This collection of writings, featuring the voices of today's young feminsists, the "Third Wave", explores and reveals their lives. Their impassioned essays take on such topics as racism, AIDS, sex, identity, revolution, and abortion.
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Vibrant, combative and broad-ranging, the new voices in Listen Up are the best proof yet that the next wave of rising feminists is magnificently equal to its task of creating a movement that should be, in terms of its ideas, always renewed. -- Naomi Wolf, author of Fire With Fire
From Publishers Weekly
The face of feminism is not only that of Gloria Steinem or Naomi Wolf. It's no longer a luxury limited to the white, affluent and professional. This zesty collection of essays by young feminists, edited by Ms. executive editor Findlen, demonstrates that those feminist lessons of pride and self-determination have been thoroughly absorbed. Spunky and original, these women reveal their difference up front. The writers are lesbians and bisexuals, feminists from every ethnic group, teen mothers, rape survivors, disabled women, aerobics instructors, anorexics, self-described "chicks" and punks?whose involvement in the movement signals feminism's evolution from within. The book wants to weave an "identity tapestry," to borrow one essay's title, and each piece uses some real experience to delineate the ways in which the writer's life and self have been informed by the logic and language of feminism. Virtually all depend on the experience of being stereotyped. This collection enlarges feminism's self-image. If the voices here threaten to atomize a collective movement into numberless discrete and personal feminisms, for now they hold and work together, and it's important that they be heard. QPB selection; serial rights to Mademoiselle, Ms., Girlfriends magazine and Cosmopolitan.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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But you must be interested in women or social politics . . .
Even if you think you know what feminism is all about, one of this book's essays should give you a new perspective. It consists of collections of essays from the many different women that call themselves feminists. From lesbians, straight women, bisexuals, african-americans and caucasians, aerobics instructors to full-time writers . . . there is a lot of variety. One section made me cry and I can't forget what I read in there. Another section made me understand a feminist perspective that I had never understood before. If you are a feminist, some of this book may be self-affirming. If you are not yet a feminist, maybe you will learn that you can be one without losing any of your ideals. There is room for everyone in this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Laura A
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this is one of the first books i've read about feminism, so i don't proclaim to be an expert, but i really enjoyed reading so many different perspectives about feminism. these women's opinions were interesting to read. i read it straight through one afternoon and was sad to put it down. i particularly enjoyed the essays by curtis sittenfield, abra chernik, nomy lamm, laurel gilbert, jennifer myhre, and cheryl green. the essays seemed a little short to me, though. but my one beef with the book is that every single one of writers was a well-educated woman who had gone at least for her bachelor's. what about women who weren't able to go to college? the book seemed to emphasize varieties of feminism but that varieties of education wasn't taken into account surprised me. there are feminists out there with merely a high school education or even less. i hope maybe someday to see a sequel to this book where those factors are taken into account.
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I didn't agree with all the writers compiled in _Listen up_ and some of them pissed me off.
But that wasn't the point; there's enough preaching to the choir around here as it is. As
a feminist (whatever that means to you) I got angry with the woman who talked about her "quest
for the perfect body" and shook my metaphorical fist in the air in support of Nomy Lamm's
essay on fat oppression. Looking at this broad spectrum of women who consider themselves
"feminists," I was pleased with the diversity; readers of Listen Up will probably find their
preconceptions challenged. But as a personal support I feel it has the most value; despite the goofy
pink cover, it felt like my life. Right on.
But that wasn't the point; there's enough preaching to the choir around here as it is. As
a feminist (whatever that means to you) I got angry with the woman who talked about her "quest
for the perfect body" and shook my metaphorical fist in the air in support of Nomy Lamm's
essay on fat oppression. Looking at this broad spectrum of women who consider themselves
"feminists," I was pleased with the diversity; readers of Listen Up will probably find their
preconceptions challenged. But as a personal support I feel it has the most value; despite the goofy
pink cover, it felt like my life. Right on.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
A collection of whines by self-righteous 'revolutionaries'
As a male foolish enough to have taken a Women's Studies class, this book reminded me how I was made to feel so very uncomfortable in that class. Read more
Published on August 27, 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fresh voices for feminism!
Every Feminist knows one of the biggest internal and external criticisms of the movement: it is too exclusive. Read more
Published on October 4, 2000 by "neeterskeeter27"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring.
I recieved this book as a gift when it first came out and still refer to it. Although I have since read many other feminist books, this text was one of the first to publically... Read more
Published on June 14, 2000 by Robin Orlowski
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This IS Feminism
What draws me to this book is that you don't have to agree with everything that every writer says. This book isn't a great philosophical text...but it is so much more. Read more
Published on May 17, 2000 by Melissa
5.0 out of 5 stars
WONDERFUL
I recieved this book as a gift from one of the authors when my life was spiraling downward. I read it, and realized there is so much more to life. Read more
Published on April 30, 2000 by Amy
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing new to the established feminist
If you haven't read much feminist literature, then I imagine that you would find this an interesting book. If you're looking for women's views on feminism - this isn't the book. Read more
Published on January 26, 2000 by Catmindu
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful and insightful
I read this book in my feminist theory class and it was the favorite among all of us. It touches on a variety of subjects each written by a different article. Read more
Published on June 25, 1999 by daniel9@flash.net Angela Francis
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Buy This Book for a Young Girl You Know
Honest, emotionally charged, inspiring, and well-written. This is the first time I've found an enjoyable, truly feminist book that grabbed me. Read more
Published on June 24, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Listen up indeed!
There are essays in here that made me laugh out loud, ones that were so devasting I felt sick--and about everything in between. Read more
Published on June 12, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Girl Power!
All I have to say is girl power! The minute I opened this book I could not put it down. I wanted to know more and more of what these intelligent, and sometimes angry women wanted... Read more
Published on March 4, 1999
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- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series) by Geraldine Audre Lorde on page 172, and page 176
- The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) by W. E. B. Du Bois on page 21, and page 229
- Black Folk: Then and Now; An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race. by William Edward Burghardt, Du Bois on page 21, and page 229
- The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf on page 26, and page 28
- American Studies: Esssays in Honour of Marcus Cunliffe by John White in Back Matter
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