#BacklashBookClub
Matter and MSNBC.com (along with 40 of our favorite writers) are rereading Susan Faludi’s feminist classic this summer. Join in.
Aug 12, 2014 · 3 min read
Chapter 1
Welcome to Backlash Book Club
Chapter 2
“You Don’t Remember What It Was Like When There Was No Feminist Internet”
Chapter 3
Rosie the Riveter and Wonder Woman (Yay!) Suburban Patios and Padded Bras (Boo!)
Chapter 4
“If Women Don’t Conform to Conventional Gender Roles, Terrible Things Will Happen!”
Chapter 5
Why Fatal Attraction Is the Horror Movie Version of Lean In
Chapter 6
The Ultimate Feminist Binge-Watch
Chapter 7
And Another Question: What Ever Happened to Pantsuits?
Chapter 8
Nip, Tuck, Douse, Lather, Rise, Repeat
Chapter 9
When Pro-Woman Means the Opposite
Chapter 10
The GOP: Alienating Women in the Exact Same Way for the Past 35 Years (and Counting)
Chapter 11
Beyoncé’s Messy Version of Feminism
Chapter 12
“Hey Ladies! Blame Yourself For Society’s Ills!”
Chapter 13
If Being Like the Dudes is What it Takes, Well, That’s Not Going to Work Out
Chapter 14
And Now, the Abortion Chapter
The Summer of Backlash
Susan Faludi’s Response to #BacklashBookClub
Jill Abramson Doesn’t Want to Be a Symbol of the Backlash
The former executive editor of The New York Times explains why the book made her angry, admits to (still) counting female bylines in the paper, and defends Maureen Dowd’s brand of feminism
