Hey everyone! I am heading off to college as a freshwoman in less than two weeks and am currently in the process of packing my stuff. I am going to bring some feminist books with me (of course). Hopefully I am not the only incoming freshwoman around here that is bringing feminist books with me to college. So if you are heading of to college/grad school this fall post the list of books you are bringing and maybe a line or two on why you are bringing that book to your already cramped dorm/apartment. Or if you are going into the military (is anyone?) you can write about which books you are bringing with you. Or if you have other plans with what you want to do with your life which books are you bringing with you. (Sorry I'm being redundant, I'm just trying to include everyone!)
Here is what I am bringing:
1. "The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf -I feel like this book is definitely going to come in handy a lot. It was written the year I was born and almost nothing has changed with regards to beauty standards. Every time I read it, I can completely relate to it. I will probably be loaning this book out to a lot of people.
2. "Sisterhood is Forever" by Robin Morgan -The one word that comes to mind when I think of this book is "comprehensive". It covers everything I would want it to cover and a lot more. I love the other "Sisterhood" books by Robin Morgan but I only have room for one so I chose the most recent one.
3. "Women and Wilderness" by Anne LaBastille -I found this book a couple of months ago at Half-Price Books. Its a couple decades old and a bit out-of-date but it has a lot of interesting insights about women in outdoor professions. I love the outdoors!
Oh, and I WANT to bring "Intercourse" by Andrea Dworkin if I can find an edition WITHOUT Ariel Levy in the introduction. I checked it out from the library and read half of it, but never got around to finishing it.
What are you bringing wherever you are going in life?
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I'm not going to any of those places, but, I can recommend good books.
Our Bodies Our Selves, the latest edition
Women, Race and Class, Angela Davis
Colonize this! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings, Miriam Schneir
The Laugh of the Medusa, Helen Cixous
Every Bell Hooks book you can carry.
Kristeva
ok,
I'l stop now.
One of the nonfiction books I took with me back when I moved to college was The Mismeasure of Woman by Carol Tavris. :)
Awesome topic. I have pen and paper handy for this one.
Of to grad school (with a fraction of my book collection) and bringing the following:
The Laugh of the Medusa, Helene Cixous
The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir
An anthology called Feminisms
An anthology called French Women Philosophers
Our Sister Killjoy, Ama Ata Aidoo
That's all I can remember having packed at the moment.
Also, what's with the Ariel Levy comment. Did I miss something?