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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set reasonable limits, encourage dialogue and skepticism, and are canny about the consumer culture can combat the 24/7 "media machine" aimed at girls and hold off the focus on beauty, materialism, and the color pink somewhat.
3) Mother God
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Mother God introduces readers to a dozen images of God inspired by feminine descriptions from Scripture"--
Author
Publisher
Go/Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In every woman lives a Queen who is confident, poised and clear on her calling. She is bold and unapologetic. Drawing from her spiritual connection and feminine nature, she accesses the power to manifest her desires and fulfill her purpose. The era of invisible women is over. Your time to be Queen has arrived. In The Audacity to be Queen, women's empowerment and success coach Gina DeVee invites modern day women to embrace the endless possibilities...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A provocative and bracing send-up of modern masculinity, from the author of Class and The Story of My Purity"--
"Marcello, an editor and poet, is on the brink of his forties. Like everyone in his life, including his sister-in-law, he's writing a novel. This novel. This novel will be about women. Love. Growing older. Maybe even taking responsibility. But unfortunately for Marcello, the women in his life resist definition. They flit and flicker constantly...
Author
Publisher
Rodale Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The hosts of the popular podcast and E! show LadyGang offer a relatable, empowering, and hilarious take on being unapologetically yourself (even if that's not always your best self) in a manifesto that redefines womanhood for the twenty-first century lady"--
Author
Publisher
Wellfleet Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Tune into the divine power of Goddess Magic, featuring a directory of deities alongside 50 spells, altars, and exaltations to amplify your highest vibes and attract fulfillment, success, friendship, growth, love, and fortune. This beautiful handbook contains well-known goddesses from the ancient world famously claimed by witches throughout the ages as well as other, less common ones, like catholic patron saints, around whom specific spells and rituals...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Heartbroken Nina Kamiyama is a former idol. She's decided to keep her past identity a secret for her personal safety, but the dangerous situation intensifies when another discovers who she really is. Who can she trust?"--Page 4 of cover
12) Not your idol: 1
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After that day, she stopped being a girl. In the wake of an assault, Nina Kamiyama, a former idol in the group Pure Club, shuns her femininity and starts dressing as a boy. At high school, she keeps to herself, but fellow student Hikaru Horiuchi realizes who she is. What secrets is she keeping? The shocking drama starts.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"When an unexpected medical crisis sends [the author] on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain--and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself."--Dust jacket.
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