How a feminist anthology taught me that outsiders can pull together | Mark Haddon

I grew up on a diet of Carry On films, Benny Hill and my parents’ Daily Telegraph. The Spare Rib Reader helped me articulate an unease that I had felt for as long as I could rememberTo be honest, I can’t remember a single thing about the contents of this book. Mind you, that’s true of many books I’ve read. I do know that I borrowed it from my girlfriend Sally when we were students at Oxford in the early 1980s, along with Kate Millett’s Sexual Politics and Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch.What I do remember is that the Spare Rib Reader felt very different from those other books. It had a slightly scruffy, home-made feel about it, more real, more down to earth. All three books grew out of the women’s movement, obviously, but the Reader felt like a team effort – not just a woman’s voice but the voices of many women, the voice of the movement itself, a record of something important happening out there in the world.I hadn’t realised that sexism was ubiquitous and that every woman suffered from its effectsThere is an assumption that the feminism of the early 80s was angry and dogmatic. But the Reader is warm and generous Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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How a feminist anthology taught me that outsiders can pull together | Mark Haddon

I grew up on a diet of Carry On films, Benny Hill and my parents’ Daily Telegraph. The Spare Rib Reader helped me articulate an unease that I had felt for as long as I could rememberTo be honest, I can’t remember a single thing about the contents of this book. Mind you, that’s true of many books... Continue reading at The Guardian

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