Feminism and feminist theory Books
Vintage Publishing In Search of Amrit Kaur: An Indian Princess in
Book Synopsis'Remarkable and compelling. I loved this book' EDMUND DE WAAL'An exemplary sleuth, both astute and open-minded . . . Manera Sambuy writes with impassioned style and insight' TELEGRAPHA lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the cataclysm of the Second World WarOn a sweltering day in 2007, Italian writer Livia Manera Sambuy encounters a photograph of Princess Amrit Kaur in a Mumbai museum. The picture is arresting, gorgeous - but the caption will change Livia's life forever. It claims that the Punjabi princess sold her jewels in occupied Paris to save Jewish lives, only to be arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp where she died within a year.It's a sensational story - and for Livia, the beginning of a compulsive search for the truth as she delves into the history of the British Raj, the diamonds and sapphires of the twentieth-century aristocracy, and the lives of extraordinary figures: bankers, jewellers, explorers and spies. Past and present converge when Livia travels to meet Bubbles, the princess's daughter, now in her eighties. Striving to reconnect Bubbles with the elusive woman who abandoned her in 1933, Livia unearths a strange and complicated family history; one that diverges unexpectedly from the story that she set out to uncover.Filled with glamour and terror, beauty and sorrow, In Search of Amrit Kaur is an engrossing detective story, a kaleidoscopic history lesson, and a moving portrait of mothers, lovers and daughters across the century, seeking personal freedom.* WINNER OF THE CAPALBIO PIAZZA MAGENTA LITERARY PRIZE 2023 *Trade ReviewLivia Manera is a wonderful detective-companion to lead us through this rich and complex world of princesses and prisoners of war, love and deceit, secrets and discovery... a thoroughly engaging read -- Kamila Shamsie, author of HOME FIRE'Remarkable and compelling. I loved this book' * Edmund de Waal *Nuanced but relentlessly curious, Livia Manera Sambuy has a gift not only for listening to other people's stories but for probing and unfolding exceptional narratives. In Search of Amrit Kaur - an ambitious, absorbing work that peels back the layers of its enigmatic subject and digs deeply into the author's own emotional vicissitudes - is her crowning jewel -- Jhumpa Lahiri, author of WHEREABOUTS'An exemplary sleuth, both astute and open-minded . . . Manera Sambuy writes with impassioned style and insight' * Telegraph *Fascinating * TLS *
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Vintage Publishing The StitchUp
Book SynopsisGot endometriosis? You should have a baby!Painful post-birth prolapse? Well, you had a baby.Let down by doctors? Try our wellness candle!Episiotomy scar? Why not trim your labia too?It's a stitch-up. And we demand better.As Emma was being sewn up following the birth of her second child, the midwife paused, looked up and said the worst thing anyone has ever said to her: Your vagina's fallen out.'After receiving a vague diagnosis of prolapse', she spent the next two years being shunted between specialists. The solutions on offer ranged from kegels to hysterectomy and even labia trimming. Some doctors simply shrugged and said there was nothing they could do.Women around her spoke of similar experiences: mothers told that pain was the price of parenthood; trans women blamed for wanting a vagina in the first place'; Black women disbelieved and dismissed; intersex people lied to by their doctors.The mesh scandal that injured thousands. The love doctor' who performed nonconsensual vaginal surgeries. Over and over again, Emma heard stories of women in pain, bleeding, dying, failed by the professionals who were supposed to help them.Medical misogyny kills, and leaves many more in agony, unable to live full lives. The Stitch-Up tells their stories, and calls for better research, healthcare options, language and treatment, arguing that being female should never be a death sentence.
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Vintage Publishing My Own Story: Inspiration for the major motion
Book SynopsisThe great leader of the women’s suffrage movement tells the story of her struggles in her own words.Emmeline Pankhurst grew up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women. When she was just fourteen she attended her first suffrage meeting, and returned home a confirmed suffragist. Throughout the course of her career she endured humiliation, prison, hunger strikes and the repeated frustration of her aims by men in power, but she rose to become a guiding light of the Suffragette movement. This is the story, in Pankhurst’s own words, of her struggle for equality.Trade ReviewShe shaped an idea of women for our time; she shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back * Time *She put body and soul at the service of liberty, equality and fraternity and secured a triumph for them -- Rebecca WestEmmeline Pankhurst fought for women's suffrage with indomitable courage * Guardian *The finished product rests somewhere between a gripping novel and a painstaking historical record. No view of the suffragette story is complete without this comprehensive puzzle piece. -- Jacqui Agate * The Independent *She shaped an idea of women for our time; she shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back * Time *
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Ebury Publishing The Periodic Table of Feminism
Book SynopsisThe history of feminism told through its most prominent advocates, including a diverse range of international names and faces.The Periodic Table of Feminism is an empowering, engaging and informed look at the feminist movement through the international figures who have shaped it, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Caitlin Moran by way of Simone de Beauvoir and Oprah. Featuring 130 figures as well as 10 additional ‘top ten’ lists, the book will offer new angles on famous faces as well as introduce you to some unsung heroes. While the narrative takes the reader through feminisms struggle from the first wave to the fourth, the table offers a key to understanding how these women and the battles they fought speak to each other across time and continents: if you’re inspired by Sheryl Sandberg, prepared to be equally wowed by Frances Harper and Alison Bechdel. With unique illustrations and pull-out quotes peppered throughout, this is an essential guide to Feminism and a place to turn to for courage and inspiration from history’s heroic women.Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: How the table works 3: Proto-feminists 4: The first wave 5: Epic marches 6: The second wave 7: Fictional feminists 8: Inspirational creatives 9: The third wave 10: Political leaders 11: The fourth wave 12: Male allies 13: Further reading 14: Index
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Bonnier Books Ltd The Feminist Quiz Book
Book SynopsisWhich journalist and explorer travelled around the world in 72 days but still found the time to stop in Singapore and buy a money called McGinty? Who was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes? What year were women first allowed to act on stage in England? Delve into the fascinating history of women who refused, dared, led, asked and discovered. Covering all of the topics you studied at school, from Literature, Mathematics and Science to Politics, Music and Art, with easy to difficult questions, crosswords, wordsearches, anagrams and much more! Find out if you know the women who created the very items that surround you. Discover the women who weren't afraid to be the first. Test yourself on the women who keep fighting. The Feminist Quiz Book is a celebration of women from around the world and the perfect gift for the feminists in your life!
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Icon Books Feminism: A Graphic Guide
Book SynopsisWhat is feminism? Why are we still talking about it, and what can it tell us about ourselves, our societies and prejudices? In this unique, illustrated introduction, we'll explore the early history of conscious struggle against sexist oppression, through the modern "waves" of feminism, up to present-day conversations about MeToo, intersectional feminism, and women's rights in the Middle East. We'll look at critical theory, popular action and the social and cultural forces that affect attitudes toward gender, women's lives and the struggle for equality. And we'll hear about the contributions of pioneers like Mary Wollstonecraft, Simone de Beauvoir and Kimberlé Crenshaw. As we'll see, feminism is at once global, local and individual. Written by Cathia Jenainati with illustrations from Judy Groves and Jem Milton, Feminism: A Graphic Guide engages with the heated debates taking place in our homes, workplaces and public spaces -- and the work still to be done.
