Turbo Chicks
Talking Young Feminisms
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-894549-06-6 (ISBN)
Description
Energetic, reflective, often passionate, Turbo Chicks clearly and powerfully demonstrates that feminism has many valid interpretations and that young and older feminist alike are vital to keeping the movement dynamic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
592 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-894549-06-6 (9781894549066)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Allyson Mitchell is a writer, activist, film and video artist, and is also completing her doctorate in Women's Studies.
Lisa Rundle is a writer and freelance editor.
Lara Karaian is continuing her doctoral studies at York University, and is a writer and conference organizer on women's human rights issues.
Lisa Rundle is a writer and freelance editor.
Lara Karaian is continuing her doctoral studies at York University, and is a writer and conference organizer on women's human rights issues.
Content
Introduction: A Conversation with Allyson, Lisa and Lara
Part I: My First Feminism
Robin & Me - Mariko Tamaki
Encountering Feminism: Stories from the Sandwich Generation - Susanne Luhmann
From Cute & Perky to Hard-nosed Bitch: The Evolution of a Feminist - Loretta Gerlach
The Forgotten Woman - Jessica Lara Ticktin
Why Am I a Feminist? - Samantha Sacks
The Eleven-Year-Old Feminist - Megan Rivers-Moore
Smashing the Onion - Ana Ratcliffe
Postcards of a Woman Learning - Shelly Abdool
Young Women and Disability - Alessia Di Virgillio
High School Feminism 101, or ""For Every Lie I Unlearn I Learn Something New"" - Lara Karaian
Part II: What's Big and Hairy: Expanding Identity
Lipstick - Leah Rumack
Ode to Our Closeted Sheroes or To Be Young, Out, Black and Bitter - T.J. Bryan aka Tenacious
I'd Think of a Clever Title if the Baby Hadn't Just Pooped on Me - Sophie Tamas
A Question for Feminism - Cat Pyne
Not Post-Feminism - Christina Ahn
The Good Girl and the Bitch - Angie Gallop
She - Crystal'Aisha PerrymanMark
Full Frontal Confrontation - Maren Hancunt
Boy Feminism: Looking Up to Little Sister - Sean MacEachern
I Look FAT in This! - Lisa Ayuso
Feminist Invitations - Kristen Warder
Nervous Girl - Zoe Grace
Prank Caller - Sarmishta Subramanian
Part III: Schooling Feminisms: Big Brained Girls Crack the Codes with Chainsaws
The Personal Is Political - Emmy Pantin
Betty Friedan's Granddaughters: Cosmo, Ginger Spice & Other Marks of Whiteness - Jennifer Harris
The Silencing of Sexuality - Cassandra Lord
Her HOME/S.ca: Feminist Post-ings On-line - Carmela Murdocca
The Writing's on the Wall: Feminist and Lesbian Graffiti as Cultural Production - Allyson Mitchell
A Few Notes on Pedagogical Unsettlement - Sharon Rosenberg
Sleeping with the Enemy and Liking It: Confessions of a Bisexual Feminist - Ruby Rowan
Chocolate Bunnies from Hell: My Easter in the Czech Republic - Sabine Hikel
Innocence Upstaged - Miriam Johnson
Talkin' OBout Whose Generation? - Candis Steenbergen
Part IV: Fun Feminist Activities: Activism Exposed
Action Girls in the Dream Machine - Carly Stasko
Burning for a Revolution - Julie Devaney
Desperately Seeking Sisterhood - Cara Banks
Keep On Keepin' On: Me, My Period and the Stars Above - Laura Edmonstone
Girls Need Ezines: Young Feminist Get On-line - Krista Scott-Dixon
From Natty Dreads to Grey Ponytails: The Revolution is Multigenerational - Joan Grant Cummings
Screaming as Loud as the Boys: Women in Punktopia - Heather Davis
Ageing Radically - Lisa Mesbur
A Day in the Life of Debbie Stoller & Bust Magazine - Jennifer O'Connor
Epilogue: Out of the Mouths of Babes - Chris Mitchell and Madelyne Beckles
Glossary
Bibliography
Editors' Bios
Part I: My First Feminism
Robin & Me - Mariko Tamaki
Encountering Feminism: Stories from the Sandwich Generation - Susanne Luhmann
From Cute & Perky to Hard-nosed Bitch: The Evolution of a Feminist - Loretta Gerlach
The Forgotten Woman - Jessica Lara Ticktin
Why Am I a Feminist? - Samantha Sacks
The Eleven-Year-Old Feminist - Megan Rivers-Moore
Smashing the Onion - Ana Ratcliffe
Postcards of a Woman Learning - Shelly Abdool
Young Women and Disability - Alessia Di Virgillio
High School Feminism 101, or ""For Every Lie I Unlearn I Learn Something New"" - Lara Karaian
Part II: What's Big and Hairy: Expanding Identity
Lipstick - Leah Rumack
Ode to Our Closeted Sheroes or To Be Young, Out, Black and Bitter - T.J. Bryan aka Tenacious
I'd Think of a Clever Title if the Baby Hadn't Just Pooped on Me - Sophie Tamas
A Question for Feminism - Cat Pyne
Not Post-Feminism - Christina Ahn
The Good Girl and the Bitch - Angie Gallop
She - Crystal'Aisha PerrymanMark
Full Frontal Confrontation - Maren Hancunt
Boy Feminism: Looking Up to Little Sister - Sean MacEachern
I Look FAT in This! - Lisa Ayuso
Feminist Invitations - Kristen Warder
Nervous Girl - Zoe Grace
Prank Caller - Sarmishta Subramanian
Part III: Schooling Feminisms: Big Brained Girls Crack the Codes with Chainsaws
The Personal Is Political - Emmy Pantin
Betty Friedan's Granddaughters: Cosmo, Ginger Spice & Other Marks of Whiteness - Jennifer Harris
The Silencing of Sexuality - Cassandra Lord
Her HOME/S.ca: Feminist Post-ings On-line - Carmela Murdocca
The Writing's on the Wall: Feminist and Lesbian Graffiti as Cultural Production - Allyson Mitchell
A Few Notes on Pedagogical Unsettlement - Sharon Rosenberg
Sleeping with the Enemy and Liking It: Confessions of a Bisexual Feminist - Ruby Rowan
Chocolate Bunnies from Hell: My Easter in the Czech Republic - Sabine Hikel
Innocence Upstaged - Miriam Johnson
Talkin' OBout Whose Generation? - Candis Steenbergen
Part IV: Fun Feminist Activities: Activism Exposed
Action Girls in the Dream Machine - Carly Stasko
Burning for a Revolution - Julie Devaney
Desperately Seeking Sisterhood - Cara Banks
Keep On Keepin' On: Me, My Period and the Stars Above - Laura Edmonstone
Girls Need Ezines: Young Feminist Get On-line - Krista Scott-Dixon
From Natty Dreads to Grey Ponytails: The Revolution is Multigenerational - Joan Grant Cummings
Screaming as Loud as the Boys: Women in Punktopia - Heather Davis
Ageing Radically - Lisa Mesbur
A Day in the Life of Debbie Stoller & Bust Magazine - Jennifer O'Connor
Epilogue: Out of the Mouths of Babes - Chris Mitchell and Madelyne Beckles
Glossary
Bibliography
Editors' Bios