Renate Klein Renate Klein i(A24488 works by) (a.k.a. Renate Duelli Klein; Renate D. Klein)
Born: Established: 1945
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Switzerland,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1986
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1 Never Underestimate the Power of a Group of Radical Feminists Renate Klein , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Not Dead Yet : Feminism, Passion and Women's Liberation 2021;
1 Sisterhood Is Still Powerful : Maintaining the Rage Susan Hawthorne , Renate Klein , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Not Dead Yet : Feminism, Passion and Women's Liberation 2021;
1 y separately published work icon Not Dead Yet : Feminism, Passion and Women's Liberation Renate Klein (editor), Susan Hawthorne (editor), North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 2021 22003886 2021 anthology essay

'What was it like to participate in the Women’s Liberation Movement? What made millions of women step forward from the 1960s onwards and join it in different ways? Many of the 56 women in this book were there. They describe how they have contributed in multitudinous ways across politics, the arts, health, education, environmentalism, economics and science and created wonderfully rebellious activism. And how they continue this activism today with determined grittiness. Here are women – all over 70 years of age – still railing against the patriarchal systemic oppression of women, still fighting back. “Don’t Call Me Sweetie,” “Never Waste a Good Crisis” and “Still Here, Still Clear and Still Lesbian” is some of what they want us to know.

'The contributors to Not Dead Yet have created new analyses with new language and new kinds of organisations always aware of the ways in which the system is stacked against us, particularly against radical feminists. But we persist. We share the revolutionary zest we have carried with us over many decades. There is history, there is subversion and there are many extraordinary acts of courage. The language is full of irony and wit – as well as deadly serious.

'The Women’s Liberation Movement has had a profound effect on the lives of millions of women and in turn those women have changed our world. But the struggle continues. May these riveting tales by the foremothers of the movement inspire young women readers. #NotDeadYet'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 The Misogyny of Surrogacy : Disappearing Women as Mothers Renate Klein , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 45 no. 1/2 2019; (p. 187-208, 310)

'In the billion-dollar global surrogacy trade, women are disappeared both as birth mothers and as genetic mothers (egg "donors"). Instead, they are viewed as breeders-gestational carriers, incubators, ovens - and invisibilised as anonymous egg "donors." Conversely, a sperm donor dad is proudly talking about being the "father of my own child." In this article, I address the misogyny of commodifying pregnant women to produce quality-tested "take-away babies" for money or love. As in prostitution, it is the rich who pay and the poor who serve-and lose the child they grew in their own bodies from their own flesh and bones over nine months. They also face potential harm to their short- and long-term health and fertility. Pregnant women lose control over their lives as they have to submit to harmful medications, numerous screenings for any "faults" their future child might have, possibly followed by foetal reduction or abortion. They also have no control over food selection and birth arrangements-all overseen by the patriarchal IVF industry that laughs all the way to the bank. As surrogacy appears to become mainstream, I suggest that we need a "mother revolution" in which women stand up and reclaim pregnancy and birth as life events in which they are fully in charge and refuse to obey a patriarchal medical miracle world. Surrogacy needs to be resisted by reducing demand. Stop surrogacy now.' (Publication abstract)

1 Blue i "I am blue", Renate Klein , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2018;
1 Hope i "Once upon a time there was a", Renate Klein , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2018;
1 Hate i "we love you", Renate Klein , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2018;
1 The Best of Times, the Worst of Times Susan Hawthorne , Renate Klein , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 85 no. 10 2006; (p. 26)
1 Women's Work at an End Renate Klein , Susan Hawthorne , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 March 2006; (p. 28)
1 y separately published work icon HorseDreams : The Meaning of Horses in Women's Lives Jan Fook (editor), Renate Klein (editor), Susan Hawthorne (editor), North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 2004 Z1189213 2004 anthology poetry short story
1 y separately published work icon Cat Tales : The Meaning of Cats in Women's Lives Jan Fook (editor), Susan Hawthorne (editor), Renate Klein (editor), North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 2003 Z1083838 2003 anthology poetry short story autobiography

Contributors from Australia, USA, Turkey, New Zealand, Thailand, England, Germany, Canada and Switzerland write about their friendships with cats.

(Source: Spinifex Press website, http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/)

1 1 y separately published work icon A Girl's Best Friend: The Meaning of Dogs in Women's Lives Jan Fook (editor), Renate Klein (editor), North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 2001 Z1001564 2001 anthology poetry prose

Seventy women from diverse backgrounds, ages and countries share their feelings and experiences of living with dogs.

(Source: Spinifex Press website, http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/fiction/gbf.htm)

1 y separately published work icon Cyberfeminism : Connectivity, Critique and Creativity Susan Hawthorne (editor), Renate Klein (editor), North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 1999 Z987858 1999 single work criticism
2 7 y separately published work icon Australia for Women : Travel and Culture Susan Hawthorne (editor), Renate Klein (editor), North Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 1994 Z407461 1994 anthology short story poetry prose criticism travel
1 Of Roses and Thorns Renate Klein , 1992 single work autobiography
— Appears in: As a Woman : Writing Women's Lives 1992; (p. 207-220)
1 9 y separately published work icon Angels of Power and Other Reproductive Creations Susan Hawthorne (editor), Renate Klein (editor), West Melbourne : Spinifex Press , 1991 Z201562 1991 anthology poetry drama short story satire humour
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