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I like the idea of The Second Sex. Also, Germaine Greer is hard and I'd love to read her in this class. I'd really like to read some short stories that fir in with the theory we've been reading. I'm not a huge fan of scifi, but I think A Handmaid's Tale is a scifi-y book that everyone would enjoy and Atwood is an interesting writer. I'd love to read some "3rd Wave" stuff...books like Manifesta that address the more current cultural aspect of feminism (rap music, the beauty industry etc.). I think it would be imprtant to at least touch on lesbian feminism like Adrienne Rich. I think we should also consider reading Vindication of The Rights of Women. I've also heard that Christine de Pizan is an interesting parody type thing that adresses the literary steretypes of women. Maybe an Austen novel would be fun.