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Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf
(ISBN: 0192834843)
Encouraging men and women to shrug off their sex and write
androgynously in order to find the proper reality of things, Woolf
argues that gender-roles are a public death sentence on creativity. Her
predictions for the future for Women in the arts is a spookily accurate
forecast.
 The
Laugh of the Medusa Helene
Cixous (ISBN: ??)
An essay trying to determine how Women can write within a patriarchal
language system
 The
Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf (ISBN:
0099861909)
An enlightening read that high-lights the damaging nature of gender
roles. Much controversy over whether Wolf is encouraging a new breed of
"paranoid feminism" or a liberated body-image. A must read for anyone
who has suffered from or has been touched by an eating disorder.
 The
Bloody Chamber Angela Carter
(ISBN: 0099588110)
A beautiful retelling of traditional fairy tales, with a feminist twist
 The
Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
The Guerrilla Girls (ISBN: 014025997X)
A brief history on how males have dominated the art scene and
discouraged or obscured women's involvement. Sceptical, witty, wry.
 GRRRLS:
Viva Rock Divas Amy Raphael
(ISBN: 0312141092 )
A collection of interviews with women in music and their take on
becoming successful in a male-driven business. Good words from Bjork,
P.J Harvey, Kim Gordon and more.
 Pretty
In Punk Lauren LeBlanc (ISBN:
0813526515)
An interesting investigation into how girls reconcile their
'femininity' in the face of a deliberately masculine subcultural
identity like the Punk (or hardcore) movement. Interesting ideas on
resisting gender roles.
 DIY:
The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture Amy
Spencer (ISBN: 0714531057)
Traces the origins of the DIY ethic to the skiffle movement of the
50's, the hippies of the 60's, 70's-80's Punk and beyond. Only
published this year so pretty relevant.
 Listen
Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation
[ed.] Barbara Findlen (ISBN: 1580050549)
Lesbian feminists, Native-American feminists, Black feminists, Bisexual
feminists, Jewish feminists... all women. All re-tell their stories and
share their experiences. Fascinating insight into the growth of finding
strength in identity, and the personal views of being young, 'minority'
feminists.
 The
Women's Room Marilyn French
(ISBN: 1860492827)
"I underwent a complete metamorphosis - I felt that the book touched me
personally and somehow gave an insight into my own life and those of
friends around me. It made me determined to change my unhappy life and
never again settle for a poor substitute for happiness."
- Bev Blackman c/o Amazon.co.uk
 924
Gilman: The Story So Far
Compiled by Brian Edge (cat# MGMAXIM924 / MAXIMUMROCKANDROLL )
A massive 416-page book documenting the history of Berkeley,
California's 924 Gilman Street all-ages punk club/collective.
 Mean
Time Carol Anne Duffy (ISBN:
0845643035)
Heartfelt book of wonderful poetry including "Valentine", the beautiful
exploration through words of the love between two people.
 Frock
Rock: Women Performing Popular Music
Mavis Bayton (ISBN: 019816615X)
From the history to the makings of being a female performer, Frock Rock
explores the social factors that keep women from playing and those
routes that have enabled women's involvement.
 Women,
Culture, and Politics Angela
Davis (ISBN: 0679724877)
A collection of radically political essays by an amazing and inspiring
feminist
political activist. Davis writes in an engaging and straight-forward
way on some
of the most important issues facing feminists: racism, poverty and
militarism.
This may have been published in 1984 but is still essential reading for
any
feminist worth her salt.
 Skin
Dorothy Allison (ISBN: 0044409443)
Dorothy Allison writes beautifully, painfully and truthfully on sex,
being
queer, class, childhood, being a writer and more. Radically feminist
and
completely captivating. Some of her other great books include 'Trash'
and
'Bastard out of Carolina'.
 Gender
Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Judith Butler (ISBN: 0415924995)
Classic gender studies text, which threw open the debate about the
naturalness
of sex and gender distinctions. Often cited as a key text of 'Queer
Theory' and
a must-read for anyone who doesn't want to behave the way their given
'gender'
dictates they should.
 Talking
Back: Thinking Feminist - Thinking Black
bell hooks (ISBN: 0907179401)
From arguably the most prominent voice of Black feminism. bell hooks
writes
about what it means to 'talk back' to white supremacist patriarchy, and
how to
challenge ourselves to build a real feminist revolution.
 Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi (ISBN: 037571457X)
Really great comic about the life of a girl growing up in Iran during
the Islamic revolution
 The
Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
Carol Adams (ISBN: 0826411843)
Brilliant and thought provoking analysis of the way patriarchy reduces
both
animals and women to 'pieces of meat'. A compelling argument for why
feminist
theory can be strengthened by being informed by a vegetarian critique,
and why
feminists should care about the plight of animals.
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