Educate me!

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TheABC · 10/05/2021 19:25

Inspired by a few other threads, I want to broaden my reading material (to go with gin). If you wanted to recommend one feminist book off your shelf that gave you the "aha" moment, what would it be?

I am currently working my way through "Invisible women", but it's slow going as I have to frequently stop and rant at DH about the topics it brings up.

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Deliriumoftheendless · 12/05/2021 11:15

@Babdoc

Don’t know if it’s still in print, but The Women’s Room by Marilyn French was an eye opener for me in 1978, when it was first published.

Agreed and I read it in the 90s

ArcheryAnnie · 12/05/2021 12:09

@Shedbuilder

I'm going to send you back to the 70s when I read The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer and suddenly a lot of my confusion and concern made sense. Greer's complex and awkward and doesn't play nice, but she's always been ahead of the game. She resigned from Cambridge's only remaining all-women college when a transwoman was appointed years ago, before most of us had any idea of what was going on. The Female Eunuch is a relatively easy read: it'll go well with gin.

This. I read The Female Eunuch when it was 16, and it really transformed my thinking about a lot of things. I was already on the road - a second-wave feminist aunt had got me most of the way there - but Greer really pushed me over the top of the hill.

(Invisible Women by CCP is one of the best modern books, though.)

RoyalCorgi · 12/05/2021 14:01

This was exactly the same for me - same age, same sense of being pushed over the top of the hill.

RoyalCorgi · 12/05/2021 14:08

This was exactly the same for me - same age, same sense of being pushed over the top of the hill.

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