The most comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos, chronicling our rage and dreams from the nineteenth century to today.
Breanne Fahs Books
Breanne Fahs delves into feminist theory and the psychology of sexuality. Her work critically examines the complex ways gender and sexuality are constructed and experienced within society. Fahs focuses on dissecting social norms and uncovering the power dynamics that shape our understanding of the body and desire. Through her writing, she encourages readers to re-evaluate conventional notions of sexuality and gender.
Exploring the complexities of women's sexual liberation in America, this book offers a bold and thought-provoking analysis. It delves into the societal implications and personal experiences surrounding sexual freedom, challenging prevailing narratives and inviting readers to reconsider the impact of these movements on women's lives. Through candid discussions, it addresses both the empowerment and the pitfalls that accompany the quest for sexual autonomy, making it a crucial read for those interested in gender studies and contemporary social issues.
Firebrand Feminism
The Radical Lives of Ti-Grace Atkinson, Kathie Sarachild, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Dana Densmore
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Radical feminism is explored through the perspectives of four key founders who challenged traditional politics, love, and sexuality. Breanne Fahs compiles a decade of conversations with Ti-Grace Atkinson, Kathie Sarachild, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Dana Densmore, highlighting their revolutionary ideas and the bold feminist movement they initiated in the late 1960s. The book critiques both right-wing selfishness and the gradualism of liberal politics, showcasing the fierce and unapologetic spirit that defined their activism.
Body hair, especially on women, provokes, disrupts, and, at times, offends. It is tangled up with culture itself?in art, families, workplaces, relationships, sex, the beauty industry, governments, and capitalism. From Chinese activists challenging the Communist Party, to students in Arizona rejecting their family and workplace ideas about grooming, to high-art feminist photographers boldly featuring hairy women, Fahs deftly explores the volatile and ever-changing landscape of women?s body hair politics. She showcases an underground movement of artists, zine-makers, rebels, and activists who have used women?s visible body hair as a declaration of freedom from patriarchal norms. Fahs presents body hair not just as a personal grooming choice but as a connection to broader cultural stories about women?s reproductive rights, feminist battlegrounds about autonomy, neoliberal intrusions into beauty regimens, and even global tensions around women?s place in society. Ultimately, Unshaved shows the collision between the mundane and the extraordinary, the everyday and the revolutionary.