This book offers a practical guide to the everyday actions and
decisions that anyone can take to promote gender equality and
social justice in their own life and the world around them. Beyond
Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone is an antidote to the
poison of shock jocks who caricature the women's movement as a
radical fringe of man-haters and paint activists as spoiled
hooligans. Two real-life feminist activists, Laura Finley and Emily
Stringer focus on the mainstream of everyday feminism, explaining
what feminism is really all about and fanning out a spectrum of
simple, imaginative, user-friendly ways in which ordinary readers
can promote gender equality and social equity in their own lives
and in the world around them. Beyond Burning Bras taps the life
stories and first-person accounts of 50 ordinary individuals of
every age, sex, sexuality, class, nationality, race, ethnicity, and
learning style. All of them tell how they found within themselves
the courage to take a stand on the front lines of feminist
activism, whether in subtle private ways or in life-changing public
ways. After a survey of the history of feminism in the United
States, the authors and contributors show in successive chapters
how feminism today meshes with other forms of activism relating to
the workplace, sexual violence, the environment, politics, human
bodies, the arts, youth, empowerment, and mothering. Comprises over
50 entries arranged topically to show the broad reach of
contemporary feminism Presents more than 40 contributors, including
scholars, activists, professionals, students, and more Offers a
timeline of key events in feminist activism provided at beginning
of volume Includes an annotated appendix of recommended resources
for feminist activists, including books, websites, and periodicals
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