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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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Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
1995, H. Holt
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
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1986, New American Library
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1986, New American Library of Canada
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
January 7, 1986, Signet
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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. 29
Campaigning. 70
Sisterhood. 112
College Reunion. 119
Ruth’s Song (Because She Could Not Sing It). 129
OTHER BASIC DISCOVERIES.
Words and Change. 149
In Praise of Women’s Bodies. 161
The Importance of Work. 167
The Time Factor. 173
Men and Women Talking. 176
The Politics of Food. 191
Networking. 197
Transsexualism. 206
Why Young Women Are More Conservative. 211
Erotica vs. Pornography. 219
FIVE WOMEN.
Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Who Died Too Soon. 233
Patricia Nixon Flying. 239
The Real Linda Lovelace. 243
Jackie Reconsidered. 253
Alice Walker: Do You Know This Woman? She Knows You. 259
TRANSFORMING POLITICS.
Houston and History. 279
The International Crime of Genital Mutilation. 292
Rx Fantasies: For Temporary Relief of Pain Due to Injustice. 301
If Hitler Were Alive, Whose Side Would He Be On?. 305
Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher. 327
If Men Could Menstruate. 337
Far from the Opposite Shore. 341
Index. 365

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.4
Library of Congress
HQ1413.S675 A36 1983

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xi, 370 p. ;
Number of pages
370

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Open Library
OL3158595M
Internet Archive
outrageousactsev00steirich
ISBN 10
0030632366
ISBN 13
9780030632365
LCCN
83000222
Library Thing
37364
Goodreads
887041

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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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