Well, quite the list if you happen to be interested in what Feminism is about. Here is what the GAG group thinks should be forbidden in a library for Women.
Books to remove:
Admission Accomplished – Jill Johnston
-Against Sadomasochism – Robin R. Linden, Darlene R. Pagano, Diana E. Russell, Susan Leigh Star
-Amazon Odyssey: Collection of Writings – Ti-Grace Atkinson
-Buddhism after Patriarchy – Rita M. Gross
-The Female Man – Joana Russ
-Female Sexual Sl*v*ry – Kathleen Barry
-Feminism Unmodified – Catharine A. Mackinnon
-First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening Susan Murcott
-Gyn/Ecology – Mary Daly
-The Idea of Prostitution – Sheila Jeffreys
-The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade – Sheila Jeffreys
-Intercourse – Andrea Dworkin
-The Lesbian Heresy – Sheila Jeffreys
-Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women – Geraldine Brook
-Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade – Janice Raymond
-Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography- Of Women Born – Adrienne Rich
-Pornography: Men Possessing Women – Andrea Dworkin
-Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach
-The Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism – Janice Raymond
-Women As Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle over Women’s Freedom – Janice Raymond
Well, looks like my reading list just got a great deal longer.
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February 5, 2017 at 1:00 pm
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February 5, 2017 at 1:03 pm
Miep
“Against sadomasichism.” Ftw.
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February 5, 2017 at 1:04 pm
Miep
Ack, “masochism.”
Really, who do they think they’re kidding? Oh, and gosh, somebody is calling to ban Dworkin. Stop the presses.
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February 5, 2017 at 1:07 pm
The Arbourist
@Miep
Reading Dworkin was so such an important experience for me. Her words are very powerful, if somewhat disorganized at times.
Her work is a cornerstone of effective feminism.
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February 5, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Miep
She burned like a flame.
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February 5, 2017 at 5:40 pm
syrbal-labrys
Have I mentioned how much asterisks instead of letters makes my blood boil…
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