To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Oct 1, 1995 - Social Science - 336 pages
A revolutionary exploration of the nature of feminism today, its impact on everyday life, and its promise for the future.
 
Determined to extend the boundaries of feminism to embrace social, political and economic equality for all humanity, these exciting young activists and thinkers recast the concepts of feminism to reflect their own experiences and beliefs. Inspired by activist and writer Rebecca Walker, they speak out, challenging many of their own assumptions about the women's movement and demanding that readers recognize a new relationship between the personal and the political.
 
Black and white, male and female, gay and straight, they fearlessly describe their liberation from the feminist ideals that conflict with the reality of who they are, expose shocking secrets, and acknowledge long-hidden accommodations and anomalies.
 

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Contents

Section 1
45
Section 2
55
Section 3
65
Section 4
68
Section 5
75
Section 6
145
Section 7
147
Section 8
174
Section 12
191
Section 13
202
Section 14
212
Section 15
213
Section 16
215
Section 17
246
Section 18
268
Section 19
276

Section 9
175
Section 10
176
Section 11
181
Section 20
282
Section 21
292
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About the author (1995)

Rebecca Walker was chosen as one of Time magazine's 50 future leaders of America, one of the most influential leaders of her generation. She has made a substantial contribution to the global conversation about identity, power, culture, and the evolution of the human family through books, lectures, blogs, social networks, popular magazines, literary and academic journals, radio programs, film and television appearances, and content development. She graduated cum laude from Yale in 1992. Walker's writing has appeared in Glamour, the Washington Post, Bookforum, BOMB, Newsweek, Vibe, Real Simple, Modern Bride, Essence, and Interview, among many other magazines and literary collections. Her books include Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of AmbivalenceBlack, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self; and Adé: A Love Story. She has appeared on Charlie Rose, Good Morning America, Oprah, Fresh Air, BET, and dozens of blogs, sites, and other media. She lives in Los Angeles.

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