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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A collection of feminist essays steeped in "Solnit's unapologetically observant and truth-speaking voice on toxic, violent masculinity" (The Los Angeles Review).
In a timely and incisive follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers sharp commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the...
In a timely and incisive follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers sharp commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her comic, scathing essay "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don't, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note-- because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Tomboy, Davis explores the evolution of tomboyism from a Victorian ideal to a twenty-first century fashion statement, honoring the girls and women--and those who identify otherwise--who stomp all over archaic gender norms. She highlights the forces that have shifted what we think of as masculine and feminine, delving into everything from clothing to psychology, history to neuroscience, and the connection between tomboyism, gender identity, and...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay{u2014}adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name{u2014}Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author{u2019}s exploration...
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Language
English
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Description
An accessible guide for learning about gender identity for those questioning their own genders, generally curious about gender, or interested in better understanding someone else's identity.
If you've ever questioned the logic of basing an entire identity around what you have between your legs, it's time to embark on a daring escape outside of the binary box. Written in a choose-your-own path style, you'll explore over one
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Un texto fresco, lúcido y brillante sobre feminismo, pareja y respeto. Hola, me llamo Mara y seremos pareja en algún momento. He escrito este libro para ahorrarte el destino de tus antecesores y que seamos felices todo el tiempo que podamos. Con este libro te abro mi vida y la de muchas mujeres, nuestras vivencias más oscuras y otras que parecen más tontas pero que nos pasan factura. Solo así entenderás el problema que tenemos como sociedad...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to femminielli weather casters in Naples, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific and engaging human stories, he also elucidates the neuroscience that distinguishes male and female biology, shows us how all parents' brains change during the...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In her ultra-viral article 'Women Aren't Nags--We're Just Fed Up,' ... Gemma Hartley gave ... voice to the frustration and anger experienced by countless women. Now, in Fed Up, Hartley expands outward from the everyday frustrations of performing thankless emotional labor to illuminate how the expectation to do this work in all arenas--private and public--fuels gender inequality, limits our opportunities, steals our time, and adversely affects the...
Author
Publisher
Oceano
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Los hombres son de Marte, las mujeres son de Venus revolucionó nuestra manera de hablar sobre el amor y el matrimonio, y el trabajo del autor ha ayudado a miles de lectores a mejorar sus relaciones. Sin embargo, los tiempos han cambiado. Es hora de ir más allá de Marte y Venus, hacia un nuevo modelo de pareja. Veinticinco años después, John Gray analiza cómo las mujeres y los hombres nos hemos ido alejando de las restricciones impuestas por...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. This is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions, compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive, for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A scathing, deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day "Emotional labor." The term might sound familiar. . .but what does it mean exactly? Initially used to describe the unnamed yet crucial labor flight attendants did to make guests feel welcomed and safe, the phrase has burst into the national lexicon in recent years. The examples, whispered among friends and posted online, are endless. A woman is tasked...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eugenia Cheng can't help thinking like a mathematician. She also can't help thinking like a woman. After all, she's both. But there seems like there must be a clear tension. She had to learn to be a mathematician, for one thing, and-in the popular imagination, anyway-mathematics seems very "male," the domain of individualistic geniuses with terrible social skills, pursuing university tenure and fame. Those traits, however, aren't really what it means...
Author
Publisher
Reflection Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Busting gender stereotypes and assumptions one pronoun at a time! Pronouns serve as a familiar starting point for kids and grown-ups to expand ideas about gender and celebrate personal expression with fun imagery that provides a place to meet and play. The back offers a playful narrative about pronouns, as well as resources for grown-ups."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Description
An updated version of his best seller, Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on his vast clinical experience to propose an entirely original view of why boys and young men are continuing to fail in school and at home. He argues that a combination of social, cultural, and biological factors is creating an environment that is literally toxic to boys, ranging from environmental estrogens to the over-prescription of ADHD drugs. And he presents...
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
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