In speeches and in her many books, she returned vocally, passionately and seldom without controversy to the subjects of sex, sexuality and violence against women, themes that to her were inextricably and painfully linked.Īmong her best-known books are "Pornography: Men Possessing Women" (Putnam/Perigee, 1981), "Intercourse" (Free Press, 1987) and "Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant" (Basic Books, 2002). Dworkin was for decades a visible presence on the lecture circuit, at antipornography rallies and "take back the night" marches. With her unruly dark curls and denim overalls, Ms. Dworkin had suffered from several chronic illnesses in recent years. The cause of death had not been determined last night, but Mr. Dworkin died in her sleep, said her husband, John Stoltenberg. Andrea Dworkin, the feminist writer and antipornography campaigner whose work was a lightning rod for the debate on pornography and censorship that raged through the United States in the 1980's, died on Saturday at her home in Washington.
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