To Be Real

Table Of Contents

Foreword
Gloria Steinam

Being Real: An Introduction
Rebecca Walker

To Be Real
Danzy Senna

Femmenism
Jeannine DeLombard

Brideland
Naomi Wolf

Kicking Ass
Veena Cabreros-Sud

An Odd Break with the Human Heart
Elizabeth Mitchell

Missionary Position
Gina Dent

Giving It Up: Orgasm, Fear, and Femaleness
Donna Minkowitz

Pushing Away the Plate
Min Jin Lee

Getting Off on Feminism
Jason Schultz

Sexism and the Art of Feminist Hip-Hop Maintenance
Eisa Davis

Identity Politics
Jennifer Allyn and David Allyn

Beauty Laid Bare: Aesthetics in the Ordinary
bell hooks

Close, But No Banana
Anna Bondoc

Motherhood
Allison Abner

Born to Dyke
Greg Tate

How Does a Supermodel Do Feminism?
An Interview with Veronica Webb

Testimony of a Naked Woman
Jocelyn Taylor

Virtual Identity
Mocha Jean Herrup

She Came With the Rodeo (An Exceprt)
Lisa Jones

Congratulations, It’s a Girl
Amruta Slee

Afterword
Angela Y. Davis

Contributor Biographies
Acknowledgments