"Stomping Out a Dread Scourge" by Barbara Ehrenreich- a commentary

From the anthology, "A Closer Look", we get a taste of writing from many modern authors. From the numerous essays, one of the essays that I liked best was "Stomping Out a Dread Scourge" by Barbara Ehrenreich. This is my favorite essay, because the author truly confronts its topic directly without reserves. "Once we understand that small breasts are a "disease," it's easier to see why Dow Corning and others rushed so breathlessly to get …

…the reader to the main character, such that one can actually feel the different emotions that the main character is going through. Works Cited: Didion, Joan. "The Woman's Movement." A Closer Look. Eds. Sidney Dobrin and Anis Bawarshi. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2003. 84-89. Dobrin, Sidney and Anis Bawarshi, eds. A Closer Look. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. Ehrenreich, Barbara. "Stomping Out a Dread Scourge." A Closer Look. Eds. Sidney Dobrin and Anis Bawarshi. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2003. 153-155.