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Feminist movement to end sexist oppression can be successful only if we are committed to revolution, to the establishment of a new social order.

Marge Piercy () is an American poet, novelist and social activist.

"Right to Left", by Marge Piercy A woman is not a pear tree thrusting her fruit into mindless fecundity into the world.

Made in Detroit: Poems by Marge Piercy It became regarded as a feminist classic of science fiction.

She's a feminist, a Marxist, and an environmentalist.

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In her poetry Marge Piercy takes a critical stance against society. She is interested predominantly interested in exposing the lies which society tells women. Her poetry is a rebuttal of the social dominant which equates female beauty with value.

In a much more true sense, Piercy is an advocate for self-acceptance, an idea which she offers in defense against society's devaluing messages.

For the most part, Piercy writes about women suffering.

Made in Detroit: Poems by Marge Piercy It became regarded as a feminist classic of science fiction.

Unable to see past society's messages about women's value, her protagonists, like the girl in "Barbie Doll," quickly despair when they learn, around puberty, that they are not the ideal. This leads to a long train of modifications.

For this girl, that looks like a continual adap