Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism (Paperback)

By Nona Willis Aronowitz, Emma Bee Bernstein
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What do young women care about? What are their hopes, worries, and ambitions? Have they heard of feminism, and do they relate to it?
These are just a few of the questions journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz and photographer Emma Bee Bernstein set out to answer in "Girldrive." In October 2007, Aronowitz and Bernstein took a cross-country road trip to meet with the 127 women profiled in this book, ranging from well-known feminists like Kathleen Hanna, Laura Kipnis, Erica Jong, and Michele Wallace, to women who don't relate to feminism at all. The result of these interviews, "Girldrive" is a regional chronicle of the struggles, concerns, successes, and insights of young women who are grappling--just as hard as their mothers and grandmothers did--to find, define, and fight for gender equity.

Praise for Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism…

“Girldrive provides a wide-angle snapshot of contemporary feminism, and raises provocative questions about our responsibilities to the movement.”
— Elle.com


“Girldrive is gutsy in its endeavor and gives agency to emerging feminist voices … This work’s very publication shows how far you can go if you only have the drive.”
— Bust magazine


“A fascinating tour-de-force … [Nona and Emma's] voices struck me as distinctly young and alive and unapologetic.”
— Courtney Martin of Feministing

“Nona and Emma have done what I suspect many women, young and old, have always dreamed of doing: Hit the open road with nothing more than a partner in crime, a full tank of gas, a playlist of good music, a pad of paper, a camera, and an unyielding curiosity. Girldrive is part travel diary, part social document, part art exhibit, and, sadly, part eulogy. Not only do I highly recommend Girldrive, I have to admit that I’m insanely jealous I didn’t think of it first.”

— Anna Holmes, Founder/Editor, Jezebel.com

“Girldrive is a fascinating, fiery, dramatic whirlwind tour through modern-day women’s lives. It’s likely to make you excited, impassioned, and at times infuriated—and that’s a good thing. It lets its diversity of opinion speak to you rather than for you.”

— Rachel Kramer Bussel, Editor, Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women; Host, In The Flesh Reading Series

Product Details ISBN-10: 1580052738
ISBN-13: 9781580052733
Published: Seal Press, 10/01/2009
Pages: 220
Language: English