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Icon Books Five Rules for Rebellion: Let's Change the World
Book Synopsis'Rousing, hopeful and important reading' - Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenHad enough? Feeling hopeless? Don't give up - join the rebellion.Activist, journalist, founding leader of the Women's Equality Party and 'modern-day suffragette' (Evening Standard) Sophie Walker presents an inspiring, five-step journey to incorporating activism into our lives.Featuring stories of new and seasoned activists - including Amika George and Jack Monroe - campaigning on a range of issues from reproductive rights and poverty to the environment and access to education - the book shows us how to see activism not as a series of pitched battles but as a positive, lifelong learning experience.Escape the numbing effects of despair, learn to channel anger, arm yourself with hope, practise perseverance and connect with others compassionately.Five Rules for Rebellion explains how we can convert our confusion and impatience into a powerful force for change.'Thoroughly engaging, empowering and inspiring ... blows invigorating air into the weary world of politics and makes you want to get out there NOW and do something about it' - Ailbhe Smyth, co-director of Together For Yes and convenor of Coalition to Repeal the 8th AmendmentTrade ReviewRousing, hopeful and important reading -- Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenThe book is a manifesto, a call to arms, and a reminder at a time of increasing tribalism that activism and leadership doesn't have to be a series of pitched battles; it can be a collaborative, enriching experience. Less a polemic than a pep talk, it is an antidote to the rising tide of despair. -- The HeraldSophie Walker will pick you up, dust you off and put the fire in your belly to change the world. Whether you're a new activist or have been in the arena for a while, this book offers sustenance for everyone -- Nimko Ali, CEO and co-founder of The Five Foundation and author of What We're Told Not To Talk AboutAs it becomes depressingly clear that those presently in power are not taking the urgent action required on climate change, poverty and inequality, we must ourselves take action wherever and whenever we can. This book - by one of the most visionary women I have ever met - will tell you how. -- Emma Thompson, actor, screenwriter and activistSophie is an extraordinary communicator. I've seen her inspire thousands to activism. This book will inspire many more -- Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party and author of Attack of the 50 Ft. WomenThoroughly engaging, empowering and inspiring ... blows invigorating air into the weary world of politics and makes you want to get out there NOW and do something about it -- Ailbhe Smyth, co-director of Together For Yes and convenor of Coalition to Repeal the 8th AmendmentShort, clear and practical -- Courier Mail
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Icon Books Five Rules for Rebellion: Let's Change the World
Book Synopsis'Rousing, hopeful and important reading' - Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenHad enough? Feeling hopeless? Don't give up - join the rebellion.Activist, journalist, founding leader of the Women's Equality Party and 'modern-day suffragette' (Evening Standard) Sophie Walker presents an inspiring, five-step journey to incorporating activism into our lives.Featuring stories of new and seasoned activists - including Amika George and Jack Monroe - campaigning on a range of issues from reproductive rights and poverty to the environment and access to education - the book shows us how to see activism not as a series of pitched battles but as a positive, lifelong learning experience.Escape the numbing effects of despair, learn to channel anger, arm yourself with hope, practise perseverance and connect with others compassionately.Five Rules for Rebellion explains how we can convert our confusion and impatience into a powerful force for change.'Thoroughly engaging, empowering and inspiring ... blows invigorating air into the weary world of politics and makes you want to get out there NOW and do something about it' - Ailbhe Smyth, co-director of Together For Yes and convenor of Coalition to Repeal the 8th AmendmentTrade ReviewRousing, hopeful and important reading -- Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenThe book is a manifesto, a call to arms, and a reminder at a time of increasing tribalism that activism and leadership doesn't have to be a series of pitched battles; it can be a collaborative, enriching experience. Less a polemic than a pep talk, it is an antidote to the rising tide of despair. -- The HeraldSophie Walker will pick you up, dust you off and put the fire in your belly to change the world. Whether you're a new activist or have been in the arena for a while, this book offers sustenance for everyone -- Nimko Ali, CEO and co-founder of The Five Foundation and author of What We're Told Not To Talk AboutAs it becomes depressingly clear that those presently in power are not taking the urgent action required on climate change, poverty and inequality, we must ourselves take action wherever and whenever we can. This book - by one of the most visionary women I have ever met - will tell you how. -- Emma Thompson, actor, screenwriter and activistSophie is an extraordinary communicator. I've seen her inspire thousands to activism. This book will inspire many more -- Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party and author of Attack of the 50 Ft. WomenThoroughly engaging, empowering and inspiring ... blows invigorating air into the weary world of politics and makes you want to get out there NOW and do something about it -- Ailbhe Smyth, co-director of Together For Yes and convenor of Coalition to Repeal the 8th AmendmentShort, clear and practical -- Courier Mail
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism,
Book SynopsisHow do I know I am trans? Is trans feminism real feminism? What is there to say about trans women's male privilege? This collection of insightful, pithy and passionately argued think pieces from a trans-feminist perspective explores issues surrounding gender, feminism and philosophy and challenges misconceptions about trans identities. The book confronts contentious debates in gender studies to alleviate ongoing tension between feminism and trans women. Split into six sections, this collection covers wider issues, as well as autobiographical experiences, designed to stimulate the reader and encourage them to actively participate.Trade ReviewWilliams's terrific work breaking down academic concepts into understandable language and clear, concrete ideas will be a boon to both newbies to and veterans of the trans experience and issues. * Publishers Weekly *Taking unerring aim at the patriarchal transphobia that saturates our lives, Williams' piercing insights and vivid personal accounts capture the heartbreak and the hope of existing in this world as a transgender human being. -- Zinnia Jones, creator of Gender AnalysisRachel Williams' Transgressive should be required reading for human beings. Her skillful interweaving of autobiography and theory not only radically improves our understanding of sex and gender, but also manifests kindness and wisdom on every page. I have never been as entertained by something so fundamentally helpful. -- Jon Cogburn, Louisiana State University Department of Philosophy, author of Garcian Meditations and (with Mark Silcox) Philosophy Through Video GamesWilliams writes with exceptional clarity and candor about some intellectually and emotionally difficult subjects, and somehow she manages to do so in a voice that is equal parts confident and modest. It would be hard to exaggerate how much I learned from this remarkable collection of essays. -- Christopher Heath Wellman, Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. LouisTable of ContentsPART I. Transfeminine Blues; 1. Trans porn, Trans women, and the Fetishization of "tgurls"; 2. There Is Nothing Universal to Say About Trans Women and Male Privilege; 3. Trannies, Traps, and the Third Gender; 4. Becoming the Woman I Never Was; 5. Embracing Ambiguity; 6. On Being an Angry Tranny; PART II. Intersectional Feminism; 7. Trans Feminism Is Real Feminism; 8. The Paradoxical Duality of Cat-calling; 9. Dysphoria as a Symptom of Modernity; 10. Turned On by Intelligence but Turned Off by Ableism: a Critique of Sapiosexualism; 11. Why I Was Not Born in the Wrong Body; 12. The Inherent Superiority of Softness; 13. Nobody Is Trans Enough; PART III. Life in Transition; 14. Let Trans Women Grow; 15. Early Days of Transition: a Phenomenology of Change; 16. Learning to say "Fuck it" to Passing; 17. Hyper-vigilance in the Gender Machine; PART IV. Gender & Politics; 18. Monster Politics: On-being-an-assemblage; 19. Is the Very Concept of "Passing" Problematic?; 20. Is Dysphoria Necessary for Being Trans? The "Truscum" Debate; 21. Radical Feminism, Essentialism, and Normality; 22. Autogynephilia, the Gift That Keeps on Giving; 23. Transgender Ideology in America: Gender Hacking, Bio-sex, and the New Identity Politics; 24. A Plea for Agnosticism in an Age of Ardor; 25. There I Go Again, Thinking I Have a Basic Right to Exist in Society; PART V. Metaphysics & Epistemology; 26. Against the Sex/Gender Distinction; 27. Trans Without Transition? A Critique of Gender Identity; 28. How Do I Know I Am Trans?; 29. Gender Identity as a Brain-in-a-Vat; 30. Gender Agnosticism; 31. The Promise and Failure of Gender Nihilism; PART IV. Autobiography; 32. Giving Up My Male Privilege; 33. Why I Left Academic Philosophy; 34. U-hauling, Radical Vulnerability, and the Existential Feels of Queer, Poly Love; 35. "That's so crazy!": Ableism, Madness, and the Politics of Perfect Language; 36. Queering Personal Finance; 37. t4t
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Ebury Publishing Woman's Hour: Words from Wise, Witty and
Book SynopsisFor the last 70 years, the guests of Woman’s Hour have been entertaining listeners with their compelling combination of wit, warmth, insight and humour. Woman’s Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment, politics, the arts and beyond.Words from Wise, Witty and Wonderful Women is a collection of quotes and extracts from 70 years of the Woman’s Hour archive, featuring some of the most memorable guests to appear on the programme, from Doris Lessing to Nora Ephron, Hilary Clinton to J.K. Rowling, and Bette Davis to Meryl Streep. Charting the social and political revolution that has taken place in women’s lives over the past 70 years, as well as the perennial aspects of female life, such as love, family, relationships, the workplace, sex, ageing, and food, this delightful book shares fascinating insights and sage advice from the wise and wonderful women that have graced the Woman’s Hour airwaves over the decades.
