Andrea Dworkin

Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005) was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writing began in 1974 and spanned thirty years, taking in nine nonfiction books, two novels, and a short story collection, plus three more volumes written or edited with Catharine A. MacKinnon. Her titles include Right-Wing Women, which asks why some women back movements that defend traditional gender hierarchies, and Woman Hating, a work of philosophical essays.