Published in 2017 (first published 2007)
384 pages
Lynne Segal is an Australian-born, British-based socialist feminist academic and activist, author of many books and articles, and participant in many campaigns, from local community to international. She is Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck College, London. Migrating from Australia to Britain in 1970, she made her name as a feminist activist, writer and scholar. She has published widely on sexual politics, gender concerns and social justice. Her books include New Sexual Agendas, Is the Future Female? and Why Feminism?: Gender, Psychology, Politics.
What is this book about?
What happens when angry young rebels become wary older women, ageing in a leaner, meaner time: a time which exalts only the new, in a ruling orthodoxy daily disparaging all it portrays as the old? Delving into her own life and those of others who left their mark on it, Lynne Segal tracks through time to consider her generation of female dreamers, what formed them, how they left their mark on the world, where they are now in times when pessimism seems never far from what remains of public life. Searching for answers, she studies her family history, sexual awakening, ethnic belonging, as well as the peculiarities of the time and place that shaped her own political journeys, with all their urgency, significance, pleasures and absurdities.”
