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Part of Virago's Five Gold Reads: five reissues of significant titles representing fifty years of feminist publishing. Representing the 2000s, Natasha Walter's highly acclaimed, controversial and much needed look at our highly sexualised culture

One day in December, Natasha Walter's mother Ruth took her own life.At first, the grief and guilt that Natasha felt were overwhelming. As the author of feminist books and the founder of the charity Women for Refugee Women, Natasha had always been active in movements for social justice. But in the aftermath of her mother's suicide, her personal grief intertwines with a sense of political despair.Gradually, she starts to search back through Ruth...

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A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past' BLAKE MORRISON, Guardian'A compelling reconstruction of her mother's life as a young anti-nuclear activist defying her suburban parents' CATHERINE TAYLOR, Financial Times'Grief and loss sit alongside hope, in this affecting family story that also reckons with some of hum...

Walter's wise, thoughtful memoir is both deeply affecting and unexpectedly inspiring. A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations, it's the perfect read for daunting times' Sarah Waters'An eloquent, piercing, gloriously humane memoir on the wonders of life in the most difficult of moments. It touched me very much' Philippe Sands

Today the word "anarchism" inspires both fear and fascination. But few people understand what anarchists believe, what anarchists want, and what anarchists do. This incisive book puts forward the case for anarchism as a pragmatic philosophy. Originally written in 1969 and updated for the twenty-first century, About Anarchism is an uncluttered, precise, and urgently necessary expression of practical anarchism. Crafted in deliberately simple pro...

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Wenn sich eine 18-Jährige statt einer Weltreise eine Brustvergrößerung wünscht, scheint etwas falsch gelaufen zu sein mit der Emanzipation. Die britische Publizistin Natasha Walter hat viele junge Frauen nach ihrem Selbstverständnis befragt. Die Antworten sind erschreckend. Zwar glauben die meisten Frauen, sie hätten ihr Leben und ihre Sexualität selbstbestimmt im Griff, in Wirklichkeit aber reduzieren sie sich selbst immer mehr auf ihr Äußere...

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The highly acclaimed, controversial and much needed look at our highly sexualised culture, reissued with a new introduction. 'A must-read' Viv Groskop, Guardian