Inga Muscio (born c. 1966) is an American

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

, writer and public speaker. Her books include '' Cunt: A Declaration of Independence'' (1998) and '' Rose: Love in Violent Times'' (2010).

Work

Muscio's book, '' Cunt: A Declaration of Independence'' ( Seal Press, 1998), calls for women to break down boundaries between themselves, their bodies, and each other. The book was given the 1999

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for Nonfiction. Her book ''Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil: My Life and Times in a Racist Imperialist Society'' (Seal Press, 2005) examines and critiques

white privilege White privilege, or white skin privilege, is the Social privilege, societal privilege that benefits white people over Person of color, non-white people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or ...

, racism, and

colonialism Colonialism is the control of another territory, natural resources and people by a foreign group. Colonizers control the political and tribal power of the colonised territory. While frequently an Imperialism, imperialist project, colonialism c ...

among other issues. Her third book, '' Rose: Love in Violent Times'' (

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, 2010), examines the presence of passive and physical violence in our daily lives and describes how we might find love within this violence.

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Inga Muscio interview for SexIs
1960s births American essayists Living people People from Santa Maria, California Evergreen State College alumni Writers from Seattle American feminist artists American feminist writers Third-wave feminism Year of birth missing (living people) {{fem-activist-stub