CUPCAKES AND KALASHNIKOVS: 100 YEARS OF THE BEST JOURNALISM BY WOMEN; ED. BY ELEANOR MILLS

Many female journalists came to the fore during the first and second world wars, and their perspective was very different to that of their male peers, who were reporting from the field. Specifically, they often wrote about war from the perspective of those left at home, struggling to keep the household afloat. And with 'How it feels to be forcibly fed' (1914) by Djuna Barnes, one of the world's very first experiential, or 'gonzo' journalists, came a new age of reporting. & U & & /U & Since then, women have continued to break new ground in newspapers and magazines, redefining the world as we see i.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction -- Naomi Wolf; War; Emma Goldman; Nancy Cunard; Helen Kirkpatrick; Martha Gellhorn; Marguerite Higgins; Mary Mccarthy; Julie FLINT; Susan Sontag; Home & Family; Evelyn Sharp; Crystal EASTMAN; Maddy Vegtel; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Eleanor Roosevelt; Daphne Du Maurier; Mary Stott; Angela Carter; Ruth Picardie; Danielle Crittenden; Sarah Baxter; India Knight; Politics, Race & Society; Nellie Bly; Mary Heaton Vorse; Audre Lorde; Nancy Mitford; Elizabeth Drew; Alice Walker; Ann Leslie; Erica Jong; Barbara Ehrenreich. Many female journalists came to the fore during the first and second world wars, and their perspective was very different to that of their male peers, who were reporting from the field. Specifically, they often wrote about war from the perspective of those left at home, struggling to keep the household afloat. And with 'How it feels to be forcibly fed' (1914) by Djuna Barnes, one of the world's very first experiential, or 'gonzo' journalists, came a new age of reporting. Since then, women have continued to break new ground in newspapers and magazines, redefining the world as we see it. Many of the pieces here feel almost unsettlingly relevant today -- the conclusions Emma 'Red' Goldman drew in her 1916 'The social aspects of birth control', Maddy Vegtel's 1930s article about becoming pregnant at 40, Eleanor Roosevelt's call for greater tolerance after America's race riots in 1943. Many have pushed other limits: Naomi Wolf's Beauty Myth brought feminism to a new generation; Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones caused a media revolution; Ruth Picardie's unflinchingly honest column about living with cancer in 1997 brought a wave of British candour and a host of imitators; and when two iconic women come face to face, we have at one end Dorothy Parker on Isadora Duncan (1928) and at the other Julie Burchill on Margaret Thatcher (2004). This collection of superlative writing, selected by the Sunday Times's most senior female editor, brings together the most influential, incisive, controversial, affecting and entertaining pieces of journalism by the best women in the business. Covering: War; Crime; Politics & Society; Sex & Romance; Body Image & Health; Family, Friendship & Birth; Emancipation & Having it All; Hearth & Home; Icons & Interviews. Including: Lynn Barber, Djuna Barnes, Julie Burchill, Angela Carter, Marie Colvin, Jilly Cooper, Joan Didion, Margaret Drabble, Helen Fielding, Zelda Fitzgerald, Kathryn Flett, Martha Gellhorn, Nicci Gerrard, Emma Goldman, Germaine Greer, Nicola Horlick, Erica Jong, Jamaica Kincaid, India Knight, Christina Lamb, Daphne du Maurier, Nancy Mitford, Suzanne Moore, Camille Paglia, Sylvia Pankhurst, Dorothy Parker, Allison Pearson, Ruth Picardie, Erin Pizzey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Zadie Smith, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Martha Stewart, Mary Stott, Jill Tweedie, Rebecca West, Zoe Williams, Jeanette Winterson, Naomi Wolf. Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction -- Naomi Wolf War Emma Goldman Nancy Cunard Helen Kirkpatrick Martha Gellhorn Marguerite Higgins Mary Mccarthy Julie FLINT Susan Sontag Home & Family Evelyn Sharp Crystal EASTMAN Maddy Vegtel Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Eleanor Roosevelt Daphne Du Maurier Mary Stott Angela Carter Ruth Picardie Danielle Crittenden Sarah Baxter India Knight Politics, Race & Society Nellie Bly Mary Heaton Vorse Audre Lorde Nancy Mitford Elizabeth Drew Alice Walker Ann Leslie Erica Jong Barbara Ehrenreich. Eleanor MillsMelanie Phillips Marie Colvin Emancipation & Having It All Djuna Barnes Sylvia Pankhurst Mrs Alfred Sidgwick Mary Stott Joreen Freeman Judy Syfers Betty Friedan Erica Jong Pauline Kael Naomi Wolf Christina Lamb Crime & Punishment Martha Gellhorn Rebecca West Rose Styron Anne Tyler June Jordan Gitta Sereny Nicci Gerrard Rose George Sex & Body Image Emma Goldman Gladys Hall Joan Didion Katharine Whitehorn Jill Tweedie Jilly Cooper Angela Carter Erin Pizzey Helen Fielding Andrea Dworkin Interviews & Icons Zelda Fitzgerald Dorothy Parker. Katherine Anne PorterCatherine Stott Joan Didion Camille Paglia Lesley White Lynn Barber Julie Burchill Sources and Acknowledgements. A collection of the most influential, controversial and entertaining work by the best women in the business