Reviews (262)

Pretty good
But never pretends to be a tell-all... simply a year-long narrative from inside.

A step backwards
This book really made my heart sink. I am in a sorority and if Robbins were to come spend a year in my sorority she would have reported a very different story. I think Robbins generalizes way too much in this book and purposely gives greek life a bad name. We greeks know that we have a stereotype we are all trying to break and the stereotype was layed out perfectly in this book. It is important to understand that every greek system is different from campus to campus. most campuses have a hazing policy and greek life is nothing like what is reported in this book andvery few do not have a hazing policy and personify the behavior of this book. Robbins decided she was going to focus on that small percentage and help to give greek life the horrible stereotype it allready has. I would like to see Robbins travel to a smaller non-state school and follow the sisters there. If she were to do this all she would find is good times, community service, and sisters with an undying love for one another. I strongly urge all women out there who are considering greek life to go through recruitment, there is no obligation and it will give you a look at what sorority life is really like, unlike this book. Be brave, step outside your element, and don't fall for the stereotypes.

Entertaining... But not surprising!
I went to a Southern university.I was not in a sorority.I never saw the point of "buying friends."However, I feel that Robbins went into her project with a view that sororities are bad.The ONLY bad aspects of sororities, I think is the conformity and superficiality.I remember watching girls during rush, focusing so much on appearance.I remember when my roommate was in tears b/c only the "ugly" sorority wanted her.I remember how sorority girls in the top sororities would only really talk to me, an independent, when their sisters were not around.I remember how my friends who were in sororities couldn't be themselves around their sorority sisters.I also think eating disorders really may be more prevalent among sorority members.On several occasions in the dining hall, I recall overhearing one sorority sister admonish another not to eat too much or to avoid carbs etc.
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Subjects:  1. College Life    2. Conduct of life    3. Education (Higher)    4. Greek letter societies    5. Higher    6. Social Science    7. Social aspects    8. Sociology    9. Sociology Of Organizations    10. Students & Student Life    11. United States    12. Women    13. Women college students    14. Women's Studies - General    15. Social Science / Popular Culture    16. Sociology, Social Studies   

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What every woman should know!
I read about this book - actually, I consider it a textbook - when searching for tools on expanding my career. I usually wouldn't buy something like this, and instead look for similar information from free 'Net sources. But on a whim, I bought it, and am so glad I did. I'm not even halfway through and what I've learned already has helped me to speak and express myself in a way that gets people's attention, and has improved my professional image. One of the best tips, which comes early in the book, is catching myself using the "I think/like/don't like" phrase when I want to discuss facts. I do it, so I don't look like a know-it-all. Dr. Mindell, however, shows several ways to express facts without appearing as though I have all the answers.
Review by the Business Librarians of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh
The lights go down. The speaker strides confidently towards the podium, pauses and makes eye contact with the audience. And from the very first moment you know, instinctively, that it's going to be an excellent presentation. An experience like this reinforces your desire to create your own unique aura of self-confidence. What can you do to make this happen?
Not Helpful
I bought this book at a womens' leadership conference a couple of years ago.I read it cover-to-cover and decided to try the skills covered when communicating in my office.My supervisors' opinions of me changed drastically - they began to view me as surly and defiant.I didn't think any of the verbage alternatives were rude, but in the organization where I was working, the higher-ups expected you to consider them omnipotent and not have an opinion of your own.Ultimately one should consider their audience and adjust their language accordingly. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Communication - General    4. Business Life - General    5. Business communication    6. Business presentations    7. Business/Economics    8. Businesswomen    9. Communication In Business    10. Language and languages    11. Self-esteem    12. Women & Business    13. Women In Management    14. Business communication & presentation    15. Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication    16. Public speaking / elocution    17. Women's studies   

Reviews (85)

A mirror to my soul
I cherish this book and I read it over and over again .The work of a brilliant woman who becomes ones voice for one so silent . You find yourself agreeing with the author and learning to love the instinctual gifts we as women possess. It is a book for every woman who feels the injustice of a world which undervalues us .
Read IT, LOVED IT 12 years ago and still do
When I see young women who don't trust their gut feelings, who don't envision their full potential, who allow abuse, who lack self-confidence, I WISH THEY WOULD READ "Women Who Run With Wolves."This is not an "easy read," but DO READ IT and become a powerful woman on the inside -- a woman whose soul is steady and strong -- a "Wild Woman."The author of this book taught me the wisdom and lessons of ancient "fairy tales."This author taught me to strengthen my core, my soul, trust my own wisdom, listen to myself and stand tall and firm and strong.
enlightning
This is a serious book on psychology,
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Subjects:  1. Folklore    2. Folklore & Mythology - Folklore    3. General    4. Literary Criticism    5. Psychology    6. Sociology    7. Wild women    8. Women    9. Women's Studies - General    10. Body, Mind & Spirit / General    11. Women's studies   

