[Anarchafeminists] Good books?

Tue Apr 13 11:31:19 UTC 2010

*I also accidentally signed that Jamie.  I am Jasper, not Jamie, sorry
Jamie.*

On 13 April 2010 12:30, Jasper Murphy <teastains at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Thanks Jamie.*
>
>
> Here's one that I don't think anyone else will mention but in a way it's a
> manual to genderqueerness in Science Fiction form, *Triton*, by Samuel
> Delany <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28novel%29>     is worth
> getting in, and would be a kind of interesting and weird addition.
>
> I also think that any kind of accessible reader of Judith Butler, any kind
> of easy enjoyable version of her ideas would be really important- more
> important than having her actual books.  I have something called "Judith
> Butler live theory" by Vicki Kirby but haven't really opened it up enough to
> see if it's any good.
>
> Also if it hasn't been mentioned a really well written and accessible and
> thorough Introduction to Feminism would be essential of course.
>
> Jamie
>
>
> On 13 April 2010 12:28, Jamie Heckert <jamie.heckert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Jasper,
>>
>> I think this came just to me rather than whole list...
>>
>> Warmly,
>> Jamie
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Jasper Murphy <teastains at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Here's one that I don't think anyone else will mention but in a way it's
>>> a manual to genderqueerness in Science Fiction form, *Triton*, by Samuel
>>> Delany <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28novel%29>     is worth
>>> getting in, and would be a kind of interesting and weird addition.
>>>
>>> I also think that any kind of accessible reader of Judith Butler, any
>>> kind of easy enjoyable version of her ideas would be really important- more
>>> important than having her actual books.  I have something called "Judith
>>> Butler live theory" by Vicki Kirby but haven't really opened it up enough to
>>> see if it's any good.
>>>
>>> Also if it hasn't been mentioned a really well written and accessible and
>>> thorough Introduction to Feminism would be essential of course.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 April 2010 23:30, Jamie Heckert <jamie.heckert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd second Caliban! other books that have inspired by anarchist/feminist
>>>> imagination include
>>>>
>>>> Fiction-wise:
>>>>
>>>> Ursula le Guin - Always Coming Home, The Left Hand of Darkness, The
>>>> Dispossessed, and everything else :)
>>>>
>>>> Octavia E. Butler - Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents,
>>>> Wildseed
>>>>
>>>> Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time, Body of Glass
>>>>
>>>> Laurie J. Marks - The Elemental Logic series ( beautiful
>>>> Marxist/Buddhist/queer stories about occupation, identity and revolution)
>>>>
>>>> Dorothy Allison - Bastard out of Carolina (autobiographical fiction -
>>>> beautiful and painful!)
>>>>
>>>> Starhawk - The Fifth Sacred Thing
>>>>
>>>> Non-Fiction:
>>>>
>>>> Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's autobiographical works starting with Read Dirt.
>>>>
>>>> Threads by Lisa (feminist health)
>>>>
>>>> Undoing Gender by Judith Butler (bit heavy, maybe, but her most
>>>> accessible and certainly moreso than some things in Freedom :) )
>>>>
>>>> Feminism without Borders by Chandra Mohanty
>>>>
>>>> Wild: An Elemental Journy by Jay Griffiths (poetic anarcha-indigenous
>>>> travel writing)
>>>>
>>>> Zeros & Ones by Sadie Plant (beautiful book on women and technology)
>>>>
>>>> The Ecology of Everyday Life by Chaia Heller (anarcha-ecofeminist
>>>> classic)
>>>>
>>>> The Arts of the Possible by Adrienne Rich (as well as her other works).
>>>>
>>>> Love,
>>>> Jamie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Emma Pooka <
>>>> purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Too many to list, but I just recently finished ‘Caliban and the
>>>>> Witch’ by Silvia Federici and can’t recommend it highly enough.  Really
>>>>> thorough analysis of how the shift from feudalism to capitalism required a
>>>>> drastic change in the social status of women and necessitated a campaign of
>>>>> mass persecution (the witch hunts) to create that social role.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, just offhand, ‘How to Suppress Women’s Writing’ by Joanna Russ.
>>>>> She’s just so incisive and witty and wonderful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Emma
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* jae ess [mailto:itsme_jae at yahoo.co.uk]
>>>>> *Sent:* 10 April 2010 16:03
>>>>> *To:* a-fem list
>>>>> *Subject:* [Anarchafeminists] Good books?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the collective at Freedom Bookshop in London asked me if I could
>>>>> suggest any good books on women/gender/feminism-type issues that they could
>>>>> stock in order to improve their list - and I thought I'd throw it open to
>>>>> all of you.
>>>>>
>>>>> What are your old favourites and new discoveries?
>>>>> What do you think other people might want to buy?
>>>>> Feminist type stuff much welcomed, but equally any other really good
>>>>> reccomendations on other subjects (or even fiction) also appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>> Jae
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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