was a Playboy Bunny" to the moving tribute to her mother "Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It)" to prescient essays on female genital mutilation and the difference between erotica and pornography. The satirical and hilarious "If Men Could Menstruate" alone is worth the price of admission.

This second edition features a new preface by the author and added notes on classic essays.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Life Between the Lines
3
Was a Playboy Bunny
32
Campaigning
76
Sisterhood
121
College Reunion
128
Ruths Song Because She Could Not Sing It
139
Words and Change
161
In Praise of Womens Bodies
176
The Woman Who Died Too Soon
255
Patricia Nixon Flying
262
Jackie Reconsidered
277
Do You Know This Woman?
283
Houston and History
303
The International Crime of Genital Mutilation
317
For Temporary Relief of Pain Due
328
Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher
355

The Importance of Work
183
The Time Factor
189
Why Young Women Are More Conservative
229
Erotica vs Pornography
238
If Men Could Menstruate
366
Index
395
Copyright

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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Gloria Steinem
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Gloria Steinem
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About the author (1995)

Gloria Steinem is best known for her outspoken advocacy on behalf of women. She is the author of many bestselling books, including My Life on the Road, Revolution from Within, and Moving Beyond Words. She was a founding editor of and political commentator for New York Magazine and a founding editor of Ms., which she continues to write for today.

Bibliographic information

TitleOutrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition
A Holt paperback
Owlet Book
AuthorGloria Steinem
Editionrevised
PublisherMacmillan, 1995
ISBN0805042024, 9780805042023
Length406 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Literary Collections / Essays
Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory
Social Science / Women's Studies
  
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