The Essential Ellen Willis

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THE ESSENTIAL ELLEN WILLIS Other Books by Ellen Willis Published by the University of Minnesota Press Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-and-Roll No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music The Essential Ellen Willis ELLEN WILLIS Nona Willis Aronowitz, Editor With Contributions from Spencer Ackerman, Stanley Aronowitz, Irin Carmon, Ann Friedman, Cord Jefferson, and Sara Marcus University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis | London This book is published with assistance from the Margaret S. Harding Memorial Endowment honoring the first director of the University of Minnesota Press. Copyright 2014 by Nona Willis Aronowitz Part introductions copyright 2014 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Willis, Ellen, author. The Essential Ellen Willis / Ellen Willis; Nona Willis Aronowitz, editor; with contributions from Spencer Ackerman, Stanley Aronowitz, Irin Carmon, Ann Friedman, Cord Jefferson, and Sara Marcus. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8166-8120-4 (hc) ISBN 978-0-8166-8121-1 (pb) 1. American essays. I. Aronowitz, Nona Willis, 1984– editor of compilation. II. Title. AC8.W665 2014 081—dc23 2014001752 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...