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Original Title:	On Strike Against God
ISBN:	0895941864 (ISBN13: 9780895941862)
Edition Language:	English

On Strike Against God Paperback | Pages: 107 pages

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Title	:	On Strike Against God
Author	:	Joanna Russ
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 107 pages
Published	:	October 1st 1985 by Crossing Press (first published 1980)
Categories	:	Feminism. Fiction. LGBT. GLBT. Lesbian. Queer. Womens

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I am so frustrated by not taking note of, or action on, this at the time, but I read something the other day that referenced something being "catty," in a "second wave feminist" way. What the fuck. How can I not remember where I read something so appalling? This book is Joanna Russ's only non-sci fi novel. It's subtitled, in some places, "A Lesbian Love Story," which it both is and isn't. It is a lesbian love story, a coming out story, and a look inside the mind of a brilliant second wave feminist who is really fucking angry and funny. And it is so relatable to me in so many parts, just trying to be out socially and going fucking nuts inside your head about every single sickening dynamic and then having the choose whether or not to "ruin" everyone's "good time" by talking about those dynamics. And all that kind of bullshit. And she's funny funny funny. And I read a bit of criticism about how this book works as an alternative to the 2 stories that are always told about women, we either Find Love or Go Mad. And both are themes referenced throughout, played with, and then a third way is found. Loved it. I've loved 2 of her SF novels that Tish loaned me, loved this, and will be reading all her stuff. How the fuck is this out of print? And how the fuck has second wave feminism gotten such a bad name, beyond legit criticism to referencing it as a TYPE OF "CATTINESS?" This book was so relatable and made me think how much we need to keep reading this stuff, and what a crime it is to have this propaganda infiltrate the popular imagination, propaganda that serves to separates us from our very recent history and make us think it's boring or yucky to read 1970s/80s feminist stuff. YAY JOANNA RUSS.

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Ratings: 4.29 From 146 Users | 20 Reviews

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Whats it like to be a woman?I took my rifle from behind my chair and shot him dead.Beautifully cynical yet tender account of submitting to the necessity of delicate queerness and indispensable feminism. Smart but unpretentious. Just gals being gals, begging to be carefree.

Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny. She is best known for The Female Man, a novel combining utopian fiction

I find this book to be cracklin-full of common sense, expressed with occasional brilliance, about what it's like to be female and living in a world with men in it. In other words, I think about half the people who find a copy of this possibly-out-of-print novel, and give it a go, will find themselves reading along with their heads nodding sagely, and they will be thinking: "Joanna Russ, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about." And then, after I learn that Russ was booed offstage at science

Back and forth on this one between four and five stars. The way she uses civil rights movement to talk about women's lib is annoying but it's such a smart, sharp book w a lesbian heroine

This book might deserve more time than I gave it, but I was enjoying myself so I breezed through it. I was reading for pleasure, in any event, and didn't feel up to academic-like scrutinizing. I enjoyed the inner dialogue and feminist frustration. I even laughed aloud several times. How sad though that I can sympathize so much with the protagonist's plight 26+ years later. So much for women's progress.

I loved this book so hard! The first few pages were a little rough going, but like reading any Joanna Russ fiction, once I'm into it, her writing is some of my favorite. This was knowledgable and sexy and angry and original, and how often do you get to say that about a romantic lesbian story you find at the library?

I am so frustrated by not taking note of, or action on, this at the time, but I read something the other day that referenced something being "catty," in a "second wave feminist" way. What the fuck. How can I not remember where I read something so appalling? This book is Joanna Russ's only non-sci fi novel. It's subtitled, in some places, "A Lesbian Love Story," which it both is and isn't. It is a lesbian love story, a coming out story, and a look inside the mind of a brilliant second wave