Book Review: Aptheker, B. (2006). Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 560 pp., $16.95 (paper)

Abstract

This logical, humane thesis may give pause to current feminists of a certain age, as some may recognize themselves in the well-meaning responses of the past. Yet the compelling tone of this work, its acknowledgment of good-faith efforts and contextual complexity, are provocative because they lend a sense of hope that we, sisters, may finally get it right.