Ellen Willis, who founded the first women's studies course at the New School and pioneered rock criticism at The New Yorker, collected her groundbreaking essays on feminism, sexuality, politics, and culture in this influential volume. Writing from the 1970s through the 1990s, Willis developed a distinctive perspective that combined radical feminism with leftist economic analysis and unflinching examination of sexuality and pleasure. Her essays challenge both conservative moralism and what she saw as feminist tendencies toward puritanism and victimhood. Willis defends abortion rights not as a tragic necessity but as essential to women's autonomy and sexual freedom, argues that the feminist anti-pornography movement misunderstood both sexuality and politics, and insists that economic justice must be central to feminist goals. Her cultural criticism treats rock music as a serious art form while analyzing its gender politics with precision. Willis writes as a participant in the movements she analyzes, offering insider critique that remains generous toward her fellow travelers while refusing to pull punches. These essays model an approach to political writing that is intellectually rigorous, personally honest, and resistant to orthodoxy of any kind. Readers will find here a voice that challenges comfortable assumptions across the political spectrum while maintaining commitment to liberation as both collective project and individual aspiration.