Growing up as a girl in America, 1940-1966 -- Am I dreaming or am I awake? : feminist paradise rising, 1967-1969 -- I demand $1 million in reparations from the APA, raise my consciousness, and pioneer women's studies, 1970 -- This first-generation American keynotes : a historic speak-out on rape, discovers -- Amazons, and joins a class-action lawsuit, 1971 -- A psychiatrist sues me for ten million dollars, I publish
women and madness, am anointed by the media, and flee the country, 1972 -- Fame hits hard, thousands of letters arrive, I marry again, 1973 -- Yentl and me, Wicca for women, feminism becomes international, 1974-1975 -- Feminists and the weather underground, i tour lesbian land on the West Coast, 1974-1975 -- A "snuff" movie opens in Times Square, the pornography wars commence, and I host the first feminist Passover seder in America, 1976 -- Do women of color have the right to kill white male rapists in self-defense? do lesbians and women of color have the right to custody of their children? 1977-1979 -- Feminist "Mean Girls" and our sorely afflicted feminist geniuses, 1967-2000 -- Rape at the UN and an unexpected betrayal by the inveterate scene-stealer, 1980-1983 -- Can a white feminist report a black man for rape without being seen as a racist? : the inevitable blowback, 1984-2000 -- Mothers on trial and on the run, a feminist underground railway, a custody speak-out, a high-profile surrogacy battle, and much more, 1986-2000 -- I travel the wide world, pray at the Western Wall, come to the aid of the first female serial killer and to lesbian-feminists under siege in Mississippi-and become disabled, 1972-2008 -- End of an era, saying goodbye to sister soldiers, brave and true, near and dear, 1967-2017"A powerful and revealing memoir about the pioneers of modern-day feminism Phyllis Chesler was a pioneer of Second Wave Feminism. Chesler and the women who came out swinging between 1967-1972 integrated the want ads, brought class action lawsuits on behalf of economic discrimination, opened rape crisis lines and shelters for battered women, held marches and sit-ins for abortion and equal rights, famously took over offices and buildings, and pioneered high profile Speak-outs. They began the first-ever national and international public conversations about birth control and abortion, sexual harassment, violence against women, female orgasm, and a woman's right to kill in self-defense. Now, Chesler has juicy stories to tell. The feminist movement has changed over the years, but Chesler knew some of its first pioneers, including Gloria Steinem, Kate Millett, and Andrea Dworkin. These women were fierce forces of nature, smoldering figures of sin and soul, rock stars and action heroes in real life. Some had been viewed as whores, witches, and madwomen, but were changing the world and becoming major players in history. In Memoir of a Politically Incorrect Feminist, Chesler gets chatty while introducing the reader to some of feminism's major players and world-changers"
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