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Verso
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this groundbreaking new work, Nancy Folbre builds on a critique and reformulation of Marxian political economy, drawing on a larger body of scientific research, including neoclassical economics, sociology, psychology, and evolutionary biology, to answer the defining question of feminist political economy: why is gender inequality so pervasive? In part, because of the contradictory effects of capitalist development: on the one hand, rapid technological...
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"As our newsfeeds become more and more glutted by stories of harassment and assault, it's no surprise women are turning to every power in their arsenal to fight back--even the magical ones. As Lindy West put it in her New York Times op-ed, "Yes, this is a witch hunt. I'm a witch, and I'm hunting you." Hexing the Patriarchy: Magical Resistance from A to Z is a book for women for women who want to join the resistance. Upbeat and inviting, without making...
Publisher
Cemetery Gates Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A Woman Built By Man is a collage of 21 horror tales that seek to crawl under the skin and deconstruct the many ways women are built up and broken down by a patriarchal society. And the many ways they're finally saying,""Enough."
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperColinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In Break the Good Girl Myth, women's leadership expert and podcast host Majo Molfino shares how design thinking methods can help women identify and dismantle the self-sabotaging myths that negatively impact their work, relationships, and wellbeing"--
Author
Publisher
Two Lines Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Carvalho's tale of fading grief, new life, and quiet devastation lays bare the limitations of patriarchal love and the ambient savageries perched and waiting in its every crevice"--
For ten years Dora has ritualistically mourned her husband's death. Her beloved husband, a "Christ" so principled he rejected any ambition whatsoever as a construct of a corrupt society, succeeded only in leaving Dora and their daughter with nothing. When her mother-in-law...
8) Eulogy
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When three generations of a deliciously dysfunctional family gather to bury the family patriarch, the beloved granddaughter of the deceased is given the task of delivering the eulogy. In the days leading up to the funeral, family secrets are revealed, old grudges resurface and the household erupts with renewed vigor.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren't much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a servant, and the all-boy Mock Trial team votes her out, even after she spent the last three years helping to build its success. But then, an advice columnist unexpectedly helps Raina find new purpose...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
Escrita entre 1968 y 1975, el contexto y el estilo de "El otoño del patriarca" son, como siempre en este escritor, el de la asombrosa realidad latinoamericana que García Márquez ha elevado una vez más a la dignidad del mito.
Written between 1968 and 1975, the context and style of "The Autumn of the Patriarch" are, as always in this writer, that of the astonishing Latin American reality that Garc̕a M̀rquez has once again elevated to the dignity...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this thought-provoking collection of essays, poems, and short reflections, Frederick Joseph explores issues of masculinity and patriarchy from both a personal and cultural standpoint. From fatherhood, and "manning up" to abuse and therapy, he fearlessly and thoughtfully tackles the complex realities of men's lives today and their significance for society, lending his insights as a Black man
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this timely, self-reflective essay, a groundbreaking sociologist and philosopher examines the underlying causes of gender inequality and how we can fight against it. Following the shocking, infuriating accounts shared as part of the #MeToo movement, Raphaël Liogier felt compelled to apply his academic expertise to shed light on the roots of gender inequality and its many manifestations, including catcalling, workplace harassment, and rape, as...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing, author David Leser presents an essential and incisive investigation, unearthing the roots of misogyny, its inextricable links to the patriarchy, and how history brought us to the #MeToo movement and the wave of incandescent female rage that is sweeping the world. his book calls on men (yes, all men) to be accountable for their contribution to the continuing oppression of women by the patriarchal structures...
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Language
English
Description
"A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of four girls and spends her days looking...
Series
Bitch planet. Triple feature! volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in a political patriarchy, Triple Feature is an anthology companion to Image Comics hit satire series, Bitch Planet. Women who displease the regime are labeled non-compliant (NC
Series
Cosmoknights volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For this ragtag band of space gays, liberations means beating the patriarchy at its own game."-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A new work by the author of "In Defense of Witches" that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice. As feminist principles have taken wider hold in society, and basic ideas about equality for women can seem a given, many women still struggle in one of the most important areas of life: love. Whether it's finding a partner, seeking a commitment from one, or struggling in a relationship that is unfulfilling or even...
19) The wages of sin
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Publisher
Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of Arc Manor LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"What if HIV started spreading in the early 1500s rather than the late 1900s? Without modern medicine, anybody who catches HIV is going to die. A patriarchal society reacts to this devastating disease in the only way it knows how: it sequesters women as much as possible, limiting contacts between the sexes except for married couples. While imperfect, such drastic actions do limit the spread of the disease. The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devasting...
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Cait West's memoir shares her upbringing as a stay-at-home daughter and her eventual escape from Christian patriarchy"--
""A powerful meditation on what it means to be trapped and what it takes to break free."Publishers Weekly STARRED ReviewA gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece together a future on your own terms. Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled...
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