PUBLICATIONS BY SHARON PRESLEY

PUBLISHED OR APPEARING IN PRINT OR ONLINE FROM 1990-2004


Articles in Books

“Exquisite Rebel: The Anarchist Life of Voltairine de Cleyre;” “Emma Goldman’s ‘Voltairine de Cleyre’: A Moving but Flawed Tribute;” “Loving Freedom: Anarchism Without Adjectives;” “Wild Freedom: A Passion for Liberty and Justice;” No God but Freedom: Freethought and Religion;” “No Authority but Oneself: The Anarchist Feminist Philosophy of Autonomy and Freedom;” and “Not Just Another Brick in the Wall: Anarchist Education” (this one co-authored with Crispin Sartwell) in Exquisite Rebel: Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre co-edited by Sharon Presley and Crispin Sartwell. SUNY Press, 2005.

“Ayn Rand’s Philosophy of Individualism: A Feminist Psychologist’s Perspective” in Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand edited by Mimi Reisel Gladstein and Chris Matthew Schiabarra, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999

“John Henry Mackay, the Anarchist,” preface in The Anarchists: A Portrait of Civilization at the Close of 19th Century, Autonomedia, 1999

Government is Women’s Enemy,” co-authored with Lynn Kinsky, in Freedom, Feminism and the State, 2nd edition, edited by Wendy McElroy, Independent Institute, 1999


Articles in Periodicals or Online

General Interest Sources:

Los Angeles Times, rotating columnist for “Navigating the Real World,” Metro section; 20 pieces from December, 1995 to February, 1997

Encyclopaedia Britannica online: link to “Feminism in Liberty”

International Society for Individual Liberty, "Sez Who?" Column on standing up to experts and authorities


Resources for Independent Thinking, 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization:

Independent Thinking Review, Issues 1-6 edited, with articles by Sharon Presley
Vol. 1, No. 1: Critical Thinking about Authority
Vol. 1, No. 2: Critical Thinking about the Media
Vol. 1, No. 3: Critical Thinking about Free Speech and Censorship
Vol. 1, No. 4: Critical Thinking about Psychology
Vol. 2, No. 1: Critical Thinking about Religion
Vol. 2, No. 2: Critical Thinking about the New Age

Printed pamphlets and/or online articles for RIT:
“How to Avoid Being Manipulated, Bamboozled and Seduced by Experts and Authorities”
“Positive Steps You Can Take to Be Less Vulnerable to Influence and Authorities”

“Why is Independent and Critical Thinking Important?” (reprinted at other sites)
“What is Independent Thinking?” (reprinted at other sites)
“Why People Believe in ESP for the Wrong Reasons”
“The Singer, Not the Song”
Review of The Guru Papers by Alstad and Kramer
Review of Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer

RIT Tape Catalog edited by Sharon Presley, 2000-2002


Humanist:

Free Inquiry:
“Positive Steps to Becoming Less Vulnerable to Influence and Authority,” Winter, 1994/95
“Don’t Listen to Dr. Laura,” Winter, 2000/01


The Truth Seeker:
“Intellectual Self-Reliance,” Vol. 122, No. 1, 1995
“Be Happier Starting Now,” a book review, Vol. 122, No. 2, 1995
Why Bother with History,” column in 125th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 125, No. 1, 1998
Women Without Superstition: The Collected Works of Women Freethinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries” a book review in 125th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 125, No. 1, 1998
The American Life of Ernestine L. Rose,” a book review, Vol. 126, No. 1, 1999
Being Creative about Creativity” column in Vol. 126, No.2, 1999
You Own Your Own Mind,” column in Vol. 127, No. 1, 2000


Libertarian:

Liberty:
“The Authoritarian Behind the Curtain: The Guru Papers reviewed, Vol. 8, No. 6, July, 1995
The Statistics Don’t Lie,” Vol. 13, No. 6, June 1999 and online
“A Man for All Freedoms: a review of All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement, May, 1999

ALF News and Association of Libertarian Feminists online:
Government is Women’s Enemy,” co-authored with Lynn Kinsky, online at alf.org
"The Right to Abortion: A Libertarian Defense" co-authored with Bob Cooke, online at alf.org
"Suzanne LaFollette: The Freewoman," online at alf.org
"Exquisite Rebel: Voltairine de Cleyre," online at alf.org
A Century-Old Vision for the Year 2000…And a New One for the Year 2100, ALF News, No. 72, Fall, 1999

Laissez Faire Books Catalog and Review:
“Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug Wars,” book review

Laissez Faire Books online at laissezfairebooks.com:
“The Laissez Faire Mission”
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Anarchist:

Social Anarchism:
“No Authority But Oneself: The Anarchist Feminist Philosophy of Autonomy and Freedom,” No. 27, 1999

Anarchy Archives/Pitzer College:
“Voltairine de Cleyre” at dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/cleyre/presley.html
(this article appears on nearly a dozen other anarchist and libertarian web sites)

Feminist:

Feminista online:
Feminism in Liberty,”  www.feminista.com (Vol. 1, No. 2)

Women’s History online:
Link to “Voltairine de Cleyre”