![]() Backlash : The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi List: $14.95 Amazon Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) Paperback, 552 pages Published by Anchor ISBN: 0385425074 Buy This Book "A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Faludi lays out a
two-fold thesis in this aggressive work: First, despite the opinions of pop-psychologists
and the mainstream media, career-minded women are generally not husband-starved loners on
the verge of nervous breakdowns. Secondly, such beliefs are nothing more than anti-feminist
propaganda pumped out by conservative research organizations with clear-cut ulterior motives.
This backlash against the women's movement, she writes, "stands the truth boldly on its head
and proclaims that the very steps that have elevated women's positions have actually led to
their downfall." Meticulously researched, Faludi's contribution to this tumultuous
debate is monumental and it earned the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for General
Nonfiction."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"The center of a fiery debate about who really speaks for equality and for most American women, this book provides well-reasoned arguments against many feminists' reliance on misleading, politically motivated "facts" about how women are victimized in this country."-- synopsis from Amazon.com |
![]() by Maya Angelou List: $5.50 Amazon Price: $4.40 You Save: $1.10 (20%) Paperback Published by Bantam Books ISBN: 0553279378 Buy This Book
"This memoir traces Maya Angelou'schildhood in a small, rural community during the
1930s. Filled with images andrecollections that point to the dignity and courage of
black men and women,Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting
picture of thepeople--and the times--that touched her life."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"In the last several years, more and more people, particularly women, have begun to produce their own
magazines--xeroxing pictures, handwriting articles, or doing layout on computers at home. Freed from the constraints
of investors and, in many cases, advertisers, these publications explore issues and opinions not often found in more
mainstream outlets. This anthology includes articles, essays, interviews, artwork, and fiction by many of these
innovative women. 125 illustrations."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"Aliza Sherman (a.k.a. Cybergrrl!) shows web-wary women the difference between the Web and the Internet, easy ways to get
online, how to find great career and business opportunities and valuable online resources, and much more, in this jargon-free guide
to cyberspace. "Sherman's mission is to empower women and girls through technology".--"Wall Street Journal""-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"The most comprehensive overview of what women need to know about their bodies and about the
medical establishment, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves has been completely updated and expanded
for the 1990s, with a new joint Preface by Gloria Steinem, Byllye Avery, and Helen Rodrigues-Trias.
A leader in its field, this book is a reference for women of all generations to use, to rely on,
and to share with others. Photos. Index."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"A fascinating excursion into a thriving subculture, this book explores the
feminist significance of tattoos, noting that women's involvement with tattoo
accelerated in both the suffragist '20s and the feminist '70s. Author Margot
Mifflin uncovers the subversive relationship between women and tattoo, from
society ladies who want to sever their identification with "natural" beauty,
to the healing powers that tattoo's color and symbolism can provide for a
mastectomy survivor. 100 photos, some in color."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"This updated edition of the bestselling sex manual offers advice, anecdotes,
and validation for a variety of sexual interests and activities. A compendium of
in-depth answers to the top questions about toys and techniques asked by
customers at Good Vibrations, America's favorite sex-toy store, this is a sex
book for all readers."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"In this eye-opening and knowing look at the complex world of teenage girls, psychologist
Pipher writes of the dangerous and devastating realities that face young girls today--
dysfuntional families, incest, abuse, introduction to sex too soon, eating disorders--
and tells how to confront and understand them."-- synopsis from Amazon.com
"Fungaroli supported herself as a secretary for 10 years before earning her doctorate in English literature. Working in a variety of organizations, she obviously did not always enjoy her job. Like Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton in Nine to Five, Fungaroli knows that those in charge don't always know best and that they can often be jerks. Her battlefield included offices at financial institutions and various levels of government, but lawyers are her favorite target. She honed her "slam and scream" tactic at law firms, where she learned to respond "in kind" to her bosses by slamming doors and screaming threats. Pragmatic but bitterly amusing, Fungaroli does offer usable suggestions for keeping one's head above water in the office pool, and her look at the secretary in popular culture provides an entertaining respite."-- synopsis from Amazon.com |