Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich is an acclaimed social critic on both sides of the Atlantic, renowned for her trenchant, witty polemics, her pieces of journalism, and her trademark intelligence. She writes with unparalleled precision, insight and a rationalist's unwavering gaze.But in middle age, she rediscovered the journal she …

From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination …

She's got guts. Barbara Ehrenreich bravely wades into the river of pop culture, eagerly swims through it, and comes out the other side able to explain it all in clear and clever prose. With the ever-surprising gifts of a true satirist, she takes on everything from gender wars to shooting wars to the obsession with …