£12.34
Oneworld Publications Votes For Women!: The Pioneers and Heroines of
Book SynopsisMary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor They terrorised the establishment. They fought for the vote. They pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. For the hundredth anniversary of the historic moment the franchise was finally extended to women, here is a selection of suffragette and suffragist activists and pioneering MPs from the pages of Jenni Murray’s bestselling A History of Britain in 21 Women. Set against the backdrop of a world where equality is still to be achieved, it is a vital reminder of the great women who fought for change.Trade Review‘Celebrates the defiant spirit of Britain’s groundbreaking heroines’ * Daily Mail *‘The perfect introduction to the female pioneers who spearheaded the women’s movement and the fight for women’s suffrage.’ * Vintage Life *
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Verso Books Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy
Book SynopsisWhy are we so obsessed by the pursuit of happiness? With new ways to measure contentment we are told that we have a right to individual joy. But at what cost? In an age of increasing individualism, we have never been more alone and miserable. But what if the true nature of happiness can only be found in others? In Radical Happiness, leading feminist thinker Lynne Segal believes that we have lost the art of radical happiness- the art of transformative, collective joy. She shows that only in the revolutionary potential of coming together it is that we can come to understand the powers of flourishing. Radical Happiness is a passionate call for the re-discovery of the political and emotional joy that emerge when we learn to share our lives together.Trade ReviewAn expansive and contemplative exploration of love, joy, desire, and the concepts surrounding Utopias, all of which find the author navigating human psychology, sociology, societal mores, and the economics of happiness. A calm, refreshing breath of fresh air in a dangerously uncertain moment in human history. * Kirkus Review *The socialist feminist we need to listen to right now. Her book is an important one because we need "a politics of hope" like never before. -- Emma Rees * Times Higher Education *A unique capacity for clarity and wit, along with her courage of intellect. -- Sheila RowbothamWide ranging in its analyses of feminist, political and social theory -- Margaret Drabble * [on Out of Time] *An engaging, enlightening read for anyone who wants to ponder the links between personal dissatisfaction and political disengagement - and possible remedies. The idea of collective happiness as the root of much satisfaction is simple, but deceptively hard to write about, let alone achieve. Segal succeeds in inspiring on many levels. -- Isabel Berwick * Financial Times *Radical Happiness ultimately arrives at a convincing argument about our need to overcome the now-common tendency to view dystopian thinking as a political act in and of itself . If happiness is 'not so much an emotion, a psychic state or inner disposition, but rather a way of acting in the world,' then so is the path to real social change. It is defined not by a list of demands, but by a commitment to the common good. A feminism that's about showing up for each other and not merely ourselves: how radical. -- Charlotte Shane * The Nation *Straightforward in argument and essential in content for our times ... a source of much joy and inspiration. * Peace News *There can be something exhilarating about taking part in a protest or other instance of activism. In her book Radical Happiness, Lynne Segal examines this side of activism, and also explores the ways in which avoiding politics entirely may be tied to a greater sense of disquiet and frustration. It's an incisive look at another facet of politics and society. -- Tobias Carroll * Signature *
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Verso Books Heart Of The Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain
Book SynopsisHeart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain's history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women's place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British state throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism. This new edition includes an introduction by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication, and its continuing relevance today.Trade ReviewA balanced tribute to the undefeated creativity, resilience and resourcefulness of Black women in Britain today. -- Margaret Busby * New Society *A long overdue opportunity to set the record straight. A considerable achievement. * Guardian *Vivid. * National Geographic Traveller *As relevant as ever ... Heart of the Race gives a huge amount of insight into black women's agency and activism in British history. -- Institute of Race RelationsA feminist classic. -- Bernardine Evaristo * Times Literary Supplement *A scholarly examination of black women's position in British society via the prism of slavery, colonialism and migration. * Camden New Journal *A groundbreaking book ... which helped educate generations of women about the struggles and triumphs of Black women in Britain. -- Tobi Thomas * Guardian *A pioneering work that serves as a bedrock for our book as well as the discourse around intersectional feminism in the UK -- Yomi Adegoke * Observer *
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Watkins Media Limited Money Talks: A Lifestyle Guide for Financial
Book SynopsisHow can we handle the impact of comparison culture on our bank accounts? Should we want an engagement ring, or is that anti-feminist? How can we say no to events we can’t afford but we feel obliged to attend to please others? Money has the power to shape, make or even break our lives, and can have a significant impact on our mental health – so why aren’t we treating it as an important part of our wellbeing? In each chapter of this book, financial writer, speaker and influencer Ellie Austin-Williams tackles a major area in our life that might bring us financial anxiety, from friendship to love. Topics covered include: The rise of girl boss culture and the impact it can have on career and financial decisions How society has increasingly encouraged women to spend their way to happiness and how to navigate the noise telling you to spend The role of privilege, race and class in our pursuit of financial "success" Why we feel we have to get ahead of others to be happy and how to handle comparison culture The impact of social media on our spending habits What we learned about work and money from our parents. Insights from financial, psychology and relationship experts add to Ellie's own expertise, alongside relatable anecdotes from real people. Each chapter ends with some practical tips and tricks that you can use to empower yourself to improve your financial wellbeing.Trade Review"A compelling read that pushes beyond traditional financial advice by addressing the emotional and psychological aspects of money . . . a must-read for anyone seeking a holistic approach to financial health and personal empowerment." - 5-star NetGalley review
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Vintage Publishing Ephemeron
Book Synopsis**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE****SHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE**The poems in Ephemeron deal with the short-lived and transitory - whether it's the brief, urgent lives of the first section, 'Insect Love Songs', the abrupt, anguished, physical and emotional changes during secondary school, as remembered in 'Boarding-School Tales', or parenting's day-by-day shifts through love and fear, hurt and healing, in 'Daughter Mother'.The long central section, 'Translations from the Pasiphaë', gathers these themes together in a blistering, unforgettable re-telling of the Greek myth of the Minotaur, as seen from the point of view of the bull-child's mother - the betrayed and violated Pasiphaë. The familiar legend of the dashing male hero slaying the monster in the labyrinth is transformed here into a story of ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary cycle of violence, power and the abuse of power. At the centre lies Pasiphaë calling for her son: 'They took him away from me/and they killed him in the dark, for years.'Telling uncomfortable truths, going deep into male and female drives and desires, our most tender and vulnerable places, and speaking of them in frank, unshrinking ways - these poems are afraid, certainly, but also beautiful, resolute and brave.Trade ReviewBenson retells the Greek myth... in a long-lined, novelistic sequence of rare psychological plausibility: yes, you think, yes, that's exactly how it happened. * Telegraph, *20 Best Poetry Books of 2022* *Benson's third collection Ephemeron is split between nature, motherhood and Greek myth. But few poets write on these themes so brilliantly; Benson's urgent compassion makes us care. * Daily Telegraph *A new collection of Benson's wise and vivid work is a real occasion... exciting...fully inhabited and multi-faceted. * Guardian *There have been a number of impressive reshapings of classical tales in recent years, and it is a bold poet who would risk comparison with Alice Oswald and Anne Carson, but Benson's 'Translations from the Pasiphaë' earns its place alongside their works ... In Ephemeron, Fiona Benson's capacity for capturing bodily sympathy in verse manifests as something like a superpower. * Literary Review *There is a gorgeous, sunbleached quality to much of this writing, which stuns and scorches. It will be a pleasure to see which cycles of myth Benson takes on next. * Times Literary Supplement *
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Quercus Publishing Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into
Book SynopsisWhat do the attacks in London Bridge, Manchester and Westminster have in common with those at the Charlie Hebdo offices, the Finsbury Park Mosque attack and multiple US shootings? They were all carried out by men with histories of domestic violence.TERRORISM BEGINS AT HOME. Terrorism is seen as a special category of crime that has blinded us to the obvious - that it is, almost always, male violence. The extraordinary link between so many tragic recent attacks is that the perpetrators have practised in private before their public outbursts. In these searing case studies, Joan Smith, feminist and human rights campaigner, makes a compelling and persuasive argument for a radical shift in perspective. Incomprehensible ideology is transformed through her clear-eyed research into a disturbing but familiar pattern.From the Manchester bomber to the Charlie Hebdo attackers, from angry white men to the Bethnal Green girls, from US school shootings to the London gang members who joined ISIS, Joan Smith shows that, time and time again, misogyny, trauma and abuse lurk beneath the rationalizations of religion or politics. Until Smith pointed it out in 2017, criminal authorities missed this connection because violence against women is dangerously normalised. Yet, since domestic abuse often comes before a public attack, it's here a solution to the scourge of our age might be found. Thought-provoking and essential, Home-Grown will lift the veil on a revelatory truth.Trade ReviewA chilling indictment and an urgent call to action. Joan Smith's meticulous, shocking book offers irrefutable evidence that many men who commit public atrocities have already practised their terrorism at home. Powerful . . . Smith proves again and again that this refusal to accept the evidence and recognise what domestic violence actually means as a force within society, also means that we are vulnerable to other types of male violence, including suicide bombings, terrorist attacks and mass shootings -- Susan McKay * Irish Times *The revelation of Joan Smith's book is the danger it poses. If we are scared of terrorism, she argues, the smart way to keep safe would be to pay much more attention to domestic violence . . . The similarities are so relentlessly consistent, the only puzzle is why it has taken this long for anyone to notice -- Decca Aitkenhead * Sunday Times: Must-read of 2019 *'Scaldingly describes the failures of police, counterterrorism agencies, social services and others. It also challenges our tendency to tidy our memories . . . Readers will enjoy Smith's feminist, polemical style . . . Powerfully written -- Edward Lucas * The Times *Smith, a feminist and human rights campaigner, contends that if victims were believed, domestic abuse were better recognised ... then numerous acts of terrorism ... could and can be avoided -- Yvonne Roberts * Observer *The reasons why people radicalise and turn to terrorism is one of the most heavily studied subjects in the world but much academic work generates more heat than light. Joan Smith has achieved the rare feat of saying something new about this subject, by uncovering an unsettling connection to domestic violence and misogyny. Her book contains important implications for policy-makers tackling one of the defining issues of our age. * John Bew, Orwell Prize-winning author of Citizen Clem *A timely book that offers a radical yet clear-eyed view at how misogyny and toxic masculinity intersect with acts of extremism. I found it both illuminating and chilling - it has completely changed the way I view terrorism. * Louise O'Neill, author of Asking for It *A hitherto missing link vital for anti-terrorist chiefs, police and policy makers to digest and act upon * Lord Peter Hain *Joan Smith has once again got to the heart of an issue that impacts on us all. The facts are clear, women are the first victims of extremists, but it's rarely set out so coherently and with such devastating impact * Nazir Afzal *A compelling argument that gives me anger and hope. Anger that domestic and sexual violence are not widely recognised as terrorism, and hope that Smith's call to action will be heard so we can be safer from terrorism in all its forms * Karen Ingala Smith, CEO of Nia and the Femicide Census *This writer has gone where angels fear to tread. Remarkable. Politicians, policy makers, police and security officers, social workers, educators and concerned citizens should read this disturbing and perceptive book. To defeat evil, one must know it first. * Yasmin Alibhai-Brown *Excellent feminist analysis on links between domestic violence and terrorism, plus solutions which the government needs to act on * Jennifer Nadal, author of We: A Manifesto for Modern Women *Two-thirds of U S gun deaths are suicides. We know, too, as Joan Smith has documented brilliantly in her book ... that a lot of these shooters have a history of terrorising the women in their lives. -- Suzanna Moore * Guardian *
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Quercus Publishing Feminism in Minutes
Book SynopsisNever has having an understanding of feminism been so important. But what really is feminism - in all its forms? Who were the key feminists - and what are their beliefs? What do feminists think about abortion, sex, religion, pornography and beauty? And have we achieved equality - or is there still much to do? Feminism in Minutes is the quickest, easiest way to understand the big ideas and history of feminism, from its ancient roots to the #MeToo movement of today.Contents include: Basic concepts; Schools of feminism; Marriage and motherhood; Sex, power and sexuality; Activism and justice; Gender, religion and war; Women's achievements in science and medicine and Feminism and the arts, as well as the ideas of essential feminists such as Simone de Beauvoir, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sojouner Truth, Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Pussy Riot and Malala Yousafzai, amongst many others.
