Feminism Feminist Theory category: 1647 books
Sexism in America
Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Debunking the many myths about how far women have come and the pervasive belief that American society is postfeminist, this account traces women's status and the assault on their rights from the 1950s-when Newsweek declared, "for the American girl, books and babies don't mix"-to the present,...
If They Only Listened to Us
What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Soon after the 2004 presidential election, veteran reporter Melinda Henneberger set out across the country to listen to women of all ages and occupations express their strong opinions on the major issues of our time. Over eighteen months she spoke in depth and at length with more than two hundred...
Lean Out
The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-up Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
“Disconcertingly thought-provoking.” —TechCrunch"Nineteen disruptive, disturbing and divergent voices ... an honest portrait of a network of gender-oppressed people leaning every which way." —Feministing"Everyone who hires or manages anyone in tech ought to read the remarkable book...
I Am an Emotional Creature
The Secret Life of Girls Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
In this daring book, internationally acclaimed author and playwright Eve Ensler offers fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Fierce, tender, and smart, I Am an Emotional Creature is a celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action...
Heretic's Heart
A Journey through Spirit and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Starting in 1964, writes Margot Adler in this dazzling memoir, “I found myself mysteriously at the center of extraordinary events.” Now a correspondent for National Public Radio, Adler was a young woman determined to be taken seriously and to be an agent of change—on her own terms, free from...
The New Soft War on Women
How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men--and Our Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
For the first time in history, women make up half the educated labor force and are earning the majority of advanced degrees. It should be the best time ever for women, and yet... it’s not. Storm clouds are gathering, and the worst thing is that most women don’t have a clue what could be coming....
Ambition Redefined
Why the Corner Office Doesn't Work for Every Woman & What to Do Instead
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
"This is the playbook for how to get flexibility in your career." - Molly Beck, author, Reach Out and founder of MessyBun.com
**"Critical advice for women when the traditional office job doesn't fit family life." - Meredith Bodgas, Editor-in-Chief, Working Mother magazine
"Sollmann...
by Angela Y. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
A powerful study of the women's liberation movement in the U.S., from abolitionist days to the present, that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. From the widely revered and legendary political activist and scholar Angela Davis.
After Morgentaler
The Politics of Abortion in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The landmark decision R. v. Morgentaler (1988) struck down Canada’s abortion law and is widely believed to have established a right to abortion, but its actual impact is much less decisive; and women’s access to abortion in Canada remains uneven and at risk of being curtailed. In After Morgentaler,...
Feminismo em comum
Para todas, todes e todos
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Livro feminista da filósofa Marcia Tiburi, autora de Como conversar com um fascista. Marcia Tiburi nos convida a repensar as estruturas de nossa sociedade e a levar o feminismo a sério, para além de modismos e discursos prontos. Ao criticar e repensar o movimento, com linguagem acessível tanto...
Rebels in White Gloves
Coming of Age with Hillary's Class--Wellesley '69
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
When the women of the Wellesley class of 1969 entered the ivory tower, they were initiated into a rarefied world. Many were daughters of privilege, many were going for their "MRS." But by the time they graduated four years later, they faced a world turned upside down by the Pill, NOW, student...
Impeachment, A Uniquely Political Punishment
Or, How Bill Clinton Was Paid Back For Twenty Years of Predatory Behavior Toward Women
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
This book is a legal treatise on impeachment law, and something more: a meditation on the inexorable course of retribution that finally caught up with Bill Clinton, making him only the second U.S. President in history to be impeached. If you’re a student of political science or law, this book...
by Peg Tittle
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2014
The title says it all. A collection of 110 exposes and analyses of everyday sexist shit that pisses me off.
The Woman's Bible (Vol. 1&2)
Volume I: Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy; Volume II: Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
By producing the book, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed self-development. The Woman's Bible is a two-volumebook, written by Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy...