Table of Contents

Disparaging Digressions -- Is Sisterhood Really Global? -- Poland -- The New Right and Fundamentalism -- Women’s Situation in the Process of Change in Poland -- Ban on Abortion in Poland. Why? -- Foundations of the Law -- The Polish Woman of Today -- Opportunities for Feminist Perspectives -- Lesbians in the Middle -- Slovakia and the Czech Republic -- Women’s Priorities and Visions -- McDonald’s, Terminators, Coca Cola Ads—and Feminism? -- Women and Violence -- The Change in Reproductive Behavior in the Czech Republic -- A Lesbian -- Men Are Burglars of Extraterrestrial Origin! -- Hungary -- The Construction of Women’s Case -- The Feminist Network -- Hungarian Abortion Legislation -- Protesting Porn -- Gypsy Women -- The Making of a Women’s Movement in Hungary After 1989 -- Romania -- Ana’s Land -- The Future is Feminist -- Maria Antoaneta Ciochirca -- Bulgaria -- The Bulgarian Women’s Movement -- My Weakness Is My Strength -- Forked Tongue -- Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia -- Serbia -- Nationalism and Serb Women -- Being a Woman -- Homeland as a Form of Women’s Disloyalty -- Belgrade Feminists -- A Call for Action -- Croatia -- For Women, About Women, by Women -- The Center for Women War Survivors -- Confessions of a “Yugo-Nostalgic” Witch -- Bread and Roses -- Something Unexpected -- The Lesbian Question -- Slovenia -- It’s a Shame! -- Women and Politics -- Nationalism and Gender in Postsocialist Societies -- Women Without Identity -- Appendix -- About the Book and Editor

About the Author

Tanya Renne