Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions  

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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983) is a book by Gloria Steinem. It featured the essay "Erotica vs. Pornography".

Blurb:

"First published in 1983, this is noted feminist Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of witty, life-changing essays, written "as if women mattered." Steinem's most personal writing is here, including her humorous exposé, "I Was a Playboy Bunny," a tribute to her mother, "Ruth's Song," as well as prescient writings on female genital mutilation and the difference between erotica and pornography. The satirical and hilarious "If Men Could Menstruate" is alone worth the price of admission."

Selected list of essays

• "I Was a Playboy Bunny" (1983)
• "In Praise of Women's Bodies" (1981)
• "Transsexualism" (1977)
• "Erotica vs. Pornography" (1977-78)
• "Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Who Died Too Soon" (1972)
• "The Real Linda Lovelace" (1980)
• "The International Crime of Genital Mutilation" (1979)
• "If Men Could Menstruate" (1978)
• "Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It)"
• Men and Women Talking
• The Politics of Food
• Patricia Nixon Flying
• Jackie Reconsidered
• Alice Walker: Do You Know This Woman? She Knows You
• If Hitler Were Alive, Whose Side Would He Be On?

Full ToC

Introduction: Life between the lines -- Learning from experience. I was a Playboy Bunny ; Campaigning ; Sisterhood ; College reunion ; Ruth's song (because she could not sing it) -- Other basic discoveries. Words and change ; In praise of women's bodies ; The importance of work ; The time factor ; Men and women talking ; The politics of food ; Networking ; Transsexualism ; Why young women are more conservative ; Erotica vs. pornography -- Five women. Marilyn Monroe: the woman who died too soon ; Patricia Nixon flying ; The real Linda Lovelace ; Jackie reconsidered ; Alice Walker: do you know this woman? She knows you -- Transforming politics. Houston and history ; The international crime of genital mutilation ; Rx fantasies: for temporary relief of pain due to injustice ; If Hitler were alive, whose side would he be on? ; Night thoughts of a media watcher ; If men could menstruate ; Far from the opposite shore.