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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

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Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays are found here, from the humorous expose "I Was a Playboy Bunny" to the moving tribute to her mother, "Ruth's Song." The satirical and hilarious "If Men Could Menstruate" is alone worth the price of admission.

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Cover of: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
1995, H. Holt
in English - 2nd ed. with a new preface and notes by the author.
Cover of: Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
November 1987, Henry Holt & Co
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition
Cover of: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
1986, New American Library
in English
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
1986, New American Library of Canada
in English
Cover of: Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
January 7, 1986, Signet
in English
Cover of: Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
1983, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Henry Holt & Co
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Table of Contents

Note to the Reader. xi
Introduction: Life Between the Lines. 1
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE.
I Was a Playboy Bunny. 33
Campaigning. 79
Sisterhood. 127
College Reunion. 134
Ruth’s Song (Because She Could Not Sing It). 145
OTHER BASIC DISCOVERIES.
Words and Change. 169
In Praise of Women’s Bodies. 182
The Importance of Work. 189
The Time Factor. 196
Men and Women Talking. 199
The Politics of Food. 216
Networking. 223
Transsexualism. 233
Why Young Women Are More Conservative. 238
Erotica vs. Pornography. 247
FIVE WOMEN.
Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Who Died Too Soon. 263
Patricia Nixon Flying. 270
The Real Linda Lovelace. 274
Jackie Reconsidered. 286
Alice Walker: Do You Know This Woman? She Knows You. 292
TRANSFORMING POLITICS.
Houston and History. 315
The International Crime of Genital Mutilation. 339
Rx Fantasies: For Temporary Relief of Pain Due to Injustice. 341
If Hitler Were Alive, Whose Side Would He Be On?. 346
Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher. 370
If Men Could Menstruate. 382
Far from the Opposite Shore. 386
Index. 411

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"A Signet book."

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Scarborough, Ont

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.4

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Pagination
420 p. ;
Number of pages
420

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OL18320559M
Internet Archive
outrageousactsevsst00stei
ISBN 10
0451139984
ISBN 13
9780451139986
Library Thing
37364
Goodreads
887040

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There have been days in the last ten or twelve years when I thought my collected works would consist entirely of fundraising letters, scribbled outlines of speeches, statements hammered out at the birth of some new coalition, and introductions to other people's books.
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