{"product_id":"no-more-nice-girls-countercultural-essays-9780816680795","title":"No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith characteristic intelligence, wit, and feminist insight, Ellen Willis addresses democracy as she sees it: \"a commitment to individual freedom and egalitarian self-government in every area of social, economic, and cultural life.\" Moving between scholarly and down-to-earth activist writing styles, Willis confronts the conservative backlash that has slowly eroded democratic ideals and advances of the 1960s as well as the internal debates that have frequently splintered the left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Willis (1941-2006) was the first pop music critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and an editor and columnist at the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. A groundbreaking radical leftist author and thinker, she has contributed to numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the founder of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at New York University. Her work is published in three other books of essays: \u003ci\u003eOut of the Vinyl Deeps, No More Nice Girls, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Don't Think, Smile!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328877498642,"sku":"9780816680795","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67b5b061-b1aa-48c4-b23e-0477f396bb9d.jpg?v=1727753721","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-more-nice-girls-countercultural-essays-9780816680795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}