Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions / Gloria Steinem

Includes bibliographical references and index.

LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE : Life between the lines -- I was a Playboy bunny -- Campaigning -- Sisterhood -- College reunion -- Ruth's song (because she could not sing it). -- OTHER BASIC DISCOVERIES : Words and change -- In praise of women's bodies -- The importance of work -- The time factor -- Men and women talking -- The politics of food -- Networking -- Transsexualism -- Why young women are more conservative -- Erotica vs. pornography. -- FIVE WOMEN : Marilyn Monroe: the woman who died too soon -- Patricia Nixon flying -- The real Linda Lovelace -- Jackie reconsidered -- Alice Walker: do you know this woman? She knows you. -- TRANSFORMING POLITICS : Houston and history -- The international crime of genital mutilation -- Rx fantasies: for temporary relief of pain due to injustice -- If Hitler were alive, whose side would he be on? -- Night thoughts of a media watcher -- If men could menstruate -- Far from the opposite shore.

A collection of essays, rich with surprises. A hilarious account of life as an overworked Playboy Bunny to the moving tribute to her mother, Gloria Steinem's first collection of essays is a required feminist reader.