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Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking Boundaries of Gender
From one of the most influential women in the country and bestselling author of Revolution from Within comes a collection of provocative, entertaining, mind-changing essays. The six pieces, three of which have never been published before, explode common assumptions and propose radical new ways of looking at human possibilities.
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
February 1st 1995
by Touchstone
(first published 1993)
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I found Steinem's writing witty and thought-provoking. I appreciate both her frank honesty and her inclusive generosity. My favorite section BY FAR is "What if Freud were Phyllis?" in which she uses gender reversal as a tool to show how absurd some of his theories (and our current beliefs) are. The middle section wasn't nearly as engaging, but I did learn some new things and appreciated the paradigm shifts presented. I LOVED the chapter "Doing Sixty." I loved her perspective on change as a posit...more
A lot of the feminist ideas in this book were not new to me (which isn't surprising, considering it's about 25 years old), but I found the chapter on journalism and ethics to be of particular interest. Steinem writes about how advertising affects the quality of journalism - it's a lesson that I think all people interested in the media should read.
Her chapter on sexism as it relates to Freud was also very interesting - she simply reverses the roles in Freud's theories to show how absurd they can...more
Her chapter on sexism as it relates to Freud was also very interesting - she simply reverses the roles in Freud's theories to show how absurd they can...more
i am really intrigued by and appreciate the ideas put forth in this book, but unfortunately as with a lot of feminist writing (for me, at least), i find the writing itself kinda awful and hard to get through. 'what if freud were phyllis' is a perfect example of that: interesting idea, yawn-inducingly written out. maybe je suis tres bete, but i prefer reading what others have written about these writings than the original writing itself.
Another excellent book of shot essays by one of the greatest women of all time. Love this.
I enjoyed the how Ms. Steinem debunked Freud with a parody, she called Phyllis Freud. She wrote about things like “womb envy”, it was highly entertaining and educational if you have ever studied Freud. But my favorite part of this book was Ms. Steinem’s interview with Pat Nixon. She had requested Richard, but they gave her Pat, I liked how she was pleasantly surprised by her. It was fun to listen to. ( I listed to this on audio mostly, then bought the book to re-read it)
Not a fan of the first section of this book, way too many footnotes going on which was really annoying. Thank goodness it gets better though. I feel like there are various things that she touches on that may hit home for some people.
"Sex, Lies, and Advertising" is a great piece so far.
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I read this in one of my Women's Studies Classes in College - and I kept it - one of the few that I didn't sell back at the end of the school year.
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A lot of interesting stuff here, but for me the best parts were the autobiographical ones. Gloria Steinem needs to write a memoir, stat.
Sometimes challenging, sometimes uplifting, sometimes enraging, this is a powerful and important collection of feminist essays.
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Jewish-American feminist icon, journalist and women's rights advocate.
She is the founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, and was an influential co-convener of the National Women's Political Caucus.
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She is the founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, and was an influential co-convener of the National Women's Political Caucus.
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