Editing Susan Faludi (section)

=== ''Backlash'' ===
Susan Faludi's 1991 book ''[[Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women]]'' argued that the 1980s saw a backlash against [[feminism]], especially due to the spread of negative stereotypes against career-minded women. Faludi asserted that many who argue "a woman's place is in the home, looking after the kids" are hypocrites, since they have wives who are working mothers or, as women, they are themselves working mothers. This work won her the [[National Book Critics Circle Award#General nonfiction|National Book Critics Circle Award]] for general nonfiction in 1991.<ref>{{cite book | last = Faludi| first = Susan | author-link = Susan Faludi| title = [[Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women]]| date = October 1, 1991| publisher = Crown| isbn= 0-517-57698-8}}</ref> The book has become a classic feminist text, warning women of every generation that the gains of feminism should not be taken for granted.<ref>{{cite web |author=Irin Carmon |date=July 25, 2014 |title=Welcome to Backlash Book Club |url=https://medium.com/matter/welcome-to-backlash-book-club-e8b8c38d7ba |publisher=Matter.com}}</ref> In 2014, high-profile women such as journalists [[Jill Abramson]] and [[Katha Pollitt]], actress/writer [[Lena Dunham]], and feminist novelist [[Roxane Gay]], among many others, reread each of the chapters of the book and examined their contemporary relevance. In September 2015, [[Bustle.com]] included Backlash among its list of "25 Bestsellers from the last 25 years you simply must make time to read."<ref>{{cite magazine |author= Crystal Paul |date= September 29, 2015 |title= 25 Bestsellers from the last 25 years you simply must make time to reread |magazine=Bustle |url= http://www.bustle.com/articles/113506-25-bestsellers-from-the-last-25-years-you-simply-must-make-time-to-reread }}</ref> Reflecting on the legacy of the book in [[The New Yorker]] in July 2022, Molly Fischer called ''Backlash'' "an era-defining phenomenon" that "presented a damningly methodical assessment of women’s status in Reagan-era America."<ref>Molly Fischer, "[https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-real-backlash-never-ended The Real Backlash Never Ended]" ''The New Yorker'', July 21, 2022</ref> ''Backlash'' has also been translated into several foreign languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, German, Finnish, Korean, and Italian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editions of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/194365-backlash-the-undeclared-war-against-american-women |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>