In a message dated 1/8/02 11:22:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >She was totally into thefeminist movement of the early 70s and used to rant a lot >about people having babies and overpopulating the world, put the whole family on a role >reversal program, i.e. boys do the ironing and the girls do the tree >trimming and yard work, etc., and would (I absolutely kid you not) sit >in a trance and listen to Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" repeatedly during the day.
LOL!! Seriously, does anyone have any good feminist books to recommend? do you have the same problem I do? The standard books, such as Backlash and The Beauty Myth, seem simplistic and (worst case) male bashing. Other books, such as Christina Hoff Sommers' Who Stole Feminism, seem mean-spirited and too conservative for me. Anything good out there? What about novels? Those feminist novels about utopia that I've seen haven't, um, exactly impressed me too much. OTOH, I just reread the Handmaid's Tale and that was quite sad. Mary K PS - I just tried to start "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" a couple days ago and put it down. I got bored. Have to try it again soon. Has anyone read anything from the Seneca Falls period? People hurry by so quickly Don't they hear the melodies In the chiming and the clicking And the laughing harmonies - Joni Mitchell