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Agenda Publishing Feminist Political Economy: A Global Perspective
Book SynopsisFeminist political economy is essential to understanding the power relations and hierarchies that shape and sustain contemporary capitalism. Motivated by the rejection of gender-blind approaches in economics feminist political economy provides compelling insights into the relations between the economic, the social and the political in the reproduction of inequality. Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett and Sara Stevano have written a much-needed introduction to key topics in feminist political economy, including the global division of labour, social reproduction, child and elder care, the household and intra-household inequalities, labour market inequalities, welfare regimes, the feminization of poverty and economic indicators. The authors take a global perspective throughout and engage in debates that are relevant for the Global North and/or the Global South. The book offers readers a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the role of power relations and inequality in the economy and is suitable for a variety of courses in political economy, feminism, gender studies, economics, social policy and development studies.Trade ReviewInnovative and boundary-crossing, this book brings to light how gender inequality is shaped by and shapes global hierarchies of power, in intersection with race and class. It is unique in paying attention to both the Global South and Global North and the importance of considering how particular forms of gender inequality are located in the global economy. It is an excellent and stimulating text for use in advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the social sciences. It is also essential reading for anyone in international organizations working on gender equality. -- Diane Elson, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of EssexAt last we have it: a book on feminist political economy that is going to become a basic and invaluable resource. It is at once an introduction to the approach and to major topics, and a sophisticated discussion of historical and contemporary issues, with a global perspective that foregrounds the role of power in economic life. This book is not just for economists or social scientists: it is important for anyone who wants to understand our world and why people’s lives play out so differently. -- Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts AmherstThis excellent field guide to feminist political economy identifies multidimensional aspects of collective identity and conflict across a global terrain. Its eloquent and intersectional commitment to social justice makes it an invaluable resource for policymakers and activists, as well as for researchers and students seeking to understand the complex dynamics of exploitation. -- Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita of Economics, Political Economy Research Institute, AmherstFeminist political economy operates at the intersections of feminist economics, political economy, gender and development. In this groundbreaking and quite brilliant new book, these intersections coalesce organically into a volume that is essential reading for students and scholars alike across these interdisciplinary domains. -- Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Professor of Economics and International Development Studies, Trent UniversityTable of ContentsForeword by Naila Kabeer 1. A global perspective on feminist political economy 2. Global division of labour 3. Social reproduction 4. Care 5. Households 6. Intra-household inequalities 7. Labour market inequalities 8. Welfare regimes 9. Feminisation of poverty 10. Economic crises 11. GDP and its alternatives
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Verso Books Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to
Book SynopsisFeminism is broken: the current attempts to protect women from sexual abuse on campus, and on line. Regulation is replacing education, and women's hard-won right to be treated as consenting adults is being repealed by well-meaning bureaucrats.In Unwanted Advances, passionate feminist Kipnis, find the object of a protest march by student activists at her university for writing an essay about sexual paranoia on campus. In response she starts to question women's role in national debates over free speech and "safe spaces". She explores the astonishing netherworld of accused professors and students, campus witch hunts, rigged investigations, and demonstrates the chilling effect of this new sexual McCarthyism on higher education. Without minimizing the seriousness of campus assault, Kipnis argues for more honesty: a timely critique of feminist paternalism and the covert sexual conservatism of hook-up culture.Trade ReviewAbove all else, though, "Unwanted Advances" is necessary. Argue with the author, by all means. But few people have taken on the excesses of university culture with the brio that Kipnis has. Her anger gives her argument the energy of a live cable. -- Jennifer Senior * New York Times *A bracing book, its message delivered with fierce intelligence and mordant humor -- Cathy Young * Wall Street Journal *a persuasive and valuable contribution to the continuing debate over how to deal with sexual assault on college campuses -- Jill Filipovic * New York Times *this book is harrowing; this book is hilarious (like Dorothy Parker channeling Franz Kafka); but the main thing it is is BRAVE. On top of which, it is urgently necessary. -- Lawrence Weschler, author of Waves Passing in the NightA revelation: a great work of investigative journalism and a thorough examination of a case that feels like it couldn't happen in America... Kipnis makes you fear for a whole new set of reasons. -- Hanna Rosin, author of The End of MenC]hilling, shocking, meticulously reported, eminently readable, and in places perversely hilarious...most of all it is a crucial piece of a burgeoning conversation about threats to free speech and intellectual freedom on college campuses...Kipnis's voice is as clarion as her insights are astute. -- Meghan Daum, author of The UnspeakableKipnis is everything the academic bureaucrats she writes about are not: brave, honest, judicious, mature, and self-aware, with a seasoned understanding of both sexual politics and campus politics. She has struck a mighty blow for sanity, equality, and academic freedom. -- William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheepa brave, disturbing, yet scrupulously fair book: a brilliant and pragmatic manifesto for a kind of 'adult' feminism that rejects the campus cult of female victimhood. -- Terry Castle, author of The Professor
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Verso Books Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the
Book SynopsisIn this landmark collection spanning three centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. The manifesto-raging and wanting, quarreling and provocative-has always been central to feminism, and it's the angry, brash feminism we need now.Collecting over 75 manifestos from around the world, Burn It Down! is a rallying cry and a call to action. Among this quarrelsome sisterhood, you'll find:Breanne Fahs argues that we need manifestos in all their urgent rawness-their insistence that we have to act now, that we must face this, that the bleeding edge of rage and defiance is where new ideas are born.Trade ReviewAn invaluable reminder of feminism's radical and revolutionary visions. It's also, to those least inclined to read it but most in need of doing so, a powerful threat. -- Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes HerThis exhilarating work of love and scholarship is a radiant gift to all who value liberation and justice. Reading it filled me with hope, inspiration and an electric connection to the angry, dissatisfied comrades who have come before me - as well my outraged contemporaries. A must-read, an antidote to powerlessness, a literary companion for the ages. -- Michelle Tea, author of Against MemoirIn an age of platitudes and etsy-fied feminist empowerment products, Breanne Fahs gives us the uncompromising, the unruly, the ungovernable, the unpalatable. This book is a fiery reminder that the world does not change, we change the world. -- Jessa Crispin, author of The Dead Ladies ProjectThis text is important historically and as a handbook for understanding and organizing today. Fahs has put together a collection that runs from the immediate and practical to the futuristic and abstract. In doing so, she reminds us that radical feminism is both utopian vision and practical argument. -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *Learned and impassioned ... irreverent, scabrous and enraged, these manifestos also happen to be full of contradictions, written in the heat of the moment and without a cool eye to posterity. But it's this rough-hewn immediacy that makes some of them so bracing to read, especially now. -- Jennifer Szalai * New York Times Book Review *Editors' Choice * The New York Times Book Review *Powerful and inspiring -- Nina Burleigh * Air Mail *Magnificently cathartic...a reminder of the power and importance of taking a position, asserting your rights and expressing them forcefully - and that we can take strength from these positions, appreciate them, disagree, and argue the nuances with equal force and passion. -- Hettie Judah * i newspaper *Burn It Down sweeps through time and across the globe. -- Frankie Miren * New Socialist *Any Gender Studies professor who isn't teaching Burn It Down! is missing something important in their curriculum. -- Megan Volpert * PopMatters (Best Books of 2020) *An essential text for any time, but especially this one. -- Jane Caputi * Journal of American Culture *
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Verso Books Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on
Book SynopsisIn a moment of rising authoritarianism, climate crisis, and ever more exploitative forms of neoliberal capitalism, there is a compelling and urgent need for radical paradigms of thought and action. Through interviews with key revolutionary scholars, Bhandar and Ziadah present a thorough discussion of how anti-racist, anti-capitalist feminisms are crucial to building effective political coalitions. Collectively, these interviews with leading scholars including Angela Y. Davis, Silvia Federici, and many others, trace the ways in which black, indigenous, post-colonial and Marxian feminisms have created new ways of seeing, new theoretical frameworks for analysing political problems, and new ways of relating to one another. Focusing on migration, neo-imperial militarism, the state, the prison industrial complex, social reproduction and many other pressing themes, the range of feminisms traversed in this volume show how freedom requires revolutionary transformation in the organisation of the economy, social relations, political structures, and our psychic and symbolic worlds. The interviews include Avtar Brah, Gail Lewis and Vron Ware on Diaspora, Migration and Empire. Himani Bannerji, Gary Kinsman, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Silvia Federici on Colonialism, Capitalism, and Resistance. Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Avery F. Gordon and Angela Y. Davis on Abolition Feminism.Trade ReviewThe contributors may not agree on every detail, and neither may you, but if you are looking for a thought-provoking, academic overview, covering all aspects of revolutionary feminism, you have found it' -- Stella Dadzie, author of The Heart of the RaceProvides reassuring and informative perspectives on the lifelong journey of effecting change in complex socio-economic and political systems. Their compilation of interviews engages activists who have been building political coalitions across a range of intersecting feminisms: queer, Indigenous, anti-racist, anti-imperial. The questions they pose reveal a depth of research across a wide arc of topics. -- Taylor Le Melle * Mousse Magazine *Collaborative to its core, [Revolutionary Feminisms] invites scholars, activists and researchers to join in, pick up the threads of struggles that came before us and weave them into new contexts. -- Sophia Siddiqui * Race & Class *'Revolutionary feminisms' are not a theoretical framework, but are made and unmade through lived experience, struggle and political consciousness. There has never been a more important time to take heed of the message in this publication, delivered through a chorus of powerful voices: revolutionary feminisms need to become a revolution of solidarity. -- Helene Kazan * Radical Philosophy *