Editorial Review

Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio offer advice for "both the leader and the led" in this entertaining and useful guidebook for today's working woman. Through quizzes, personal anecdotes, and interviews, Friedman and Yorio help readers to identify their leadership style and share support and encouragement from experts to help women become better (and more comfortable) leaders. Want to know more? Check out Friedman and Yorio's "Top 5 Reasons to Buy This Book" for the inside scoop.Read more

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Practical advice for women leaders
The Girls Guide to Being a Boss (without being a bitch) is a down-to-earth guidebook for women in leadership positions. It is written how we might talk amongst friends, in a straightforward manner. The bulleted lists, succinct paragraphs, personal anecdotes, and interviews with women leaders made the book a quick read.
Great Info!
This book is right on the nose as they say.Everything you have to deal with as a female manager.This book really makes you realize your NOT crazy, and you can handle anything.Its all about how you do it.Thanks for such a helpful book."AFruitFli"

Female manager
As a first time manager, I was thrilled to see advertisement for this book.It really was the title that attracted me to it.I was delighted to learn that my intuition about my employees behavior was not my imagination, and this book nailed it.It was interesting to read about people behavior, gossip, reluctunce of male counterparts to cooperate in workplace.This easy to read book was pure blessing with its down to earth advice and excellent reference index.Once I finished reading this book, I was able to continue my management education thru referring to other book materials that address leadership issues and what is means to be a female manager.This is great book for both managers and employees.It does not matter is you work in corporate world or you own your business.Advice from this book applies to all work environments. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Career And Vocational Guidance    4. Career/Job    5. Careers - General    6. Careers / Job Opportunities    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. Human Resources & Personnel Management    9. Leadership    10. Supervision of employees    11. Women & Business    12. Women In Management    13. Women executives    14. Women supervisors    15. Women's Studies - General    16. Business & Economics / Careers   

Editorial Review

This book caused quite a ruckus when it was released 25 years ago because it directly quotes the sexual fantasies of dozens of women, ranging from the "very common" rape fantasy to lesbian affairs to unusually explicit scenarios that are unmentionable here. While author Nancy Friday maintains that Read more

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Celebration of Woman's Fantasies
Friday intended for My Secret Garden to be a candid celebration of woman's fantasies.A ground breaker. As with any book that dwells on such subjects some will think it is just a soft porn book. Friday tries hard to give the book a serious edge and to show it for what it is a book that attempts to free a woman's mind and her conscience.Friday looks at a wide range of subjects in the book. Believe it or not it isn't 307 pages of woman telling the world they to put it crudely want a good seeing to by a well endowed man. The fantastisies are written in the woman's own words so the style and language used does differ from page to page.
My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday
I am online to purchase more of this amazing woman's work.I found her open mind to the hidden world of women's fantasies refreshing.She also opened my mind to how thoughtless I have been as a lover.It is a great book to travel with, the person sitting next to you will either "not bother you, due to the subject" or "start an interesting conversation, because of it".I am ready for the next adventure, thank you Nancy Friday.

Will Steam Glasses
Nancy Friday asked women around the world, to send in their sexual fantasies and experiences. What she got even shocked her. Some of, if not THE most provocative fantasies and experiences ever published. I have owned(notice I said "have owned") a couple of copies of this extraordinary book. But each time I bought one, someone would want to "see it", and I would never get it back. Like Forbidden Flowers (a similar publication by Nancy Friday), anytime someone seen me reading a copy, they'd want to read a page. Only thing is, I never had anyone who could only read one page. They would be so captivated by its contents, they'd read more and more. I've had as many as 5 women at a time, come up to me and inquire as to what I was reading, then ask to let them "read a page". As they read, mouths dropped open, eyes would widen, faces would turn flush, and giggles galore would occur. It's amazing how a book can make women in their 20's 30's 40's and 50's act.
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Subjects:  1. Erotica - General    2. General    3. Love / Sex / Marriage    4. Sex (Psychology)    5. Sexual behavior    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Women    9. Women's Studies - General    10. Family & Relationships / General   

Reviews (103)

Don't support this writer by buying this piece of trash
A friend recommended this book which I unfortunately bought.I feel sorry for people who think that this is "writing."The author not only contradicts herself but the writing is shallow and lacks any depth.If you want to feel good, buy yourself a bottle of wine, not this book.

