A Politically Incorrect Feminist, Phyllis Chesler
A Politically Incorrect Feminist, Phyllis Chesler
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A Politically Incorrect Feminist
Creating a Movement with Bitches, Lunatics, Dykes, Prodigies, Warriors, and Wonder Women

Author: Phyllis Chesler

Narrator: Phyllis Chesler

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2018


Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

A powerful and revealing memoir about the pioneers of modern-day feminism.

Phyllis Chesler was a pioneer of Second Wave Feminism. Chesler and the women who came out swinging between 1972-1975 integrated the want ads, brought class action lawsuits on behalf of economic discrimination, opened rape crisis lines and shelters for battered women, held marches and sit-ins for abortion and equal rights, famously took over offices and buildings, and pioneered high profile Speak-outs. They began the first-ever national and international public conversations about birth control and abortion, sexual harassment, violence against women, female orgasm, and a woman’s right to kill in self-defense.

Now, Chesler has juicy stories to tell. The feminist movement has changed over the years, but Chesler knew some of its first pioneers, including Gloria Steinem, Kate Millett, Flo Kennedy, and Andrea Dworkin. These women were fierce forces of nature, smoldering figures of sin and soul, rock stars and action heroes in real life. Some had been viewed as whores, witches, and madwomen, but were changing the world and becoming major players in history.

In A Politically Incorrect Feminist, Chesler gets chatty while introducing listeners to some of feminism's major players and world-changers.

About Phyllis Chesler

Phyllis Chesler is an emerita professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York, bestselling author of Women and Madness, legendary feminist leader, and psychotherapist. Dr. Chesler has appeared on CNN, Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, The Today Show, Oprah, and multiple NPR programs, including NPR’s At the Opera.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Talia

No political/social movement can be launched nor hurled forward by the faint-of-hearts. The second wave feminism required no less gumption and fierceness than the first wave. The first-wave feminism—that of the suffragists who won for women the rights to vote and own property—surged with the second......more

Goodreads review by Carol

Phyllis Chesler has done many truly great things -- starting an early women's studies program, fighting for women in dire straits, and writing exceptional books, starting with Women and Madness. She recounts her history. She also tries to settle scores. I was sorry that she tells the details about th......more

Goodreads review by Cristie

I love the title of this book! The author's stories of the women that created the freedoms that I enjoy as a woman today were inspiring. I loved reading about how far woman have come and about the women who made it possible for us to be treated equally in the workplace and outside of it.......more