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Intellect Books Performing #MeToo: How Not to Look Away
Book SynopsisA tweet by American actor and activist Alyssa Milano, sent on October 15, 2017, opened the floodgates to an outpouring of testimony and witnessing across the Twitterverse that reverberated throughout social media. Facebook status lines quickly began to read “Me too,” and #MeToo was trending. That tweet re-launched the ‘me too’ movement, which was started in 2006 by Tarana Burke. Performing #MeToo: How Not to Look Away does not attempt to deliver a comprehensive examination of how #MeToo is performed. What it does aim at presenting is a set of perspectives on the events identified as representative of the movement through a lens or lenses that are multinational, as well as work and analysis from a variety of time periods, written in a diversity of styles. By providing this means of engaging with examples of the many interpretations of and responses to the #MeToo movement, and by identifying these responses (and those of audiences) as provocations, of examples of how not to look away, the collected chapters are intended to invite reflection, discussion and, hopefully, incite action. It gives writers from diverse cultural and environmental contexts an opportunity to speak about this cultural moment in their own voices. There is a wide geographical range and variety of forms of performance addressed in this timely new book. The international group of contributors are based in the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, Scotland, Canada, India, Italy and South Korea. The topics addressed by writers include socially engaged practice; celebrity feminism, archive and repertoire; rape/war; misogynistic speech; stage management and intimacy facilitation; key institutions’ responses; spatial practices as well as temporal ones; academic call-outs; caste/class; political contexts; adaptation of classic texts; activist events; bouffon (a clown technique) and audience response Forms of performance practice include applied theatre, performance protest, verbatim, solo performance, institutional practice, staging of plays, street responses, academic, adaptation of classic text, play reading events and the musical. Although there is much to read in the media and alternative media on the #MeToo movement, this is the first attempt to analyse the movement from and in such diverse contexts. Bringing together twelve writers to speak about works they have either performed, witnessed or studied gives the reader a nuanced way of looking at the movement and its impact. It is also an incredible archive of this moment in time that points to its importance. Suitable for use in several graduate and undergraduate courses, including performance studies, feminist studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, environmental or liberal studies and social history. Essential reading for theatre workers, academics, students, and anyone with an interest in feminism, contemporary theatre or human rights. For artists considering projects that include the themes of #MeToo, and for producers and directors of such projects looking for good practices around how to create environments of safety in their organizations, as well as those who wish to organize communities of artists. For anyone interested in learning more about how to support the movement, or an interest in the specific social narratives told in each individual chapter. For women, feminists and anyone with an interest in the issues.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Judith Rudakoff “Vital Acts of Transfer”: #MeToo and the Performance of Embodied Knowledge Shana MacDonald Bite the Bullet: The Practice of Protest as a Coping Mechanism Nondumiso Lwazi Msimanga Resisting Theatre: The Political in the Performative Effie Samara Supporting Brave Spaces for Theatre-Makers Post-#MeToo: A Chicago-Based Study on Rehearsing and Performing Intimacy in Theatre Susan Fenty Studham We Get It: Calling Out Sexism and Harassment in Australia’s Live Performance Industry Sarah Thomasson Toward the Origin of Performing #MeToo: Franca Rame’s The Rape as an Example of Personal and Political Theatre/Therapy Laura Peja and Fausto Colombo The Royal Court in the Wake of #MeToo Catriona Fallow and Sarah Jane Mullan Dissident Solidarities: Power, Pedagogy, Care Swati Arora Conversations with Noura: Iraqi American Women and a Response to A Doll’s House Mary P. Caulfield #MeToo Theatre Women Share Their Stories Yvette Heyliger Les Zoubliettes: Raging through Laughter—a Feminist Disturbance Sonia Norris “I’m the person to speak about myself”: Self-Declaration, Reversal of Power, and Solidarity in The Red Book Yuh J. Hwang Appendix: A Primer on the International #MeToo Movement Elise A. LaCroix Biographies of Contributors
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Lexington Books Creating Your Own Space: The Metaphor of the
Book SynopsisThe relationship between women and houses has always been complex. Many influential writers have used the space of the house to portray women's conflicts with the society of their time. On the one hand, houses can represent a place of physical, psychological and moral restrictions, and on the other, they often serve as a metaphor for economic freedom and social acceptance. This usage is particularly pronounced in works written in the nineteenth and twentieth century, when restrictions on women's roles were changing: "anxieties about space sometimes seem to dominate the literature of both nineteenth-century women and their twentieth-century descendants." The Metaphor of the House in Feminist Literature uses a feminist literary criticism approach in order to examine the use of the house as metaphor in nineteenth and twentieth century literature. Trade ReviewA house, seldom a home for women —the more luxurious or impoverished, the more imprisoning, the more beautifully designed, the more objectifying, the more socially abiding, the more privately constraining— is the focus of this useful introduction to feminist and comparative studies covering a wide range of works by authors from an equally wide range of countries. -- Candelas Gala, Charles E. Taylor Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Emerita, Wake Forest UniversityDr. Davis uses a feminist literary criticism approach to examine the use of the house as metaphor during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She clearly analyses the dichotomy imbedded in this metaphor. She explains how houses can represent a place of physical, psychological, and moral restrictions for women on one hand, and a metaphor for economic freedom and social acceptance on the other hand. Dr. Davis has demonstrated how the study of the space of the house in feminist literature is crucial to fully understanding these literary works. This book is a superb contribution to feminist comparative literature. -- Jesus Pico Argel, Indiana University, KokomoMaría E. Davis has written a wonderful and interesting book about women in their houses. This is a very rich and important theme since throughout history and in all different cultures, one can see how women are the center of the house, but they also often feel trapped in their homes. When one thinks about this theme, one can find many great examples of literature written about women in the house. María E. Davis finds some very good, and important works from different cultures and genres to support her theme. I highly recommend her book. -- Sarah D'empaire-Wilbert, University of North Carolina, GreensboroTable of ContentsChapter 1: The House as a Symbol of Women's Economic Freedom: The House on Mango Street and A Room of One's OwnChapter 2: The House and Female Mental Entrapment: The Yellow Wallpaper and Wide Sargasso Sea Chapter 3: The House as a Metaphor for Social Performance: The House of Mirth and The AwakeningChapter 4: The House as a Symbol of Female Physical Entrapment: A Doll House and La casa de Bernarda AlbaChapter 5: The House as a Magical Space: The House of the Spirits and Like Water for ChocolateChapter 6: The House as a Metaphor of Social and Racial Integration: Brown Girl, Brownstones and A Raisin in the Sun
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Octopus Publishing Group Mother Power: A Feminist's Guide to Motherhood
Book SynopsisKnow and grow your power as a mother with this honest, guilt-free parenting guide that champions your own needs and well-being as well as those of your children The journey of motherhood is a physical and emotional rollercoaster, and there’s often little or no time to stop and consider your own needs, at least not without feeling guilty about it. This is where Mother Power comes in – a reassuring parenting guide that’s always in your corner. This wake-up call for mums everywhere will demonstrate how looking after your own well-being can make you a better parent. Fully embrace motherhood, find your flow and unlock your greatness – thrive not just survive! – with these simple rules: Honour your own needs with a positive, guilt-free attitude to self-care Trust your gut when it comes to knowing what’s best for your child Stop comparing yourself, your children and your parenting style to the toxic messages you find online Grow your support network of honest mums Set a positive example of self-care to your child for their future lives and relationships
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Seagull Books London Ltd Feminism in Revolt – An Anthology
Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of texts from the most influential and iconic figure of Italian second-wave feminism. Recently rediscovered in Italy and abroad, the works of Carla Lonzi tend to fall under the remit of art history or feminist theory. Art historians focus on the texts written in the 1960s, when Lonzi was still actively working as a critic, whereas feminist scholars engage with her more openly political interventions, published after her declared embrace of a separatist feminism. In 1970 Lonzi decided to leave the art world for good and dedicate herself to her newly founded feminist collective, Rivolta Femminile. While recognizing the break in Lonzi’s life and work, this anthology maps the overall arc of her intellectual and political production, giving equal weight to her seminal contributions to art criticism and her trailblazing feminist writings. A comprehensive collection of texts from the most influential and iconic figure of Italian second-wave feminism, Feminism in Revolt seeks to shed light on Lonzi’s versatile approach to literary genres and compositions by juxtaposing essayistic texts, poems, diary excerpts, and manifestos.Table of ContentsEditors’ PrefacePart I. Leaving the Artworld (1962-1970) – Luisa Lorenza Corna1. Writings on Art - 15 Works by Lucio Fontana from 1946 to 1962 (1962)- Carla Accardi (1964)- Mario Nigro (1968)- The Suprematism of Kazimir Malevic (1969)2. The Solitude of the Critic (1963)3. Self-portrait [selections] (1969)4. Criticism is Power (1970)Part II. Leaving and Living (1970-1982) – Jamila M.H. Mascat5. Let’s Spit on Hegel [selection] (1970)6. A Letter to Pasolini (unpublished) (1975)7. Myth of the Cultural Proposal [selection] (1977)8. Itinerary of Reflections [selection] (1977)9. Shut Up. Or Rather, Speak [selection] (1978)10. Italian Identity (1981)11. Now You Can Go: Dialogue with Piero Consagra [selection] (1980)12. Calculated Check: Poems, 1958-1963 [selection] (1985)13. I Am Armande! [selection] (1992)Carla Lonzi (1930-1982). A Biobibliographical note
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Women in ELT
Book SynopsisLaunching theAction on Issuesseries,Women in ELTexplores how and why sexism and gendering is so prevalent in English language teaching, through an accessible, evidence-based analysis. It then offers practical ways for teachers and teacher educators to face these issues both within the classroom, and in the wider ELT industry.
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PS Publishing They Shut Me Up
Book SynopsisLife is tough. And then there's The Change. . .Awoman, ignored and invisible, starts to discover her voice. But whoor whatisspeaking thoughher?Partbody-horror, part feminist fiction, They Shut Me Up poses the question: howcan we retell historic female narratives?
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Flame Tree Publishing When I Was a Witch & Other Stories
Book SynopsisGilman created a world that could be viewed from the feminist gaze. She focused on how women were not just stay-at-home mothers they were expected to be but also people who had dreams, who were able to travel and work just as men did, and whose goals included a society where women were just as important as men. In the early 1900s this was striking and revolutionary. The stories in this collection are: 'A Coincidence'; 'According To Solomon', 'An Offender', 'A Middle-Sized Artist', 'Martha's Mother', 'Her Housekeeper', 'When I Was A Witch', 'Making a Living', 'A Coincidence, The Cottagette', 'The Boys and the Butter', 'My Astonishing Dodo', and 'A Word In Season'.
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Bonnier Books Ltd Bad Men: The feminist serial killer you didn't
Book Synopsis'Fans of How To Kill Your Family will love Saffy, the serial-killing heroine of Bad Men' - RED MAGAZINE'Silence of the Lambs meets Sex and the City' - FTFrom million-copy bestselling author Julie Mae Cohen comes the razor-sharp, edge-of-your-seat feminist rage thriller of Summer 2023.*A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*Saffy has a secret. A secret that she is deeply ashamed of. It's not the fact that she's a serial killer in her free time. In fact, she's quite proud of that. After all she's only killing the bad men. She is making the world a better place.No, her secret is far worse than that. Saffy has a messy, inexplicable, uncontrollable crush. So while she's busy plotting her next murder, she also has the much harder task of figuring out how to get a boyfriend.But if there's one thing Saffy knows, it's how to get her man . . .Praise for BAD MEN:'The feminist serial killer you didn't know you were waiting for. Sensational' - CLARE MACKINTOSH'I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a thriller this much' - ERIN KELLY'Had me turning the pages like a fiend' - CJ SKUSE'Fast and furious and very, very funny' - TAMMY COHEN'Bloody brilliant. Sharp and darkly hilarious' - ANNA MAZZOLA'Will have you cheering and laughing in equal measure' - PRIMATrade ReviewFans of How To Kill Your Family will love Saffy, the serial-killing heroine of Bad Men. Wickedly funny . . . A damn good read * RED MAGAZINE *The feminist serial killer you didn't know you were waiting for. Bad Men is sensational * CLARE MACKINTOSH *I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a thriller this much. Bad Men is a delight on every page. Saffy is an unforgettable character, funny, charming, horny, posh, homicidal in the tradition of Villanelle or Sweetpea, but also totally original. 10/10 from me * ERIN KELLY *What a great read - revenge-hungry female killer, hot true crime podcaster, body parts a-gogo. What's not to like? Had me turning the pages like a fiend * CJ SKUSE *Bad Men may be a ground-breaking as well as best-selling publication * IRISH EXAMINER *Fast and furious and very, very funny. Saffy Huntley-Oliver is Villanelle on speed * TAMMY COHEN *Bloody brilliant. Sharp and darkly hilarious * ANNA MAZZOLA *Will have you cheering and laughing in equal measure * PRIMA *Compelling and audacious and so much fun. Bad Men is escapist yet dark, fresh and and surprising, it made me laugh so many times. The perfect page-turner. * CAROLINE HULSE *Dark, funny, smart and unputdownable * Women's Weekly Australia *
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Verso Books Abortion Beyond the Law: Building a Global
Book SynopsisDrawing on years of research with activists around the world, sociologist Naomi Braine describes the strategies, politics, and tactics of direct action feminists bringing abortion pills, information, and support to people seeking to end unwanted pregnancies. From combatting the legal strictures of Bolsonaro's Brazil, to navigating the NGO-dominated landscape of Kenya and Nigeria, feminist activists are making safe, accessible abortion care available against the odds.Even more important, these women are building a robust transnational feminist network. Tactics developed in the Global South - hotlines, practices of accompaniment and peer-to-peer care, and scientific information - are now being shared with activists in Europe and North America, building a new model for international feminist solidarity.Trade ReviewThis book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how the global feminist movement for self-managed abortion has been providing access to safe and quality pregnancy termination-beyond legal and medical authority. -- Nayla Luz Vacarezza, National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, ArgentinaRead this book and learn all about the creative strategies and intrepid people making a real difference in the lives of millions. -- Francine Coeytaux and Elisa Wells, Cofounders, Plan CTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Abortion Is Unstoppable: The Emergence of a Transnational Movement2. We Are Everywhere: The Shape of the Global Movement for SMA3. An Act of Solidarity between Women: Strategies to Share Information and Enable Safe Abortions4. Being an Activist Is Not Easy: Managing Security and Sharing the Risks5. We Have Become the Experts: Scientific Research, Medical Protocols, and Movement Knowledge6. We All Work Together: Building Activist Networks from the Local to the Global7. In It for the Long Term: The Lives of Committed ActivistsConclusion: Moving ForwardAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Nick Hern Books The Motherhood Project: Monologues and
Book SynopsisMothers who are blissed out. Mothers who are pissed off. Mothers who are great, or grateful, or grating. Mothers who have changed, mothers who can't, mothers who can't even change nappies. Women who aren't mothers. Welcome to the 'hood. The Motherhood Project draws together dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood. Contributors: Kalhan Barath, E.V. Crowe, Juno Dawson, Suhayla El Bushra, Jodi Gray, Hannah Khalil, Katherine Kotz, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Siggi Mwasote, Irenosen Okojie, Anya Reiss, Naomi Sheldon, Lemn Sissay, Athena Stevens and Joelle Taylor. The project was produced online in 2021 by Katherine Kotz in association with Drift Studio, and presented in association with Battersea Arts Centre, London.Trade Review'An intimate, powerful portrayal of motherhood's role in society and all of our lives' * The Stage *
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Verso Books The Care Manifesto: The Politics of
Book SynopsisThe Care Manifesto puts care at the heart of the debates of our current crisis: from intimate care-childcare, healthcare, elder care-to care for the natural world. We live in a world where carelessness reigns, but it does not have to be this way.The Care Manifesto puts forth a vision for a truly caring world. The authors want to reimagine the role of care in our everyday lives, making it the organising principle in every dimension and at every scale of life. We are all dependent on each other, and only by nurturing these interdependencies can we cultivate a world in which each and every one of us can not only live but thrive.The Care Manifesto demands that we must put care at the heart of the state and the economy. A caring government must promote collective joy, not the satisfaction of individual desire. This means the transformation of how we organise work through co-operatives, localism and nationalisation. It proposes the expansion of our understanding of kinship for a more 'promiscuous care'. It calls for caring places through the reclamation of public space, to make a more convivial city. It sets out an agenda for the environment, most urgent of all, putting care at the centre of our relationship to the natural world.Trade ReviewWhy do we live in a world that rewards the uncaring, the care-free and the care-less? How long can we tolerate such a state? Not long according to this vital, urgent and compelling book about why radical change is needed. The manifesto not only critiques uncaring governments and corporations, but also offers an alternative. There is one and we desperately need it. * Bev Skeggs, Distinguished Professor, Lancaster Univeristy *This manifesto is a call to action for global progressives. The Care Collective shows the "systemic carelessness" of existing political, economic, and kinship orders are broken both for humans and the planet. They demonstrate that capacious care offers a practical and already existing starting point for change on all levels. -- Joan Tronto, author of Caring DemocracyAn inspiring and revolutionary call for an economy and society based on caring for the earth and each other . . .rings with both freshness and familiarity, moral clarity and political necessity. It's wonderful. -- Avi Lewis * The Leap *Rais[es] fundamental questions about care and caring in the contemporary context. * Morning Star *Robustly analytical ... the current crisis has forced the always urgent issue of care into the spotlight. * Observer *The Care Manifesto is a radiant invitation to transform our economy and society, a roadmap for how we can emerge from overlapping crises and weave a new social fabric. The ethic of universal care is an antidote to the spiralling carelessness that our current system shows towards people and the planet. The authors understand that care is not a commodity: it's a practice, a core value, and an organizing principle on which a new politics can and must be built. -- Naomi Klein, author of On FireFinally a 'care manifesto' that shows how powerful caring can and should be in changing global practices and institutions and in transforming our world! No longer a private concern nor the exclusive preoccupation of moralists speculating about the essential feminine, care is given by this text in the form of a bracing critique of neo-liberal profit-making. The Care Manifesto charts a path toward the transformation of kinship, the gendered division of labor, ecological activism, and secures the principles of interdependence that should guide progressive transnational institutions. The Care Collective writes with a compelling clarity, a capacity for reflection in the midst of urgent times, and remind us that care brings with it a complex history and a promising future. As they note, among the meanings of the Old English caru, are care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble - all terms that resonate with our times. Care implicates our lives in each others lives, mapping and animating a politics of promise for our times. -- Judith Butler, author of The Force of NonviolenceThe book of 2020 because not only does it find a way out of the crisis but it lays the basis for something better in its place. * Labour Hub *The ideas in the book are laudable and important -- Emily Kenway * Red Pepper *In showing us the power of mutual aid, coalition-building and solidarity, this book aids us in ensuring our activism is enacted through our daily actions within our communities and that whilst change starts within us, it doesn't end there. -- Adele Walton * gal-dem *