Reflective & Thought-provoking
I found this lying on the table at a bookstore during a one-nighter with my husband, which we both desperately needed as we're always surrounded by the things that needs to be done, two growing boys who demand all of our attention and time ~~ and reading the back of this book, I briefly thought of a friend who is going through her midlife crisis right now. So I picked it up.
You Have to Like the Genre
Before I begin this review, let me state that I have experienced most of the life changes that Joan Anderson describes in her book: from getting older to empty-nesting to (in my case) a divorce to wondering who and what I am. So I am not unsympathetic to any woman's struggle with the above.
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Subjects:  1. Anderson, Joan    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Cape Cod    7. Feminism & Feminist Theory    8. Massachusetts    9. Regional Subjects - New England    10. Women    11. Biography: general    12. Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory    13. Women's studies   

Editorial Review

Geraldine Brooks spent two years as a Middle East news correspondent, covering the death of Khomeini and the like. She also learned a lot about what it's like for Islamic women today.Brooks' book is exceedingly well-done--she knows her Islamic lore and traces the origins of today's practices back to Mohammed's time. Personable and very readable, Brooks takes us through the women's back door entrance of the Middle East for an unusual and provocative view. ... Read more

Reviews (129)

Disappointing rehash
I guess it is a good market now for anything about Islam. This is all old news, looks like reworked columns. Not insightful, not fresh, just tired old stuff mainly about middle to upper class women. Save your money.

Slightly dated but still very informative book
Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks details, as the subtitle says, the HIdden World of Islamic Women.Brooks is an Australian reporter who spent the late 80s and early 90s doing a lot of Middle East reporting, and spent a lot of time with Muslim women in various Middle Eastern countries at a time when fundamentalism was on the rise and had already triumphed in a few countries.She spoke with women who embraced a return to traditional women's roles (often symbolized by taking on the veil or chador or otherwise covering oneself and turning away from Western fashion and styles) and those who resisted it in countries like Egypt and Lebanon, which had had a more liberated tradition, and those trying to negotiate for greater liberalism for the first time in areas like Saudi Arabia and the gulf states. A Peek Under The Veil
What a wonderful read!I love all of Brooks' book, but I think this is the best by far!She takes the reader into a forbidden world.What a journey! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Islam - General    4. Middle East    5. Muslim women    6. Muslims    7. Social Science    8. Social conditions    9. Sociology    10. Women    11. Women in the Koran    12. Women's Studies - General    13. Islamic studies    14. Social Science / Women's Studies    15. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Economic conditions    2. Feminism    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Social Science    5. Social conditions    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. United States    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Multicultural studies    12. Social Science / Sociology / General    13. USA    14. Women's studies   

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Where have all the LADIES gone?
If pop star Pink sings "Where oh where have all the smart people gone, where oh where could they be?"... then this book cries "Where oh where have all the LADIES gone? Where oh where could they be?" If ever there is a role model for a renaissance in being a lady (not to be confused with a bombshell)... it is Audrey. Her grace, aristocratic sophistication, refinement, depth, humanitarian spirit, and genuine posh-like glamour was real as much as it was regal. In a world of cheap bombshell images the statement: that which is least seen is most beautiful is truer than ever. Audrey was an archetype of an era where being a lady was respected and advocated.

The Ultimate Guide to Loveliness, Both Inside and Out.
A lot of people misuse the term "hero."Lots of people think it's an athlete, an actor, or a singer.I regard Audrey Hepburn as my hero and a great role model.She was a rare and unusually timeless beauty with her gamine looks and a gorgeous accent, often mistaken as British, that also belied part of her time in Nazi occupied Holland.With the grace of a dancer and a princess to add to her intoxicating manner of speech, she had consistently excellent taste in clothes, impeccable hairstyles, and an approach to living that more people in this world would do well to adhere to.
Perfect Stocking Stuffer
I gave this book to my mom for Mother's Day and haven't stopped hearing how much she likes it.I highly recommend it as the perfect stocking stuffer, especially for the price on Amazon.Just ordered two more for my sisters. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1929-    2. 1929-1993    3. Entertainment & Performing Arts - General    4. Hepburn, Audrey,    5. Personal & Practical Guides    6. Quotations    7. Reference    8. Sociology    9. Women's Studies - General    10. Biography: film, television & music    11. Films, cinema    12. Reference / Personal & Practical Guides   

