Power Surge
Sex, Violence and Pornography
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1995
- Category
- Pornography, Violence in Society, Gender Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780929005782
- Publish Date
- Sep 1995
- List Price
- $15.95
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Description
A frank collection that bucks the backlash against feminist ideas. With a twist on Lesbian Chic, Madonna and other icons, Cole analyzes the many forms of violence against women.
About the author
Susan G. Cole is a political and cultural activist, author, and editor. She was instrumental in organizing Nightwood Theatreâ??s 5-Minute Feminist Cabaret in its early years and appeared as both performer and host. Nightwood produced A Fertile Imagination, her groundbreaking play about two lesbians trying to have a baby, in 1991. Susan has written two books on violence against women, Pornography and the Sex Crisis and Power Surge (both published by Second Story Press), and continues to lecture on the subject. She also has a regular column in the Canadian feminist magazine Herizons and is currently the senior entertainment and books editor at NOW Magazine in Toronto. She lives with her partner Leslie Chudnovsky in Toronto.
