Comments on: Feminism 101: Read Books, Become a Better Womyn

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:34:09 +0000

Hale yah

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:23:36 +0000

Bad Girls by Catherine Lumby NEEDS to be added to this list.
<3

By: shana_lee

shana_lee — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:35:42 +0000

My library has none of these. None. I’m going to scream.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:25:36 +0000

This is a great list! I work at a library and I’ve been relying on this list heavily for putting together our Women’s History Month display. I was also thinking of printing out this list and handing them out to students, but just copying and pasting is a little messy- is there any way to get a prettified PDF for that purpose?

By: Hilary

Hilary — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:22:08 +0000

Why is Sex for One by Betty Dodson not on here? That book changed my life

By: Maria_PH

Maria_PH — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:16:20 +0000

I’ve read Rubyfruit Jungle when I was younger and was still trying to identify my sexuality and it helped me realize that I didn’t have to define my sexuality. I am already defying the norms by loving women, why not defy it further by not labelling my preference..

Much love autostraddle!

By: Jay Green

Jay Green — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:52:04 +0000

I am super, super disappointed and beyond sad that Color of Violence: The INCITE Anthology is not on this list: http://www.southendpress.org/2005/items/8762X

It is actually the best.

” What would it take to end violence against women of color?
How does the mainstream antiviolence movement help? How does it hinder?
When will we admit that repositioning women of color at the center of the movement—
women more often harmed by the police, prisons, and border patrols than aided by them—
means that we must address state violence?

In Color of Violence, INCITE! demands that we
• reconsider a reliance on the criminal justice system for solving women’s struggles with domestic violence;
• acknowledge how militarism subjects women to extreme levels of violence perpetrated from within, and without, their communities;
• recognize how the medical establishment inflicts violence—such as involuntary sterilization and inadequate health care—on women of color;
• devise new strategies for cross-cultural dialogue, theorizing, and alliance building;
• and much, much more.”

By: theom

theom — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:45:28 +0000

Ladies Almanack by Djuna Barnes is excellent. Czk out the woodcut prints, subversive tone, and enjoy.

By: emma

emma — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:05:11 +0000

Appetites is one of the most fantastic books of all times. Even after reading it more times than I would like to admit I still see new things.

That being said I would love to see Intercourse by Dworkin up there. She is a bit black and white for my taste but she asks the hard questions that have made me re-evaluate my actions as a woman.

By: AileenWuornos

AileenWuornos — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:45:41 +0000

No Dworkin? No Daly? No Jeffreys? No MacKinnon?

By: Krrru

Krrru — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:46:11 +0000

Oooh I got giddy with excitement when I found a gay and lesbian section in a bookshop on my holidays in Orlando and I bought Gender Outlaw because it looks really good and now I found out it’s on this list. YAY!

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:30:21 +0000

Cunt: A Declaration of Independence changed my life at 17.
Just finished Sisterhood is Forever, which was great. However, only one article even referred to lesbians within the feminist context. It was still pretty diverse–women of colour, dis/ability, socioeconomic standing, age specific groups, etc.
If anyone is a super classical music geek like I am, there’s also Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology. There’s a really sexy/academic/generally bitchin’ article by Elizabeth Wood called Sapphonics. It pretty much sexes the female operatic voice UP.