On 2nd May at age 79, prominent feminist author Marilyn French has died. Born 21st November 1929, her most famous book is her debut novel “The Women’s Room” which she wrote at age 48. This powerful book which is said to have changed women’s lives who read it, is also famous for the quote “all men are rapists”.This quote, not by Marilyn French herself but by a character in the book has been taken out of context and misused by those opposed to feminists at the time.
Our library holds many of her books, the titles and publication dates can be seen below:
The Women’s Room 1978 c1977
The Bleeding Heart 1980 c1980
Shakespeare’s Division of Experience 1983 c1981
Beyond Power: on Women Men and Morals 1986
Her Mother’s Daughter 1987
The War against Women 1992
Our Father: a Novel 1994
My Summer with George 1996
- Jo
Categories: Feminism · Women Authors
Tagged: Feminist authors, Marilyn French
Kira Cochrane from The Guardian has written some interesting articles about the current state of feminism.
This article on the discrimination of women at work and
This article which discusses the current backlash against feminism.
The WSRC has copies of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities commission papers: ‘Striking the balance: women, men, work and family’ and ‘Its about Time; women, men, work and family’ available from the sex and age discrimination unit.
Check out our online catalogue to find many resources looking at the current state of feminism. We also have a copy of Susan Faludi’s ‘Backlash’ to give away to an interested reader.
Thank you to Danielle for these links
- Cat
Categories: Equal Opportunity · Feminism · Media · Women's Rights
Tagged: Feminism, women and work
New books by two Australian feminist authors, namely Helen Garner and Geraldine Brooks have recently been published. Both being writers of fiction and non-fiction, these most recent works are novels. The titles are “The Spare Room” by Helen Garner and “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks.
Our library holds several titles by these women, including, by Geraldine Brooks “Nine Parts of Desire: the Hidden World of Islamic Women” and “The First Stone: Some Questions about Sex and Power” by Helen Garner, a controversial book about two sexual harassment cases at Melbourne Uni in the nineties. Related to this are two more titles in our library collection. They are “Bodyjamming” edited by Jenna Mead and “Generation f: Sex, Power and the Young Feminist” by Virginia Trioli. These women oppose Helen Garner’s views about third wave feminists as expressed in “The First Stone ” and their books are responses to it and the debate that grew as a result.
For more check out our online catalogue
-Jo
Categories: Feminism · Women Authors
Tagged: Geraldine Brooks, Helen Garner, Sexual Harassment
