Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
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ISBN10: 1250204860
ISBN13: 9781250204868
Trade Paperback
448 Pages
$21.00
CA$28.50
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions has sold over half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, acclaimed for its witty, warm, and life-changing view of the world, "as if women mattered." Steinem's truly personal writing is here, from the now-famous exposé, "I Was a Playboy Bunny," to the moving tribute to her mother "Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It)". Her prescient essays on female genital mutilation and the difference between erotica and pornography that are still referenced and relevant today, and the hilarious satire, "If Men Could Menstruate” resonates as much as ever.
As Watson writes of Steinem in her foreword, “She makes what otherwise can be arduous and depressing reading into something not only relatable, but also enjoyable . . . Her plain common sense, calling things out as they are, will make you laugh out loud. This is her superpower.”
Reviews
Praise for Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
"Fascinating . . . a consciousness-raising book—challenging, unpretentious, forceful."—The New York Times Book Review
"Rich with surprises . . . this collection does more than affirm Steinem's importance in the women's movement; it shows how and why she has earned that position and how valuable she continues to be."—The Philadelphia Inquirer
"There is nothing 'everyday' about Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. From her hilarious account of life as an overworked Playboy Bunny to the moving tribute to her mother, Gloria Steinem's first collection of essays is—and always will be—a required feminist reader."—Susan Faludi, author of Backlash
"Humorous, perceptive, moving . . . leaves the reader not only with a cogent personal memoir, but a feeling for an important segment of an entire generation."—People
