A small Idaho town gets inundated with religious crackpots of the Doug Wilson ilk.
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Obituary: Journalist, author, and political activist, Susan Brownmiller, 90, one of the original second wave feminists, died yesterday after being ill. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of her famous work, Against Our Will. It was considered a landmark book for it tackled the issue of rape. The book became a bestseller.
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In her 1999 memoir "In Our Time," Brownmiller likened the writing of "Against Our Will" to "shooting an arrow into a bulls-eye in very slow motion." Brownmiller started the book in the early 1970s after hearing stories from friends that made her shriek “with dismay.” It was chosen as a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and considered newsworthy enough for Brownmiller to be interviewed on the "Today" show by Barbara Walters. In 1976, Time magazine placed her picture on its cover, along with Billie Jean King, Betty Ford and nine others as "Women of the Year."
Brownmiller's book inspired survivors to tell their stories, women to organize rape crisis centers and helped lead to the passage of marital rape laws. It was also received with fear, confusion and anger. Brownmiller remembered a newspaper reporter shouting at her, "You have no right to disturb my mind like this!"
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