A Creative Tension: Key Issues of Socialist-Feminsm: An International Perspective from Activist Dutch Women

by Anja Meulenbelt (Editor), Joyce Outshoorn (Editor), Petra de Vries (Editor)

The thematic relevance of these writings is a timely rminder of the international dimension of women's oppression and of a feminist practice that is without frontiers. Their essays are infused with a sense of strategic urgency that compels us to recognize the importance of these issues.

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Anja Henriëtte Meulenbelt (1945) is a Dutch writer and former politician of the Socialist Party (SP).

She wrote De Schaamte Voorbij (The Shame is Over), published in 1976, which was an important piece of second-wave feminist writing in the Netherlands. The novel was confessional in tone, and made the connection between the body and language politics overt. She also wrote several books about the Palestinians.

She was a Senator from 2003 to 2011.

In August 2014, Meulenbelt terminated her membership of the SP, because she felt the party did not speak out enough against Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip.