Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions* has sold over half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, acclaimed for its witty, warm, and life-changing view of the world, "as if women mattered." Steinem's truly personal writing is here, from the now-famous exposé, "I Was a Playboy Bunny," to the moving tribute to her mother "Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It)". Her prescient essays on female genital mutilation and the difference between erotica and pornography that are still referenced and relevant today, and the hilarious satire, "If Men Could Menstruate" resonates as much as ever.

As Watson writes of Steinem in her foreword, "She makes what otherwise can be arduous and depressing reading into something not only relatable, but also enjoyable... Her plain common sense, calling things out as they are, will make you laugh out loud. This is her superpower."

Inhalt

Foreword by Emma Watson
Introduction

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
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

Index