Lydia Sargent
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Lydia Sargent | |
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| Born | January 10, 1942 |
| Died | 27 September 2020 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Playwright |
| Literary movement | Feminism |
Lydia Sargent (January 10, 1942 – September 27, 2020) was an American feminist, writer, author, playwright, and actor.
Biography[edit]
She was a founder and original member of the South End Press Collective, as well as Z Magazine, which she co-edited and co-produced. She organized the Z Communications Institute every year and taught classes there. She was also a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society.[1]
Her plays include "I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine" and "Playbook" with Maxine Klein and Howard Zinn. She edited Women and Revolution: The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism,[2] which features a lead essay by Heidi Hartmann.[3] Sargent wrote the long-running "Hotel Satire" column for Z Magazine, "where gals come to learn their true purpose on this earth, i.e., to service men".[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "International Organization for a Participatory Society: Consultative Committee". International Organization for a Participatory Society. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ^ Sargent, Lydia, ed. (1981). Women and revolution: a discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and Feminism. South End Press Political Controversies Series. Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press. ISBN 9780896080621.
- ^ Hartmann, Heidi (1981), "The unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism: towards a more progressive union", in Sargent, Lydia (ed.), Women and revolution: a discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and Feminism, South End Press Political Controversies Series, Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press, pp. 1–42, ISBN 9780896080621.
- ^ Sargent, Lydia. "Bootilicious!". Z Magazine. ZCommunications. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
External links[edit]
- Lydia Sargent's Znet homepage
- Searching for a Post-Sexist Society by Lydia Sargent
- Lydia Sargent, Live Like Her by Michael Albert
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