Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel

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book memoir

*Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel* is a memoir by activist and scholar Bettina Aptheker that chronicles her political awakening, involvement in leftist and free speech movements, and evolution into a prominent feminist voice.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ memoir ⓘ
addresses	issues of gender, sexuality, and power in activism ⓘ tensions between party loyalty and feminist critique ⓘ
author	Bettina Aptheker ⓘ
describes	Bettina Aptheker's childhood in a communist family ⓘ Bettina Aptheker's engagement with radical politics in the United States ⓘ the intersection of personal life and political struggle ⓘ
documents	Bettina Aptheker's emergence as a prominent feminist voice ⓘ the impact of leftist upbringing on political consciousness ⓘ
explores	connections between intimacy and political commitment ⓘ gender and power in leftist movements ⓘ the evolution of second-wave feminism in the United States ⓘ
focusesOn	Bettina Aptheker's development as a feminist ⓘ Bettina Aptheker's involvement in leftist movements ⓘ Bettina Aptheker's political awakening ⓘ Bettina Aptheker's role in free speech activism ⓘ
genre	feminist literature ⓘ political memoir ⓘ
hasMainTheme	free speech and civil liberties activism ⓘ relationship between personal identity and political ideology ⓘ struggles of women within radical political movements ⓘ
intendedAudience	readers interested in feminism and political history ⓘ readers of memoir and life writing ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	autobiographical narrative ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
portrays	Bettina Aptheker as a feminist rebel ⓘ
setting	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subject	feminism ⓘ Free Speech Movement ⓘ surface form: free speech movement leftist politics ⓘ personal narrative ⓘ political activism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1960s social movements in the United States ⓘ mid-20th century United States ⓘ
title	Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel self-link ⓘ

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Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel → title → Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel self-link ⓘ