Donna King, Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA is author of Doing Their Share to Save the Planet: Children and Environmental Crisis and coeditor of Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their Asses: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective (also published by Vanderbilt).Catherine (Kay) G. Valentine, Professor Emerita of Sociology and founding director of women's studies at Nazareth College, is coeditor of The Kaleidoscope of Gender: Prisms, Patterns, and Possibilities.

• Introduction | Letting Go Feminism: Reconnecting Self-Care and Social JusticeCatherine (Kay) G. ValentinePart One: Theoretical Perspectives1. Toward a Feminist Theory of Letting GoDonna King2. On the Interdependence of Personal and Social TransformationDavid R. Loy3. Leaning In and Letting Go: Feminist Tools for Valuing NonworkJennifer Randles4. Letting Go of Normal when “Normal” Is Pathological, or Why Feminism Is a Gift to MenRobert JensenPart Two: Personal Essays5. When “Straight-Acting” Lost Its Luster: Letting Go of Masculine PrivilegeAnthony C. Ocampo6. The Gold PenDeborah J. Cohan7. Whether Willing or Unwilling: The Personal, the Professional, and Two Years of Too MuchMeghan M. Sweeney8. Letting Go: How Does a Feminist Retire?Diane E. Levy9. When Enough Is Enough: African American Women Reclaiming ThemselvesShirley A. JacksonPart Three: Ethnographies10. What to Let Go: Insights from Online Cervical Cancer NarrativesTracy B. Citeroni11. Stay-at-Home Fathers: Are Domestic Men Bucking Hegemonic Masculinity?Steven Farough12. From Retail Banking to Credit Counseling: Opting Out and Tuning InKevin J. Delaney13. Keeping Up Appearances: Working Class Feminists Speak Out about the Success Model in AcademiaRoxanne Gerbrandt and Liza Kurtz14. Letting Go and Having Fun: Redefining Aging in AmericaDeana A. Rohlinger and Haley GentilePart Four: Ecological Perspectives15. Letting Go and Getting Real: Applying Buddhist Principles to Address Environmental CrisisJanine Schipper16. Consuming Violence: Oil and Food in Everyday Life 201Patricia Widener17. Growing Food, Growing Justice: Letting Go by Holding On to the Feminine PrincipleLeontina Hormel and Ryanne PilgeramPart Five: Visionary Feminism18. Dig Deep: Beyond Lean Inbell hooksContributorsIndex

Donna King, Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA is author of Doing Their Share to Save the Planet: Children and Environmental Crisis and coeditor of Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their Asses: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective (also published by Vanderbilt).Catherine (Kay) G. Valentine, Professor Emerita of Sociology and founding director of women's studies at Nazareth College, is coeditor of The Kaleidoscope of Gender: Prisms, Patterns, and Possibilities.

• Introduction | Letting Go Feminism: Reconnecting Self-Care and Social JusticeCatherine (Kay) G. ValentinePart One: Theoretical Perspectives1. Toward a Feminist Theory of Letting GoDonna King2. On the Interdependence of Personal and Social TransformationDavid R. Loy3. Leaning In and Letting Go: Feminist Tools for Valuing NonworkJennifer Randles4. Letting Go of Normal when “Normal” Is Pathological, or Why Feminism Is a Gift to MenRobert JensenPart Two: Personal Essays5. When “Straight-Acting” Lost Its Luster: Letting Go of Masculine PrivilegeAnthony C. Ocampo6. The Gold PenDeborah J. Cohan7. Whether Willing or Unwilling: The Personal, the Professional, and Two Years of Too MuchMeghan M. Sweeney8. Letting Go: How Does a Feminist Retire?Diane E. Levy9. When Enough Is Enough: African American Women Reclaiming ThemselvesShirley A. JacksonPart Three: Ethnographies10. What to Let Go: Insights from Online Cervical Cancer NarrativesTracy B. Citeroni11. Stay-at-Home Fathers: Are Domestic Men Bucking Hegemonic Masculinity?Steven Farough12. From Retail Banking to Credit Counseling: Opting Out and Tuning InKevin J. Delaney13. Keeping Up Appearances: Working Class Feminists Speak Out about the Success Model in AcademiaRoxanne Gerbrandt and Liza Kurtz14. Letting Go and Having Fun: Redefining Aging in AmericaDeana A. Rohlinger and Haley GentilePart Four: Ecological Perspectives15. Letting Go and Getting Real: Applying Buddhist Principles to Address Environmental CrisisJanine Schipper16. Consuming Violence: Oil and Food in Everyday Life 201Patricia Widener17. Growing Food, Growing Justice: Letting Go by Holding On to the Feminine PrincipleLeontina Hormel and Ryanne PilgeramPart Five: Visionary Feminism18. Dig Deep: Beyond Lean Inbell hooksContributorsIndex