A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women
 

A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women

by Connie Willis, S. Williams

A Woman's Liberation seems to promise explicitly feminist stories, but with one exception, that is not what you get. In sociopolitical terms, there isn't much in A Woman's Liberation that would discomfort the white, suburban, American middle class, and that's something that will discomfort many feminists.
The collection may be mainstream in its feminism and, usually, its sociocultural... (read more)

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The best story is this book is "Even The Queen", by Connie Willis. It is a story about a future in which women are "freed" from menstruation, and a young woman who decides to choose her own kind of freedom by going against the mainstream. It is delightful: wry, humorous, and witty, a 5-star story. Every woman should read this story! It would be interesting to take a poll of women, especially feminists, as to whether or not we agree with the young woman's final decision. I'm betting we'd...

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