Making Trouble: Life and Politics

“An international treasure . . . beautifully written, deeply engrossing.” —Barbara Ehrenreich

Encountering anarchists in her native Australia led Lynne Segal into political activism, beginning with her first arrest for protesting at the age of eighteen. Moving to London, she spent the 1970s combining motherhood with communal living, politicking, and free love, eventually moving into academia. Looking back at a life well lived, Making Trouble examines where that generation of dreamers have ended up.

Lynne Segal is a professor of gender studies at Birkbeck College, London. She has published widely on sexual politics, gender concerns, and social justice. Her books include Straight Sex: Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure.

Swinging London in the heyday of the women's liberation movement—a knowing feminist memoir.

Lynne Segal is Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck College, London. Migrating from Australia to Britain in 1970, she made her name as a feminist activist, writer and scholar. She has published widely on sexual politics, gender concerns and social justice. Her books include New Sexual Agendas, Is the Future Female? and Why Feminism?: Gender, Psychology, Politics.