Flavorwire » 10 Books Any Self-Respecting Feminist Needs On Her Shelf

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Jen Kennedy and Liz Linden run a website called Contemporary Feminism, and we’ve asked them to create a list of ten books that any self-respecting woman would have on her bookshelf. “We’ve made the assignment a little easier by selecting from what’s available in our project book swap, which is part of an exhibition titled “The Missing Library,” the duo writes.

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[BarryWhiteboy]

05:42 PM on 09/09/2011

You ladies don't have to claim to be feminists.... some of us men already know you ladies run the world. And we don't mind at all.

[Targa3141]

08:10 PM on 08/06/2011

Tickle His Pickle: Your Hands-On Guide to Penis Pleasing

http://www.amazon.com/Tickle-His-Pickle-Hands-Pleasing/dp/0970661126

[Absolon]

11:49 AM on 08/05/2011

"Beyond Power" by Marilyn French should be mandatory reading for everyone....feminist or not.

[MarcEdward]

07:06 PM on 08/04/2011

Being "feminist" should not mean "only reading books by women".

[Absolon]

11:47 AM on 08/05/2011

Nobody said that's what should happen.

[Targa3141]

02:27 PM on 08/04/2011

The Total Woman: http://www.amazon.com/Total-Woman-Marabel-Morgan/dp/0800706080

[naschkatze]

11:40 AM on 08/04/2011

An interesting list with much new to me. Not the 'usual suspects', not that I'm disparaging them. However, it was not the most diplomatic way to push these books by sticking pins in our self-respect.

[Dede Eagleburger]

09:05 AM on 08/04/2011

Guess I'm not self-respecting. Who knew? sighs...

[PiperSniper]

11:27 AM on 08/04/2011

Wish I'd read this article earlier because that is exactly what I thought!! LOL

[LisaCACO]

02:23 PM on 08/03/2011

really, a feminist knows that she's not in charge of any one else, let alone another feminist's bookshelf. silly.

[ValdaDeDieu]

12:56 PM on 08/03/2011

Being self-respecting kinda precludes me from needing to have any particular books in order to respect myself, as a person, a Feminist or a woman...

The first axiom of Feminism is freedom to treat myself how I please without needing approval from anyone else.

[naschkatze]

11:35 AM on 08/04/2011

I just noticed your micro bio. I enjoy your comments so much and speaking with you now and then that I'd like to read those titles.

[ValdaDeDieu]

01:01 PM on 08/04/2011

Thank you, Naschkatze! You can pick up any you want on Kindle at Amazon, or Nook at Barnes: Here's a quick summary of four; but if you do a search Valda DeDieu at either site, you will find more. I'm on Facebook, too, so there I could send you updates, discounts, news etc:

DEATH MISSION TRILOGY: It is the year 2088, and six mutated teenagers are scouring the wasteland that used to be America on their way to the Dome, where the elite keeps the rest of human kind as slaves to a virtual reality, to rescue the last fifty normal children: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZG631K

LONG PAST DEAD:
When a child sex slave kills one of her captors and escapes, she finds herself on the run from them, as well as the law; yet she will do whatever it takes to sieze her chance at a normal life. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0048ELLFC

BLOODPACT: Laird stalked and killed the predator who murdered her only child--the police are on her trail, but she is protected by a secret--a bloodpact.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HO5TJM

A FINE THING MURDER: A rogue government operative has Malone in his sights, yet this female PI knows, when you're up against such odds, murder might just be a fine solution.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004A90D7C

Once again, thanks a lot. I get like a giddy little schoolgirl when anyone asks about, or compliments, the books I've written!

[signgrrl]

12:26 PM on 08/03/2011

The Womens' Room by Marilyn French

[henriette and hube]

05:56 PM on 08/03/2011

Now that was a great book. Another one that never goes out of fashion is A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf though it's a small books the impact is huge.

[signgrrl]

06:01 PM on 08/03/2011

sounds like i need to check it out, thanks !

[Morrisfactor]

08:12 PM on 08/06/2011

I DID read that book and found it able to do an amazing job of brainwashing women that all men are evil, cold and irrational - just like Marilyn French.

[signgrrl]

09:05 PM on 08/06/2011

even i don't believe that of all men. and i don't believe women are that suggestible. Marilyn does "do" despair better than a lot of writers tho.

[signgrrl]

11:04 AM on 08/07/2011

your reply never came thru. i'm so sorry for your, um, situation. i would help you with that but my fiance would probably object.