Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem

It's there, in 1968, that the 'Feminist Realization' (born of covering women's meetings) hits home-eliciting the kind of protest that would quickly become a groundswell: 'Six months ago I would have been honored by McGovern's invitation to a 'serious' (i.e., male and therefore grownup) political meeting, but full of doubt about whether I could contribute in a 'serious' (male) way. This first collection of her writings (also, her first book) leads off with autobiographical comments: on the speaking she's done instead of writing, and how difficult ('a major hurdle in my life') and ultimately rewarding it was (kudos on both scores to her black lecture partners) on her earlier writing career, or the frustrations of frivolous, 'girl reporter' assignments on her first stabs at 'telling the truth in public' and other outcomes of a 'growing consciousness.' From the pre-feminist writing, she includes only 'I Was a Playboy Bunny'-a 1963 'exposÃ‰' of the crippling grind, the miserable pay, the sexual harassment (said a co-worker: 'If you can type, what the hell do you want to be a Bunny for?')-and the first parts of a section of campaign reports, 1965-72.

See /privacy for more information.The world didn't lose a great journalist when Gloria Steinem focused her energies on feminist activism-but because she was a working journalist (and, from 1968, political columnist for first-person-prone New York magazine), the light bulb goes on right here.

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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem