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Women's rights have moved forward by leaps and bounds, but there are still plenty of issues that have yet to be discussed. Elizabeth Renzetti looks at such issues as women in politics, social media, and sexual harassement in a collection of essays on the female experience.
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Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism . . . and a bracing manifesto for revolution.
Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist . . . or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed...
Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist . . . or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed...
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"Renowned journalist and author of The Furies Elizabeth Flock investigates what few dare to confront, or even the role and necessity of female-led violence in response to systems built against women. In The Furies , Elizabeth Flock examines how three real-life women have used violence to fight back, and how views of women who defend their lives are often distorted by their depictions in media and pop culture. These three immersive narratives follow...
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Haymarket Books
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"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...
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"The pathology of patriarchy, the idea that one group of people should control another--even own them, own even life itself--is at the core of today's crises. The End of Patriarchy asks one key question: What do we need to create and maintain stable, decent human communities that can remain in a sustainable relationship with the larger living world? Robert Jensen's answer is feminism and a critique of patriarchy. He calls for a radical feminist challenge...
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"What if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? ... Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In [this book], she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully,...
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In this collection of essays, Solnit offers a timely commentary on gender and feminism. Her subjects include women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more.
8) Cómo fabricar a una feminista: y cómo rescatarla de la prisión de falsa libertad que se le prometió
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"Based on author Sarah Huff's extensive research and her own personal experience, How to Manufacture a Feminist offers the reader up-close and personal insight into the extreme nature of true feminism, the devastating impact it has had on society, and how to rescue today's youth from this extreme worldview"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Intimate, revealing, provocative, Communion challenges every female to courageously claim the search for love as the heroic journey we must all choose to be truly free. In Communion, hooks, answers all of our questions about the place of love in a woman's life. With her trademark commanding and lucid language, hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by feminist movement, by women's full participation in the workforce, and...
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The Demonic Influence on Women Today In the late '60s, a small group of elite American women convinced an overwhelming majority of the country that destroying the most fundamental of relationships-that of mother and child-was necessary for women to have productive and happy lives. From the spoiling of this relationship followed the decay of the entire family, and almost overnight, our once pro-life culture became pro-lifestyle, embracing everything...
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DK Publishing
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2019.
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"Combines authoritative text with graphics and quotes from leading contributors in an introduction to more than eighty-five of the most important ideas, movements, and events that have defined feminism and feminist thought throughout history. Using the Big Ideas series' trademark combination of authoritative, accessible text and bold graphics, this book traces feminism and the feminist movement from its origins, through the suffragette movement of...
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#Tu barrio te respalda volume tomo 1
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Editorial Planeta Mexicana
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©2020
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¡Amigues, volvimos! Ahora con una tarea titánica: resumir miles de años de historia de las mujeres con memes y dibujitos. En este primer tomo, recorrimos desde la era de las cavernas hasta el voto universal. Nuestra misión: recordar a todas las genias que se salieron del huacal y lucharon para que hoy tengamos los mismos derechos que los señoros. Mujeres que no fueron reconocidas y tienen historias increíbles que deberíamos saber. Descubrimos...
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"In Black and Female, Tsitsi Dangarembga examines the legacy of imperialism on her own life and on every aspect of black embodied African life. This paradigm-shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of race and gender. Dangarembga recounts a painful separation from her parents as a toddler, connecting this experience to the ruptures caused in Africa by human trafficking and enslavement. She argues...
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Already an international bestseller, this empowering survival guide provides no-nonsense advice on sex, social media, mental health, and sexism that young women face in their everyday life-from one of the emerging leaders in the feminist movement.
They told you that you need to be thin and beautiful.
They told you to wear longer skirts, avoid going out late at night, and move in groups-never accept drinks from a stranger, and wear shoes you can...
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Twenty-First Century Books
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[2016]
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While most people say they believe in equal rights, the word feminism makes people uncomfortable. Explore the history of United States feminism through pioneers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, and Gloria Steinem. Meet modern leaders such as Rebecca Walker and Julie Zeilinger, who are striving to empower women at work, in government, and at home. Learn from interviews with movement leaders, scholars, pop stars, and...
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