Synopses & Reviews
Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone is an antidote to the poison of shock jocks who caricature the women's movement as a radical fringe of man-haters and paint activists as spoiled hooligans. Two real-life feminist activists, Laura Finley and Emily Stringer focus on the mainstream of everyday feminism, explaining what feminism is really all about and fanning out a spectrum of simple, imaginative, user-friendly ways in which ordinary readers can promote gender equality and social equity in their own lives and in the world around them.
Beyond Burning BraS≪/i> taps the life stories and first-person accounts of 50 ordinary individuals of every age, sex, sexuality, class, nationality, race, ethnicity, and learning style. All of them tell how they found within themselves the courage to take a stand on the front lines of feminist activism, whether in subtle private ways or in life-changing public ways. After a survey of the history of feminism in the United States, the authors and contributors show in successive chapters how feminism today meshes with other forms of activism relating to the workplace, sexual violence, the environment, politics, human bodies, the arts, youth, empowerment, and mothering.
Review
"Recommended. General and undergraduate libraries." - Choice
Synopsis
Focusing away from the more radical elements of feminism,
Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyoneis the antidote to the gross mischaracterizing of the women's movement as hopelessly far outside the mainstream of American life. Like no other volume, it connects the average reader to a variety of simple, user-friendly ways of promoting gender equality and social equityways that will make a difference in their own lives and in the world around them.
Beyond Burning Braswill educate and inspire women and men of all ages, classes, races, sexualities, abilities, and political views to become effective agents for gender and social justicewithout venturing beyond their everyday comfort zones. The book centers around hundreds of vivid stories and first-person accounts of ordinary citizens serving the cause of feminism in a variety of easily undertaken activities. Coverage is organized by topic area so readers can learn about feminist activism related to a variety of issues, with chapters on the workplace, sexual violence, the environment, politics, human bodies, the arts, youth, empowerment, and mothering.
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• Comprises over 50 entries arranged topically to show the broad reach of contemporary feminism
• Presents more than 40 contributors, including scholars, activists, professionals, students, and more
• Offers a timeline of key events in feminist activism provided at beginning of volume
• Includes an annotated appendix of recommended resources for feminist activists, including books, websites, and periodicals
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• Helps both men and women tap into their "inner feminist" by showing the variety of easy ways of promoting gender equality
• Draws on real stories and firsthand accounts of people working toward equal rights on their own terms
• Shows feminist activism in action at home and in the workplace, addressing such issues as domestic violence, environmentalism, pay inequity, body and health issues, and more
Synopsis
·Comprises over 50 entries arranged topically to show the broad reach of contemporary feminism
·Presents more than 40 contributors, including scholars, activists, professionals, students, and more
·Offers a timeline of key events in feminist activism provided at beginning of volume
·Includes an annotated appendix of recommended resources for feminist activists, including books, websites, and periodicals
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This book offers a guide to the everyday actions and decisions that anyone can undertake to show support for the cause of gender equality.
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This book offers a practical guide to the everyday actions and decisions that anyone can take to promote gender equality and social justice in their own life and the world around them.
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"I'm for equal rights but I'm not some radical feminist." It is a common sentiment, as people seek to avoid the aggressive, man-hating connotations that "feminist" unfairly carries. For in reality, by far the largest part of feminist activism today is moderate, respectful, and thoughtful, the sum total of a million individual decisions, actions, and encounters.