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

by WALKER, REBECCA EDBY

• ISBN13: 9780385472623
• ISBN10: 0385472625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• Publisher: Anchor
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Summary

Determined to extend the boundaries of feminism to embrace social, political, and economic equality for all humanity, these twenty-one exciting young activists and thinkers recast the concepts of feminism to reflect their own personal experiences and beliefs. Inspired by activist and writer Rebecca Walker, they speak out, challenging many of their 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. Controversial and provocative, To Be Real is a blueprint for the creation of a new political force.

Author Biography

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 Ambivalence; Black, 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Being Real: An Introduction

To Be Real

Femmenism

Brideland

Kicking Ass

An Odd Break with the Human Heart

Missionary Position

Giving It Up: Orgasm, Fear, and Femaleness

Pushing Away the Plate Min

Getting Off on Feminism

Sexism and the Art of Feminist Hip-Hop Maintenance

Identity Politics

Beauty Laid Bare: Aesthetics in the Ordinary bell hooks

Close, But No Banana

Motherhood

Born

How Does a Supermodel Do Feminism? An Interview with Veronica Webb

Testimony of a Naked Woman

Virtual Identity

She Came With the Rodeo (An Exceprt)

Congratulations, It’s a Girl

Afterword

Contributor

Biographies

Acknowledgments

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