A lost feminist masterwork by feminist and speculative fiction icon Joanna Russ about a lesbian’s coming-to-consciousness during the social upheaval of the 1970s.
When Esther, an English professor living in 1970s small-town New York, has her first lesbian love affair, the fallout brings her everyday miseries into focus and sends her spiraling. Confronted with the homophobia of straight feminists and the misogyny of gay men, Esther is left to forge a language for her feminism and her burgeoning lesbian desire. A darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning, On Strike Against God’s call to readers —“Let’s be reasonable. Let’s demand the impossible”—rings urgently true today.
Product details
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY (July 23, 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 1558613145
ISBN-13 : 978-1558613140
Item Weight : 12 ounces
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #350,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#29 in LGBTQ+ Classic Fiction
#8,957 in Classic Literature & Fiction
#24,371 in Women's Literature & Fiction
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