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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
ROXANE GAY - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. "Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your... |
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Women and Politics: The Pursuit of Equality
Lynne E Ford - Routledge
Format: Paperback
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Women and Politics is a comprehensive examination of women's use of politics in pursuit of gender equality. How can demands for gender equality be reconciled with sex differences? Resolving this paradoxical question has proceeded along two paths: the legal equality doctrine, which emphasizes... |
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Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is Now
Jessica Neuwirth - The New Press
Format: Paperback
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When the Equal Rights Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1972, Richard Nixon was president and All in the Family's Archie Bunker was telling his feisty wife Edith to stifle it. Over the course of the next ten years, an initial wave of enthusiasm led to ratification of the ERA by thirty-five... |
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My life on the road
Gloria Steinem - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Gloria Steinem--writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader--tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change. ONE OF O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE'S TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - NAMED... |
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Wonder Girls: Changing Our World
PAOLA GIANTURCO - powerHouse Books
Format: Hardcover
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Paola Gianturco and her eleven-year-old granddaughter documented the work of fifteen girl-led nonprofit groups in thirteen countries in Asia and Central Asia, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. They interviewed and photographed 102 girls. If you think "girls... |
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Sex Object: A Memoir
Jessica Valenti - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerNPR Best Book of 2016"Sharp and prescient ... The appeal of Valenti's memoir lies in her ability to trace objectification through her own life, and to trace what was for a long time her own obliviousness to it ... Sex Object is an antidote to the fun and flirty... |
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Double Bind: Women on Ambition
Robin Romm - Liveright
Format: Paperback
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"Bold, absorbing, insightful, and wise. . . . Read it: the truth is inside." -- Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things "A work of courage and ferocious honesty" (Diana Abu-Jaber) , Double Bind could not come at a more urgent time. Even as major figures... |
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90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
Allison Yarrow - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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To understand how we got here, we have to rewind the VHS tape. 90s Bitch tells the real story of women and girls in the 1990s, exploring how they were maligned by the media, vilified by popular culture, and objectified in the marketplace. Trailblazing women like Hillary Clinton, Anita Hill,... |
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
BRITTNEY COOPER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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With searing honesty, intimacy and humor too, America's leading young black feminist celebrates the power of rage.Melissa Harris Perry says: "I was waiting for an author who wouldn't forget, ignore, or erase us black girls as they told their own story...I was waiting and she has come... |
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A Girls Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good
Emma Gray - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover
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An illustrated big-sisters guide to activism - the perfect gift for young feminists and long-time observers looking to enter the fray.Have recent events given you pause? Does Trumps America make you fearful for the future of women? Do you want to become more involved in helping to preserve... |
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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in
MORGAN JERKINS - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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From one of the fiercest critics writing today, Morgan Jerkins' highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black... |
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The War on Women in the United States: Beliefs, Tactics, and the Best Defenses
Joel T Nadler - Praeger
Format: Hardcover
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The book examines gender roles, gender inequity, and the real-world impacts of both unintentional and purposeful efforts to undermine women's equal treatment in the United States, documenting what women have faced in the past and still face living in America today.* Demonstrates how existing... |
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The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women's Liberation
BONNIE J MORRIS - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Explores the global history and contributions of the feminist revolution.The Feminist Revolution offers an overview of women's struggle for equal rights in the late twentieth century. Beginning with the auspicious founding of the National Organization for Women in 1966, at a time... |
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Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
Ariel Levy - Free Press
Format: Hardcover
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A contributing editor at New York magazine examines how segments of the nation's female population are promoting chauvinism by behaving in sexually compromising ways, citing such examples as spring-break breast-baring and an increased acceptance of pornography, in an account that evaluates... |
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Sharp
Michelle Dean - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm -- these brilliant women are the central figures of Sharp. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history... |
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Ain't I a woman : Black women and feminism
bell hooks - Routledge
Format: eBook
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A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must-read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black... |
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