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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
Mantle
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history. Meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; Warrior Queens and Pirate Commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed in to defend their families, their culture and their countries; to the unsung heroes...
Author
Publisher
Seal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As long as feminists have existed, they have been accused of being "killjoys," "buzzkills," "party poopers," and "wet blankets." For having the audacity to insist on a more-just world, feminists are criticized for getting in the way of other people's happiness. In The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, renowned feminist theorist Sara Ahmed reclaims the feminist killjoy-showing how killing joy can be a world-making, radical project. Featuring sharp analysis...
Author
Language
English
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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...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A new manifesto for cyberfeminism The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are within this digital era' Where do we create the space to explore our identity' How can we come together and create solidarity' The glitch is often dismissed as an error, a faulty overlaying, but, as Legacy Russell shows, liberation can be found within the fissures between gender, technology...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In ten thematic, chronological sections, Tate Modern curator Emma Lewis explores the vital role women artists have played in shaping the ever-evolving medium of photography. Lewis has compiled work from more than 200 different women and nonbinary photographers along with short essays on 75 different artists, many informed by her interviews with the subjects. From the studio portraiture of the late nineteenth century to the photojournalism of Dorothea...
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sex Talk shows how opening up discussions on bodies, sexuality and pleasure can lead to much, much better sex and self-esteem, by the eminent French feminist pornographer Olympe de G and feminist writer St phanie Estournet. Sex Talk has a clear mission - breaking the taboo of taboos - by opening up the discussion of sex and desire in a clear, engaging and motivational way. The book takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery through nine chapters,...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power"--
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"" If she had not claimed her right to pleasure, she would have lived happily or at least calmly until her death. And yet, even now she considered dissatisfaction intolerable, that state of sexual lethargy to which her marriage to Luis condemned her. a price and she was paying it, hard, in the worst way she could have imagined, but then the doors of the world would open wide to her.
"±Si no hubiera reivindicado su derecho al placer habr̕a vivido...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book looks at Wonder Woman's creation, mysterious identity, and deep roots in the feminist movement, as well as the cultural and psychological impact she has had on five generations of fans from the Baby Boomers through to today"--
76) The life and times of butch dykes: portraits of artists, leaders, and dreamers who changed the world
Author
Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Portraits of women throughout history who have defied society's expectations of feminine behavior and appearance in order to live a more authentic life. These short vignettes combine biographical sketches with evocative illustrations for an impact that is as bold, powerful, and inspirational as the brilliant artists, writers, and musicians they represent. The notable people profiled in this book include Audre Lorde (activist and poet), JD Sampson...
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Los últimos años han sido los de la ruptura del silencio: en todo el mundo miles de mujeres han compartido sus experiencias de violencia y acoso sexual. Pero ese discurso, necesario, debe ir acompañado de otro: el del placer de las mujeres. Frente al terror sexual, el feminismo pone sobre la mesa el deseo, la autonomía sexual, el derecho de las mujeres a ser sujetos del sexo y del placer y no solo objetos. El camino no es fácil: la sexualidad...
Publisher
A Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the book exploded into women's consciousness. Before the decade was out, what had begun as a campaign for women's civil rights transformed into a diverse and revolutionary movement for freedom and social justice that challenged many aspects of everyday life long accepted as fixed: work, birth control and abortion, childcare and housework, gender, class, and race, art and literature, sexuality...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Although many Christians wouldn't identify themselves as feminists, the reality is that the feminist movement has influenced us all in profound ways. We unconsciously reflect our culture's ideas related to womanhood rather than what's found in the Bible.In this book, Courtney Reissig--a wife, mom, and successful writer--recounts her journey out of "accidental feminism," offering wise counsel for Christian women related to relationships, body image,...
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