| Description |
x, 326 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. v-viii). |
| Contents |
True love waits -- The privacy problem -- Bimbo feminism -- No sex is good sex -- What is this thing called rape? -- Feminism's third wave : what do young women want? -- Feminism's identity crisis -- A virtuous woman -- Put the blame on Mame -- Just like a woman -- 20th century foxes -- Feminism and the devaluation of rights -- Feminists against the First Amendment -- Harassed and abandoned -- Porn again -- Of face-lifts and feminism -- Crashing the locker room -- Divorce -- Laying down the law on sex -- Second thoughts on the Second Amendment -- Murder most feminine -- Not a love story -- The avengers -- The wrong men -- Morality-- the newest deal -- When freedom of speech meant not saying the pledge -- Church & state, Inc. -- Sweet sin -- The borrowing kind -- The Berlin Wall of Foley Square -- The shrunken reality of lives in therapy -- Do you want to talk about it? -- I'm O.K., you're dead -- Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Shirley MacLaine -- Just good friends -- It's a wonderful life. |
| Summary |
True Love Waits brings together fifteen years of Kaminer's best writings from publications including The Village Voice, The New York Times, Mirabella, and The Atlantic - thoughtful, acerbic, and prescient essays that have helped us understand ourselves. Though her topics range from popular culture to politics and law, and her thinking has evolved over the years, her concerns have remained constant. |
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Feminism.
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Feminist theory.
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Social problems.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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| ISBN |
0201327937 (pbk.) |
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0201489147 (acid-free paper) |
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9780201489149 (acid-free paper) |
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