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Verso Books Free Them All: A Feminist Call to Abolish the
Book SynopsisHow does the criminal justice system affect women's lives? Do prisons keep women safe? Should feminists rely on policing and the law to achieve women's liberation?The mainstream feminist movement has proposed "locking up the bad men," and called on prisons, the legal system, and the state to protect women from misogynist violence. This carceral approach to feminism, activist and scholar Gwenola Ricordeau argues, does not make women safer: it harms women, including victims of violence, and in particular people of color, poor people, and LGBTQ people.In this scintillating, comprehensive study, Ricordeau draws from two decades as an abolitionist activist and scholar of the penal justice system to describe how the criminal justice system hurts women. Considering the position of survivors of violence, criminalized women, and women with criminalized relatives, Ricordeau charts a new path to emancipation without incarceration. With a new foreword by Silvia Federici.Trade ReviewWith a new foreword by Silvia Federici, this volume makes a feminist case for the abolition of the prison system as we have known it. Ricordeau deftly explores the harms of incarceration and the path to a more just system for all. -- Karla Strand, Best Books of August 2023 * Ms. Magazine *Professor Ricordeau's analysis of the absurdities of the system and the sizable obstacles facing those determined to find meaningful solutions combines scholarly discipline with a powerful, emotional appeal for justice. -- Bill Littlefield * The Arts Fuse *Do prisons ever really keep women safe? For a long time, mainstream feminism has been dominated by the view that bad men should simply be locked away. But, as activist and scholar Gwendola Ricordeau argues, this carceral approach has never made women safer: instead, it only makes society's most marginalized suffer. Here, she proposes a bolder, more radical vision. * Dazed *Gwenola Ricordeau's compelling new book, Free Them All, builds a contemporary case for the intersections between feminism and prison abolition, dismantling the notion that the criminalization of violence against women benefits or protects women. Ricordeau argues that our penal system protects no one, is driven by profit, and disproportionately harms victims of violence, poor people, people of color, and LGBTQ people.the translation work of Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge is precise and lucid throughout. -- Rachel DeWoskin * LIBER *Table of ContentsPreface by Silvia FedericiIntroduction: My Heart Has Its ReasonsCh 1: Prison AbolitionCh 2: The Victimization of Women and their Treatment by the Penal SystemCh 3: Women in the Legal SystemCh 4: Women at the Doors of PrisonsCh 5: Prison Abolition and FeminismCh 6: Self-Emancipation from Prisons and the Building of Autonomy
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Verso Books Set Fear on Fire: The Feminist Call That Set the
Book SynopsisAfter the feminist art collective LASTESIS created their performance "A Rapist in Your Path" in their native Chile, it went viral across the globe, becoming the anthem of the grassroots feminist movements in South America and around the world. This is their manifesto, an angry, unrepentant tour-de-force that moves through rage, femicide, abortion, homophobia, feminist art, and the oppression of the state to argue for a feminist world based on collective struggle and a visionary political art. Translated by Camila Valle.Trade ReviewLASTESIS, the Chilean feminist performance collective, shows today how popular art can be about changing the world, not entertaining. -- Nadya Tolokonnikova * Time Magazine *This book is poetry, manifesto, collective knowledge, rage, and action. LASTESIS demonstrates that the feminist movement is not anti-intellectual, but rather redefines concepts and political theses: theory is a chant, a performance, a language embedded in bodies, and a way of collective existence. -- Verónica Gago, author of Feminist InternationalIntroduces LASTESIS'S angry, galvanising and feminist vision to the Global North...Set Fear on Fire transforms the readers' own patriarchal terror into feminist rage. -- Naomi Larsson Piñeda * ArtReview *Poignant ... Set Fear On Fire is both its own powerful thing and part of something wider. -- Eilidh Akilade * The List *
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Verso Books Girl Online: A User Manual
Book SynopsisThe unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of data privacy and consent to the very selves women are encouraged to create in order to appear. Invited to self-construct as 'girls online', vloggers, bloggers and influencers sign a devil's bargain: a platform on the condition they commodify themselves, eternally youthful, cute and responsibility-free, hiding offline domestic, professional and emotional labour while paying for their online presence with 'accounts' of personal 'experience'. Can a Girl Online use these platforms not only to escape meatspace oppressions, but as spaces for survival, creativity and resistance?Told via the arresting personal narrative of one woman negotiating the (cyber)space between her identities as girl, mother, writer, and commodified online persona, Girl Online is written in a plethora of the online styles, from programming language to the blog/diary, from tweets to lyric prose, taking in selfies, social media, celebrity and Cyberfeminism.Trade ReviewEsoteric in one breath and widely relatable in another, threaded with sly humour and enlivened with breaths of personal reflection. -- Ruth McKee * Irish Times *Joanna Walsh is fast becoming one of our most important writers -- Deborah LevyWalsh's writing has intellectual rigour and bags of formal bravery... boldly intellectual work -- Financial TimesHer stories reveal a psychological landscape lightly spooked by loneliness, jealousy and alienation -- Heidi Julavits, New York TimesThis is theory as user manual for every girl who has misplaced her body, for all who have ever attempted the looking glass life of writing a self onto screen. Walsh does not betray these early desires of screen life even as she elucidates the stark disappointments of its actualization. -- Anne Boyer, author of The UndyingA brilliant, timely act of feminist resistance. Joanna Walsh wields language as deliberately as a surgeon her knife. She doesn't miss a trick, or an opportunity for (s)wordplay. Here as ever she is "good to think" with, a formidable and original theorist for and beyond our online era. -- Lauren Elkin, author of FlâneuseSkilfully captures the fragmentary nature of online existence, the slippery nature of our online selves and their endless interpretations, and both the connections and the alienation that come with it. This is a deep and yet beautifully light meditation on what the internet is doing to our brains. -- Juliet Jacques, author of TransThe internet is all about girls - and is an impossible place to be one. Girl Online writes its way through that dilemma with critical insight and creative moxie. It's a really good book for anyone who has ever tried to have a gender - especially on the internet. -- McKenzie Wark, author of Capital is DeadNeither a mirror nor a lamp, the screen offers no specular high or illuminating epiphany. Yet, it provides a set of immaterialities for the switch up of identity and personhood, imaginary spaces from which to prompt far-reaching reflection and the timed fantasy of emancipation. Joanna Walsh delivers a new batch of historical screen memories in a constant remix of desire and memory, erasure and fear. The text rotates into literary and theoretical analyses, tech labs and artistic sites, propelled by touching autobiographemes that explode and mutate according to a digital logic that holds subjectivity to a new standard of captivity. Taking off from AI Alice Through the Looking Glass, Walsh calls up crucial works of Derrida, Chantal Ackermann, Luce Irigaray, Kathy Acker, and other innovators of shredded identity, jamming on the theoretical fine print of our internet contracts and reversible selfhood. -- Avital Ronell, author of StupidityIn this profound and moving account of what it's like to be a girl online, Joanna Walsh guides readers through unwritten terms and conditions women face when they're on the internet, how they're forced to commodify themselves, and effectively pay for the space they take up 'with accounts of personal experience.' * Business Insider *In this book of essays in alternative forms, including programming language, tweets, and lyric prose, Joanna Walsh explores what it means to be a woman on this thing called the internet. Expect some philosophizing on tech, identity, selfies, and social media. * Nylon *Joins a growing genre of writing, including fiction and nonfiction, that attempts to articulate the way it feels to be online. -- Eliza Goodpasture * 3:AM Magazine *In a series of meditations and 'thought experiments' exploring motherhood, blogs, women's writing, and the meaning of work both on and off the screen, Walsh examines the relationship between looking and being looked at, watching and being watched, that is inherent to both the internet and femininity. -- Rhian Sasseen * The Paris Review *Any woman who's ever dealt with reply guys gone feral, dogpiling, doxxing, or dick pics in her DMs knows one thing: It's hard to be a woman on the internet. In Girl Online, Joanna Walsh explores our relationship to the web - what we sacrifice to have an internet presence, how our identities change online, and what we receive in return. -- K.W. Colyard * Bustle *Walsh's philosophy is funny and thoughtful, and here, she presents the feminist resistance for the extremely online girls (or should we say gworls?) -- Anna Cafolla * The Face *An explorative work about what it is to be a woman, on and off the internet. -- Sophie Grenham * The Times *Girl Online sits generously, generatively, generically in the questioning, querying, "wondering" modes of the writing it examines. -- Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou * The Arts Desk *A deeply playful romp through the theory and politics of creating an online persona and of logging on...[Walsh offers] a new understanding of how girlhood is performed online. -- Claire Thomson * Lunate *Walsh delivers playful and lived-in observations about the online world. -- Anandi Mishra * ArtReview *Using a variety of styles ranging from programming language to tweets to a blog, [Walsh] brilliantly captures the realities and unrealities of online existence. * Manhattan Book Review *In Girl Online, Walsh dissects a more quotidian experience of being an on-screen woman: that of being female and online, relying on the internet for work and for professional advancement, trying to figure out what kind of image to project for maximal success...Above all else, Girl Online and My Life as a Godard Movie ably, bravely explore yet another kind of split: that between theory and practice when it comes to female self-empowerment. -- Philippa Snow * The New Republic *Experimental on a formal level, mixing registers, styles and source material. Walsh splices life-writing with TV criticism, speculative vignettes, exegeses of algorithmic logic, reconsiderations of recent literary history and many quotations from other writers. -- Megan Marz * Times Literary Supplement *
