Comments on: A Few Feminist Reads

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:49:49 +0000

Before discovering the feminist blogosphere, I devoted nearly every free minute to reading feminist books. Can’t get enough of them. I’m not sure if this link works or not (I’ve been having problems with it from my blog), but I try to keep track of the ones I’ve read using Library Thing: http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Trrrracey

I of course don’t always agree with everything I read in some of these works, but some favorites I have to stand by include:

-How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved Amercia, by Cristina Page
-Backlash – Susan Faludi
-The Second Sex – Simone De Beauvoir
-Sister Outsider – Audre Lorde
-Feminism is for Everybody – bell hooks

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:20:01 +0000

I read Virgin last year on a long car ride with my parents and ended up reading several chapters aloud to them. It was fascinating, well-researched and a good read. Highly recommended.

By: Jayme

Jayme — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:49:05 +0000

I just read Virgin: The Untouched History for a summer research project I’m doing on virginity in contemporary American culture. It’s interesting and entertaining and rasies some great questions.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:46:02 +0000

I actually just received “We Don’t Need Another Wave” and “The Beauty Myth” in the mail from Amazon… I’m pretty excited about both of them. :)

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:04:09 +0000

I read Virgin: The Untouched History last year and found it quite enlightening and interesting.

By: Chayenne

Chayenne — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:00:28 +0000

I'm glad you wrote about this topic, since I'm not at all well-read in this area. Great recommendations. I'm especially interested in Colonize This! and Virgin: The Untouched History. :)

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:56:38 +0000

I have read the beauty myth, and I must say that it continues to be relevant. I think it should be read by every young woman as they enter puberty. I was never one for “dolling myself” up and this book reinforced all the reasons why I had made that decision. Finally someone who thought like me. I wasn’t crazy.

The book I would add to you reading list is ain’t I a woman by bell hooks. It was the first black feminist/womanist book that I ever read. While it openly criticized racism in feminism it helped me to understand that as a WOC I still needed to identify with feminism. It uniquely places WOC in a historical and social framework. If you have not read it, I highly suggest it.