Posted by xuli on 2004-07-21 10:50:40
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A few good anthologies on Third Wave (eg, the generation that came of age in the '90's) feminism include To Be Real, edited by Rebecca Walker, Listen Up: Voices From the Next Feminist Generation, edited by Barbara Findlen, and Adios, Barbie, edited by Ophira Edut and Rebecca Walker (later re-published under the title Body Outlaws after Mattell sued them for using the name Barbie).
I second Notmarcie's recommendation of Backlash by Susan Faludi, and would also recommend her book Stiffed, which gives some pretty amazing insight on why a feminist project is important for men as well. More academic and difficult, but really amazing, is Chandra Talpade Mohanty's Feminism Without Borders.
As for older feminist classics, check out This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, which is the anthology often credited with opening up traditional feminism to the concerns of women of color. This anthology has several editors, one of whom is Cherrie Moraga. (A short essay entitled "A Black Feminist Statement" by the Combahee River Collective also dates from the same period and is very compelling.) And all of Cherrie Moraga's work is really good, especially Loving in the War Years and The Last Generation.
Fiction and poetry that contains a feminist message is also a good option. Check out The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, So Far From God by Ana Castillo, and poems by Adrienne Rich and Marge Piercy.
