Red Diaper Daughter: Three Generations Of Rebels And Revolutionaries

?I grew up in the late 1940?s and ?50?s in San Francisco, the daughter of socialists active in the labor movement, the granddaughter of Russian Jewish social revolutionaries. They were called ?reds,? ?commies? and ?subversives?. I am a red diaper baby, proud that my heritage is one of resistance and defiance.? The author came of age in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960?s and found her voice in the second wave of the women?s liberation movement in the mid-1970?s. She describes her transformation from a self-hating and hiding fat child into a proud fat woman who joined the fat liberation and size acceptance movements. She came out as a lesbian into the welcoming environment of the San Francisco Bay Area. She writes of losing her eyesight at the age of 25, and later her hearing and of the challenges and joys of becoming old while remaining an activist. This is a vividly written, revealing, and often funny memoir.

Author: Paula Stahel

Publisher: Laura Bock

Publication Date: Apr 21, 2017

Number of Pages: 358 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0998161608

ISBN-13: 9780998161600