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Seeing history from an amazing perspective
Reading someone else's old letters can evoke universal feelings and can even bring to life a time before we were born. This is what happens in "Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present," edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler. In more than 800 pages, the editors compiled women's letters from 1775 up to and including the current war in Iraq. The letter writers include slave owners, slaves, politicians, movie stars, moms and daughters. There are love letters, a "last will and testament" and eyewitness accounts of historic events. For me, the most unusual was from Marilyn Monroe, who taped a handwritten note to her stomach before having her appendix out, begging her doctor to "cut as little as possible." I also got caught up in the World War II letters from a Japanese American wife housed in a separate internment camp from her husband. This is a fascinating way to see America through its cultural and political changes and observe the changing roles of women.

A social history shaped through the correspondence of women
Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler, the powerhouse couple behind LETTERS OF THE CENTURY --- and now WOMEN'S LETTERS --- make history both accessible and captivating, presenting it in the format of correspondences written throughout our nation's history. With this epistolary approach Grunwald and Adler illuminate the events that molded and defined America.
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Subjects:  1. Correspondence    2. History    3. Letters    4. Letters And Correspondence    5. Literary Collections    6. Literature: Classics    7. Pictorial works    8. Sociology    9. Sources    10. United States    11. United States - General    12. Women    13. Women In The U.S.    14. Women's Studies - General    15. Women's Studies - History    16. Literary Criticism & Collections / Letters   

Reviews (47)

Great help!
I read the book and found it very insightful and let my husband read it and what a BIG difference this book has made!! I highly reccomend it!

Please give me more....
I want it.. I want it again.. I want it badly. Thanks to Violet Blue, she is a brilliant author. This book is just amazing. Men need to understand female anatomy which you can find in chapter 3. Oral Seduction was interesting and helpful.
A useful contribution on the subject
As a cunnilingus devotee for several years I have bought other books on it both for the pleasure of reading them and any extra information that will help me pleasure my women this way - they have certainly appreciated it! The books have much common information - as you'd expect- but like this one they have different emphasis and different topics.The investment in buying all the cunnilingus books isn't big - less than $[...]- and is well worthwhile for the spice it will give, both to you as a performer and your woman in the event she is a reluctant receiver.
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Subjects:  1. Family & Relationships    2. Family/Marriage    3. Love / Sex / Marriage    4. Sexual Instruction    5. Sexuality    6. Women's Studies - General    7. Sex & sexuality   

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A New York Snob Speaks
Nora Ephron is quite sure of herself and her friends, and laughs heartily at the yahoos in the Midwest who cook and love their husbands. While her writing is often amusing, her attitude of condescension and wearying self-glorification is grotesque. And to see her way back at the beginning of the Women's Movement equally sure of how circumstances would improve for women is especially painful. She poo-poohs those who wonder if women's life will actually improve, (and her own "Encounter Group" partners certainly cast doubt upon that) and lives in a world where people such as herself need not be troubled by real life. Funny at times but some material very dated
I enjoyed part of this book.I laughed at a few of her stories but some of the chapters were so dated that I didn't know what she was talking about let alone whether it was funny.Maybe I was a bit too young to appreciate it all.

Love this book
I read this book years ago and bought it again for my daughter.The piece on breasts is just as hilarious and relevant today (sad to say) as it was when I first read it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Feminism    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Form - Essays    4. General    5. Humor    6. Social Science    7. Sociology Of Women    8. United States    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - General    11. English    12. Humor / General    13. Humour collections & anthologies   

