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Andrea Dworkin

1946 - 2005

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Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo works: nine books of non-fiction, two novels, and a collection of short stories. Another three volumes were co-written or co-edited with US constitutional law professor and feminist activist, Catharine A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Dworkin has received more than 1,723,449 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Andrea Dworkin is the 2,552nd most popular writer (up from 2,863rd in 2019), the 3,227th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,741st in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ice and fire
Texts, American writers, English fiction
1986
Heartbreak
2002
Intercourse
Sex (Psychology), Men, Sex role
Andrea Dworkin, once called “Feminism’s Malcolm X,” has been worshiped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism of two generations of feminists. Now the book that she’s best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century. *Intercourse* enraged as many readers as it inspired when it was first published in 1987. In it, Dworkin argues that in a male supremacist society, sex between men and women constitutes a central part of women’s subordination to men. (This argument was quickly-and falsely-simplified to “all sex is rape” in the public arena, adding fire to Dworkin’s already radical persona.) In her introduction to this twentieth-anniversary edition of *Intercourse*, Ariel Levy, the author of *Female Chauvinist Pigs*, discusses the circumstances of Dworkin’s untimely death in the spring of 2005, and the enormous impact of her life and work. Dworkin’s argument, she points out, is the stickiest question of feminism: Can a woman fight the power when he shares her bed?
1987
Right-wing women
Conservatism, Right and left (Political science), Women's rights
1983
Mercy
1990
Pornography
Moral conditions, Pornography, Social aspects
1981

Page views of Andrea Dworkins by language

Over the past year Andrea Dworkin has had the most page views in the with 236,726 views, followed by Russian (16,065), and French (12,391). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (65,250.00%), Malay (13,361.11%), and Esperanto (434.48%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrea Dworkin ranks 2,552 out of 7,302. Before her are Al-Asmaʿi, Lois McMaster Bujold, Cornelis de Bruijn, Dorothea von Schlegel, Noël Coward, and Amélie Nothomb. After her are Ivan Yefremov, Catulle Mendès, Raffi, Giraut de Bornelh, John Barth, and David Lodge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Andrea Dworkin ranks 237. Before her are Robert Metcalfe, Lesley Gore, Ron Kovic, Marián Čalfa, Reggie Jackson, and John Watson. After her are René Jacobs, Anatoliy Byshovets, Davorin Popović, Frank Welker, Penelope Wilton, and Yusuke Omi. Among people deceased in 2005, Andrea Dworkin ranks 104. Before her are Lazar Berman, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Sandra Dee, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Jair da Rosa Pinto, and Johnny Carson. After her are Tilly Fleischer, John DeLorean, Monica Zetterlund, Melita Norwood, Polina Astakhova, and Ralph Erskine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrea Dworkin ranks 3,227 out of 20,380. Before her are Joseph Valachi (1904), Edith Head (1897), Jennifer Rush (1960), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Ciara (1985), and Herb Ritts (1952). After her are Jill St. John (1940), Blake Lively (1987), Diane Venora (1952), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Rensis Likert (1903), and Rue McClanahan (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andrea Dworkin ranks 280. Before her are Margaret Fuller (1810), John Edward Williams (1922), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Katherine Jackson (1930), Alexandra Ripley (1934), and Lois McMaster Bujold (1949). After her are John Barth (1930), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), and Terry Goodkind (1948).

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