I have to do a book report for my Women's Gender Studies Class(No, I am not a femminatzi!) and I need some suggestions about a good, fairly short book to read. It has to be by a woman aurthor about food, sex, love and/or women's friendships. If you know any good ones to read, please tell me!

joy luck club by amy tan is an excellent one for that.

woman warrior by maxine hong as well.

may not have been written by woman, but told by a woman to a man, memoirs of a geisha.

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I took a "Women in History" class once and not only was I disappointed in the classroom being filled with fugly troglites, the material was very sparse. But the instructor was bitchy about the grading. So be careful and take it as seriously as you can to get an A.

I can't stand her music, but this autobigraphy about a bisexual might be entertaining reading as well:

The Truth Is... My Life in Love and Music
by Melissa Etheridge

I thought "Map of the World" by Jane Hamilton, was excellent.

The 'Handmaids Tale' by Margaret Atwood would be a great book to study for that class.

Uh . . . what the hell is a "Women's Gender"?? People don't even HAVE gender . . . that's a term used to describe grammar . . . sheeeeeeeeeesh! Tell your teacher she needs to learn a little about the English language before she can grade a book report.

Tell HER to do one on the dictionary . . . as long as she doesn't have a problem with anything with a "dic" associated with it! LMAO!!!!!

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Ummmm. Gender studies for women. there's nothing wrong with the title of that class.

'Gender is a term to describe grammar' http://discussanything.com/Ubb/confused.gif Maybe if you speak French.
Gender is a term used to specify sex, male or female.

Ayn Rand. Awesome stuff. Although not very short.

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Originally posted by Powerboss:
Ayn Rand. Awesome stuff. Although not very short.

Anthem is short! And available at our bookstore www.discussanything.com/Store (http://www.discussanything.com/Store)

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Thank you for all of your suggestions! I am looking into them but keep them coming.

Originally posted by dion:
Ummmm. Gender studies for women. there's nothing wrong with the title of that class.

'Gender is a term to describe grammar' http://discussanything.com/Ubb/confused.gif Maybe if you speak French.
Gender is a term used to specify sex, male or female.

Well, sorta...actually, sex is what defines the biological male or female, while gender is where along the masculine/feminine spectrum one places themself. Like some women dress/act/talk/think like men, so they'd be biologically female, but they'd fall on the masculine side of the gender spectrum. I took a feminist political theory class last year, so if you want me to explain my whole 7 page paper on the subject, I'm more than willing...

But gender does exist when talking about people, not just French nouns.

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this may be a bit late...

but how bout "Little Women" Louisa May Allcott

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