Posts Tagged ‘ feminism ’
Review: The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines by Mike Madrid
Review: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein
I was looking forward to reading Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, despite not having a daughter myself. While reading Orenstein’s book, I tried to remember what playing was like as a kid. The Disney Princess thing wasn’t big yet. In fact, my favorite Disney…
Review: Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus
Review: Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Power and A World Without Rape edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Power and A World Without Rape is a collection of essays edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti. The premise for this anthology seems to be “how empowering women to have sex on their terms will end rape.” I thought this idea was pretty silly at the start…
Review: The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession With Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti
Purity balls. Abstinence-only education. Hyper-sexualized pop stars that profess to be virgins. Mainstream American society is sending girls and women mixed messages about their sexuality: they’re supposed to be accessible to men while simultaneously remaining “pure.” A woman’s sexual history is often treated as a measuring rod for how moral or ethical they are….
Review: Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism by Alison Piepmeier
Format: Paperback Published on: November 18th 2009 (first published November 2009) Published by: NYU Press Pages: 272 ISBN: 0814767524 Goodreads Every once in a while, a book reminds me that I’ve been missing out on something. I discovered zines when I was in high school and had the privilege of reading some amazing ones…
Review: Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music by Marisa Meltzer
Review: Hellions: Pop Culture’s Rebel Women by Maria Raha
Format: Paperback Published on: October 1st 2008 Published by: Seal Press Pages: 280 ISBN: 1580052401 Goodreads Modern pop culture has a double standard when it comes to rebellion: male rebels are celebrated for their courage, their sexiness, and their loner lifestyle. Female rebels, on the other hand, are often reprimanded or seen as damaged…
Review: Women, Culture, & Politics by Angela Davis
Format: Paperback Published on: February 19th 1990 Published by: Vintage Pages: 256 ISBN: 0679724877 Goodreads If you ask me, Angela Davis is an interesting woman. Born in 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama. Undoubtedly, she experience racial segregation growing up. After graduating from school, she taught at UCLA until 1969 when she was fired for her…
Review: Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
Format: Paperback Published on: October 4th 2000 Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 416 ISBN: 0374526222 Goodreads I wasn’t sure whether to post a review about Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards’ book, Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future. Manifesta basically amounts to a “feminism 101” type book. I think the fact that…
