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The Republican War Against Women: An Insider's Report from Behind the Lines Tanya Melich
Bantam, 1996
Confirms your worst feelings
+ The insider's view + Wonderfull reality check + A Review from Someone on the Other Side of the Lines
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A History of the Wife Marilyn Yalom
Harper Perennial, 2002
One of the best books I've ever read
+ Good book for history lovers + Entertainment not history
I've recommended this book to just about every one of my female friends and family members. This is just such an enlightening history of women and their role in society. You will be amazed at what you learn in this book and it made me so appreciative of the choices women have today. I also really ...
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Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body Susan Bordo
University of California Press, 1995
This book was earthshattering!
+ insightful critique of patriarchy/modern culture/postmodernism + Convincing + Brilliant, relevant, a must-read for feminists
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Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess Susan Jane Gilman
Grand Central Publishing, 2001
Feminist lit with better shoes
+ Laugh out loud hysterical + Great Book
Honestly, I feel that if you dislike this book, then you're anti-woman. It's a fantastic, hysterical foray into life as a woman. Every girl should read this book. That's all that needs to be said.
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When God Was a Woman Merlin Stone
Harvest Books, 1978
Everyone shoud read this book.
+ Provocative + Not a cliched religious experience....... + This is a BLISTERING critique of the Levite Priesthood
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A Night to Remember Walter Lord
Bantam, 1997
Definitive Titanic Book
+ The definitive account. + A Book To Remember + The undisputed champ after 52 years
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The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution Shulamith Firestone
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
Brilliant Absurdist Dystopia--must read for all MEN
+ Recommended. + Amazing book! + A Classic Text of the Women's Movement
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The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment Barbara Ehrenreich
Anchor, 1987
MEN ARE NOT MERE BREADWINNERS AND SOLDIERS
+ The economy changed, and the culture had to adjust.
For men who think that feminism is a threat to the male sex, this book will open eyes and minds in the same way abolition liberated white slave-owners from their barbaric addiction to controlling other human beings against their will. And for women who see feminism as a threat to families, this ...
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Homeward Bound: American Families In The Cold War Era Elaine Tyler May
Basic Books, 1990
How the Hetero-normative, Racialized, Exclusive Suburban Family Ideal Became a Unifying Aspiration of American Culture
+ let's talk about Momism!! + An intriguing premise
This work contends that there was an anomalous rise in "marriage, parenthood, and traditional gender roles" in the post-World War II United States that was pan-racial, pan-economic, pan-ethnic, and pan-regional. It attributes this to social constructions of home and family that responded to ...
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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace Gore Vidal
Nation Books, 2002
America's most astute political observer
+ Perpetual War+ Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace - Well Named + A fantastic read, highly recommended! + Bottom Line: '...a MUST READ for patriotic Americans...'
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Dude, Where's My Country? Michael Moore
Warner Books, 2003
Honest, Humurous, Right ON
+ In The Name of Iran + Great Book! + Informative and enlightening + Politics
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A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President Jeffrey Toobin
Touchstone, 2000
A classic in the making
+ Mostly Legal + A great read + Fascinating well researched page turner
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Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students
Workman Publishing Company, 2001
What Wonders History Hides!
+ Great Stuff! + One of the funniest books I've seen in a while + Very funny, and very scary. + Endless entertainment....
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Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students
Workman Publishing Company, 2001
What Wonders History Hides!
+ Great Stuff! + One of the funniest books I've seen in a while + Very funny, and very scary. + Endless entertainment....
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The Republican War Against Women: An Insider's Report from Behind the Lines Tanya Melich
Bantam, 1996
Confirms your worst feelings
+ The insider's view + Wonderfull reality check + A Review from Someone on the Other Side of the Lines
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