Feminism Feminist Theory category: 1647 books
Vintage Nell
The McCafferty Reader
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Contraception, abortion, divorce, gay rights, the war with Britain. The fire has burned out, the smoke is drifting away, and we begin to see clearly now. When the next millennium comes the landscape for the young will have vastly changed … Forward to the future, sisters and brothers.' (from 'Divorce:...
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Don't Call Me Princess
Essays on Girls, Women, Sex and Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
The New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essays—funny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades of writing, which trace girls’ and women’s progress (or lack thereof) in...
What Do We Need Men For?
A Modest Proposal
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
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Shrill
Notes from a Loud Woman
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
NPR,** **ESQUIRE,****The LA Times, and NEWSWEEK
WINNER OF THE STRANGER GENIUS AWARD
Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially...
Bitch
In Praise of Difficult Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
From the author of the bestselling Prozac Nation comes one of the most entertaining feminist manifestos ever written. In five brilliant extended essays, she links the lives of women as demanding and disparate as Amy Fisher, Hillary Clinton, Margaux Hemingway, and Nicole Brown Simpson. Wurtzel gives...
by Simone de Beauvoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex comes a radical argument for ethical responsibility and freedom.
In this classic introduction to existentialist thought, French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity simultaneously pays homage to and grapples with her French...
The Story of Jane
The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the first account of Jane's evolution, the conflicts within the group, and the impact its work had both on the women it helped and the members themselves. This book stands as a compelling testament to a woman's most essential freedom--control over her own body--and to the power of women helping women.
by Germaine Greer
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write.
"A marvelous performance--. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy; none makes [us] laugh the way she does."--The Washington Post
In this...
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
**Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.
In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class,...
Notorious Victoria
The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1998
“A remarkable biography . . . Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student’s bookshelf.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
She was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate...
Spitboy Rule
Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Though not a riot grrl band, Spitboy blazed trails for women musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, but it wasn't easy. Misogyny, sexism, abusive fans, class and color blindness, and all-out racism were foes, especially for Gonzales, a Chicana and the only person of color in the band....
by Erica Jong
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
The New York Times–bestselling author of Fear of Flying celebrates witches in a gorgeously illustrated brew of witchcraft lore, potions, secrets, and myth.
With a mix of genuine fascination, passionate enthusiasm, and keen feminist insight, Erica Jong wades through a bog of myths, misinformation,...
Embodied Avatars
Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
How black women have personified art,expression,identity, and freedom through performance
Winner, 2016 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, presented by the Modern Language Association for an outstanding scholarly study of African American literature or culture
Winner, 2016 Barnard Hewitt...