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My Opinion on In a Different Voice
I thought that I was going to be overwhelmed with feminist views when I first checked this book out of the library; I was rather turned off. But when I started to read, I was intrigued. It was interesting to see the contrast between the different genders.
A Myth is Born
In Psychology, as in other academic disciplines, the normal process is to conduct research on significant numbers of subjects, have the methodology and results peer reviewed, publish the research, then perhaps cross over to mass media.Gilligan has used Harvard's cache to ignore this responsible and time honored protocol.She used tiny samples, reached unwarranted conclusions, rushed them into print on the mass market, and started making the talk show circuit.Now, over 20 years later and after thirty some reprintings, she still has not published her research! Furthermore, she refuses to allow other researchers to see her data!
Good starting point for learning about women's psychology
Originally published in 1982, this book was in its 33rd printing when it was reissued in 1993.It describes the developmental differences between men and women and what that means.Harvard professor Carol Gilligan explains that male development has typically focused on separation, individuation, logic, and hierarchy.Female development, on the other hand, has emphasized attachment, relationship, connection, and communication.I had several "ahas!" while reading this book for the first time in 2003.While I've always discounted some of Sigmund Freud's work, it had never occurred to me that much of traditional psychological theory, including the work of Jean Piaget, Erik Erickson, and Lawrence Kohlberg, has also been based on observations of men, then applied to women.As a result of comparisons to male norms that don't fit their own experience, women have often felt discounted and inferior, rather than simply different.It made sense to me that these comparisons and significant developmental differences often result in women feeling selfish and guilty when focusing on their own needs, rather than those of others.It also fit my experience that men and women tend to respond differently to attachment and separation issues.According to Gilligan, men see danger more often in intimacy than in achievement, while women sense more danger in impersonal and competitive situations.Gilligan's observations have generated quite a bit of controversy over the years (as indicated by some of the previous reviews on this list!), but ring true for many women (including me), and have been used as a stepping stone for the work of many later authors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Developmental Psychology    2. Feminism & Feminist Theory    3. Longitudinal studies    4. Mental Health    5. Moral development    6. Psychology    7. Psychology Of Sexuality    8. Sociology    9. Women    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Philosophy & theory of psychology    12. Popular psychology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    14. Social, group or collective psychology    15. Women's studies   

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"Our Eastern Affairs are Complex Beyond All Words"
History is useful not only for revealing the past, but also in foreshadowing what the future might hold.In the case of Iraq, this is a very important matter.This book by Liora Likutz, a scholar who is currently at the Truman Institute in Jerusalem, describes the making of modern Iraq through the life of one the two key protagonists who drew its boundaries on the map following World War I.Those two individuals were T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell.While the broad outline of Lawrence's life and exploits in the Middle East are well known to many, Gertrude Bell remains more of a mystery.This book attempts to pull back that veil.Anyone who seeks to understand the currents and tides swirling underneath modern Iraq needs to understand how this country came to be, and the complex life of Gertrude Bell is a good place to start.
Understanding Irak
Facinating and exciting point of view of Irak through Gertrude Bell's life.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Colonial administrators    5. Great Britain    6. Historical - General    7. History    8. History: World    9. Iraq - History    10. Middle East - General    11. Middle East - History    12. Sociology    13. Women    14. Women Middle East specialists    15. Women's Studies - General    16. 20th century    17. Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -    18. Asian studies    19. Biography: historical    20. Imperialism    21. Iran   

Reviews (49)

Great book if your interested
This book is great if you're interested in how Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. came into existence, especially if you are interested in becoming apart of the organization. Another good book is The Divine Nine. Many people believe that there is animosity between DST and AKA because of the creation of DST. That is not so, and if you read this book you will find this to be true.Also, to dispel the complexion/color myth, if you look at the founders of both organizations you will see various, beautiful shades of brown, ranging from tan to sepia. There are pictures in The Divine Nine.

A wonderful Account of the History of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
The first time I read this book was Sophomore year of college at Clark Atlanta University.Once I began reading this book I realized that Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is an excellent example of what a sorority should be. The foresight of the founders to chart their own course and to consistently strive for excellence shines through even in the modern day activities of the sorority.Paula Giddings put her heart and soul into this book and it is a must read for anyone who wants to learn about sisterhood at its best.Although I am not a member, I will certainly make Delta Sigma Theta my first and only choice.Kudos to Ms. Giddings for a job well done!

College students do make change in their communities and the country
I was never a Greek, but I read this book because I am familiar with Delta Sigma Theta from their activities at my alma mater, and have enjoyed Paula Giddings's other research about black women's history. Unsurprisingly, I also enjoyed this book. It explains how Delta Sigma Theta provided a critical organizing space for collegiate black women in an era trying to make them choose between the identities and at a time when their being in college itself was a rarity.
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Subjects:  1. African American women    2. Afro-American women    3. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority    4. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    5. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Lifest    6. Ethnic Studies - General    7. Higher    8. History    9. Social Science    10. Societies    11. Societies, etc.    12. Sociology    13. Women In Higher Education    14. Women's Studies - General    15. Black studies    16. Social Science / Ethnic Studies    17. USA   

Editorial Review

It's a rare book that delivers so completely on such a broad promise.