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Purpose

Who Cares What We Think is a critical, brave and important read that addresses several issues, including hostility to or apathy about feminism and gender roles. This book dispels some of the myths surrounding feminism, women's issues and gender. It provides women and men, who lack knowledge about these issues, a place to learn. The contributions to this book demonstrate that feminism, gender roles and women's issues affect us all in countless ways and they offer support to those who struggle to find their places.

The anthology includes stories, essays, interviews, poetry, artwork, spoken word pieces and music by over 50 women, men and transgender people who speak about feminism, women's issues and gender roles from varied experiences. The array of contributors is diverse and wide-ranging. They include middle-class suburbanites, urban and inner-city residents, Caucasians, people of color, women, men, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender. They include academics and activists, artists and musicians, housewives and professionals.

The contributors move beyond investigating the many ways in which feminism exists (or doesn't) in their lives; they also map innovative strategies for movement-building, including education, resistance, insightful analysis, and reconstruction (both positive and negative). Here are some of the issues and ideas contributors to What We Think were asked to consider:

  • Describe your first experience(s) with feminism; either positive or negative.
  • What drew you into the movement or turned you off about it?
  • How would you devise new strategies for cross-cultural dialogue, theorizing and alliance-building?
  • What are women's issues and gender roles today?
  • How do we build new alliances in order to address the struggle for women's equality?
  • As a person of color, what has been your experience with feminism?
  • Do you see men as involved, absent, or excluded from feminism; if so, why? Men, do you feel excluded?
  • Do you believe equality for women has been achieved and is no longer an issue?
  • Address what feminists "really" look like, and how varied they are.
  • How are you or others contributing/would like to contribute to the cause?
  • Who or what was your greatest influence(s) regarding feminism or women's rights?
  • Do you feel excluded from the movement? Explain.
  • Are the lines between traditional men's and women's roles blurring? What do you think accounts for this? Is feminism partly responsible?
  • Do you recognize women of color as pioneers of the feminist movement; address discrimination historic and present, acknowledging the struggle of women of color.
  • Provide useful ways to redefine what some call an "old" standard of feminism.
Contributors (preliminary list)

Coming to local bookstores in 2008!

For pre-orders, authors/artists interviews, autographed copies, book clubs, speaking engagements and media inquires, please e-mail Adele Nieves at: adele@liquidwordsproductions.com

Thank you for considering our anthology as your next reading choice.

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