Free Women, Free Men

Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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Author Camille Paglia
Cover artist Janet Hansen
Country United States
Language English
Subject Feminism
Publisher Pantheon Books
Publication date
 2017
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 352
ISBN 978-0-375-42477-9

Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism is a 2017 essay collection by American academic and cultural critic Camille Paglia. Comprising previously published essays, the book's central principles, according to Paglia, are "free thought and free speech—open, mobile, and unconstrained by either liberal or conservative ideology"; she argues for an "enlightened feminism, animated by a courageous code of personal responsibility".[1]

Reception

Dwight Garner of The New York Times felt that, though the collection has moments where "she’s a fearless public intellectual and more necessary than ever," Free Women, Free Men "[displays] her worst qualities." While praising Paglia's arguments as "incisive and worth tangling with," he found her vain and criticized the book as repetitive, opining that reading it "is like being stranded in a bar where the jukebox has only two songs, both by Pat Benatar."[2] In Kirkus Reviews, it was stated of the essays that "to read a few is to read them all".[3]

Kathy Shaidle of Taki's Magazine lauded Free Women, Free Men as "a superb introduction to Paglia’s vision for the uninitiated, and a sobering, timely reminder to us old culture warriors that all apparent victories are only tomorrow’s battles, in drag." She also offered Paglia the same praise Paglia gave to Freud, that "reading [her], you feel new tracks being cut in your brain.”[4] In The Province, Mark Abbott argued that although Paglia's views can be inflammatory, she "genuinely cares about the current state of education". Abbott also called the book "timely" and stated that it "serves as a good introductory text to Paglia 101."[5]

The Huffington Post included the book in their list of "27 Nonfiction Books By Women Everyone Should Read This Year," stating that "at times infuriating, at times glittering, Paglia’s prose is always biting and relentless."[6]

References

  1. ↑ Paglia, Camille (March 21, 2017). "Camille Paglia: Women Aren't Free Until Speech Is". TIME. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Garner, Dwight (March 23, 2017). "From Camille Paglia, 'Free Women, Free Men' and No Sacred Cows". The New York Times. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ "FREE WOMEN, FREE MEN". Kirkus Reviews. December 26, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Shaidle, Kathy (March 28, 2017). "'Free' Camille Paglia!". Taki's Magazine. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ Abbott, Mark (March 14, 2017). "Book Review: Free Women, Free Men – Sex, Gender, Feminism". The Province. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ Brooks, Katherine (2017-01-09). "27 Nonfiction Books By Women Everyone Should Read This Year". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
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