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Ebury Publishing Fears to Fierce: A Woman’s Guide to Owning Her
Book SynopsisWith a foreword by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel'A must-read for anyone with big ambitions' VIV GROSKOPFIND MEANINGOWN YOUR POWERTRANSFORM YOUR WORLDBrita Fernandez Schmidt has spent 25 years championing women's rights across the world, nurturing her own fierce and inspiring others to do the same. Through a combination of guidance, storytelling and practical tools, her rallying call in Fears to Fierce will inspire you to realise your purpose and potential, ignite your fierce and create the life you have been dreaming of.'Incredibly invigorating. Brita is a true visionary' AMIKA GEORGE'Brita embodies what it is to live fiercely in life and work. This book inspires you to embrace your deepest fears and reframe them' EMMA GANNONTrade ReviewThe perfect dose of work-life inspiration from the woman who knows how to manage it all fearlessly, fiercely - and with a sense of humour. A must-read for anyone with big ambitions -- Viv GroskopAn incredibly invigorating book, full of Brita's trademark energy, effervescent optimism and unquestionable wisdom, the perfect antidote to this current climate of despair. Brita is a true visionary, and has a real gift to empower. Fears to Fierce inspires confidence and sustenance for anyone who wants to take action and make a difference -- Amika GeorgeBrita embodies what it is to live fiercely in life and work. This book inspires you to embrace your deepest fears and reframe them -- Emma GannonA book that reminds us to be who we are. Brita absolutely has the superpower to inspire -- Jasmine HemsleyIn this powerful book, Brita urges us to embrace feminism as an inclusive movement, to join together and create the world we want to live in -- Nimco Ali
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AK Press Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent
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AK Press Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided
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Clairview Books Stripped: The Bare Reality of Lap Dancing
Book SynopsisIs lap dancing harmless fun, providing entertainment for men and well-paid, self-empowering work for women? The lap dancing industry has long argued that it offers an everyday service within free market guidelines, but in 2010 the UK government legislated that lap dancing venues in the UK should be classed as 'sex establishments'. So, are lap dancers sex workers rather than exotic dancers? What attracts so many women to work within the industry? Are women being sexually exploited and their bodies used as objects for male gratification? Media depictions of lap dancers often fall prey to caricatured and stereotypical images. Having worked as a lap dancer herself, Jennifer Hayashi Danns knows about the industry from direct experience. In "Stripped" she tells her story, and gives a voice to many others who have either worked in the clubs or been directly affected by what goes on in them. In sometimes raw, direct language, the various contributors express their knowledge of the lap dancing industry and the impact it has had on their lives. These compelling narratives give dramatic perspectives into a secretive and largely undisclosed world, peeling away some of the gloss on the surface, and revealing the often seedy and desperate reality of the lap dancing industry. The second part of the book offers insightful commentary, analysis and solutions.Trade Review'A rare opportunity to the hear performers' voices above the din of sex industry propaganda.' - Kat Banyard, author of The Equality IllusionTable of ContentsWhy I wrote this book Part 1: EXPERIENCES Alicia Topaz Journalist Student Bella Prostitute Waitress Wife Auditionee Natasha Solicitor Activist Part 2: ANALYSIS Some background to the industry Entertainment or exploitation? A way forward About OBJECT Acknowledgements References
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Parthian Books Turning the Tide
Book SynopsisThis rich biography tells the remarkable tale of Margaret Haig Thomas who became the Second Viscountess Rhondda. She was a Welsh suffragette, held important posts during the First World War and survived the sinking of the Lusitania. A leading British industrialist, she was also instrumental in securing a seat for women in the House of Lords. Closely associated with figures such as Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain and George Bernard Shaw, she founded and edited the weekly paper Time and Tide, which dazzled British society with its cutting-edge perspectives. It championed progressive views on women's rights in the 1920s, became a leading literary space for women and men from the thirties onwards and a respected political commentator on national and international affairs. Drawing upon a rich array of sources, many previously unused, Angela V. John explores both the public achievements and the fascinating private world of one of the movers and shakers of British society in the first half of the twentieth century.Trade Review'Margaret, Lady Rhondda, was an improbable revolutionary ... Angela John's excellent biography is thus to be welcomed warmly.' Independent
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University College Dublin Press No Authority: Writings from the Laureate for
Book SynopsisIn three urgent pieces of non-fiction Anne Enright explores speech and silence in the lives of Irish women: the long silence surrounding the Mother and Baby home in Tuam which was broken by the voice of Catherine Corless, the silence of Irish literary critics in response to work by women, and the reclaimed voice of the Irish writer Maeve Brennan. The short story form is celebrated with two new pieces of writing, and a biographical piece looks at the role of Canadian fiction in her reading life.Table of ContentsIntroduction | No Authority Lecture 1 | Antigone in Galway Short Story | The Hotel Lecture 2 | Maeve Brennan: Going Mad in New York Short Story | Solstice Lecture 3 | Call yourself George: Gender Representation in the Irish Literary Landscape Oh Canada: Lecture delivered on the presentation of the UCD Ulysses Medal to Margaret Atwood Afterword | Ennis, Armagh, Howth and Ballymun: A Report from the Laureate 2015–18
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The Indigo Press My Body Keeps Your Secrets: Dispatches on Shame
Book SynopsisFrom Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of I Choose Elena, comes an immersive polyphonic memoir exploring the intricacies of abuse, trauma, and shame. Through the voices of women, trans and non-binary people around the world and her own deeply moving testimony, Lucia speaks of vulnerability and acceptance, and the reclaiming of ourselves in a world that repeatedly asks us to carry the weight of the shame of the atrocities committed against us. Widely researched and boldly argued, My Body Keeps Your Secrets reveals the secrets a body keeps — the trauma that can rewrite our biology, our relationship with sex, and how we connect with others, establishing Lucia's credentials as a key intersectional feminist thinker of a new generation.Trade Review‘The most anticipated books of 2021’ ‘Sexuality, gender and bodies continue to dominate, with no shortage in creative non-fiction that blends memoir, essay and cultural history. Look out for...Lucia Osborne-Crowley's My Body Keeps Your Secrets (June, A&U)’ https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-most-anticipated-books-of-2021-20201226-p56q8d.html -- Melanie Kembrey * The Sydney Morning Herald *‘What if We Never Recover’ https://meanjin.com.au/blog/what-if-we-never-recover/ -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * Meanjin Quarterly *Review: My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Crowley ‘Osborne-Crowley begins to explore the intricacies of shame and trauma in a way which doesn’t shy away from the true extent of the impact that this trauma can have on an individual, but at the same time approaches the issues with sensitivity, and with a feeling of hope that we can overcome feelings of shame, and reclaim our bodies.' * The Owl on the Bookshelf *What if, in order to find true love, you need to be alone? -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * Vogue Australia *Reviewed in short: New books from Carole Hooven, Kristian Shaw, Lucia Osborne-Crowley and Jay Parini ‘In the post-#MeToo era there is plenty of literature on abuse and consent. But it is rare to find a book as powerful as My Body Keeps Your Secrets’ -- Emily Bootle * New Statesman *Author of My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, on the lessons she learned after a devastating breakup -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * Stylist *Books Roundup: Small Joys of Real Life, The Things We See in the Light, Lies, Damned Lies, My Body Keeps Your Secrets ‘At the heart of this book is a strong message: It is through the stories of others that we can finally understand our own and render visible the structures of our own oppression.’ -- Emily Clements * Kill Your Darlings *My Body Keeps Your Secrets: Interview with Lucia Osborne-Crowley -- Freya Bennett * Ramona Magazine *I survived rape, but I didn’t understand what trauma would do to me -- Lucy Hall * The Guardian *10 Questions for writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley: The author of ‘My Body Keeps Your Secrets’ on trauma, shame and community -- Jessica Payn * The Arts Desk *Ghislaine Maxwell juror breaks silence to The Independent: ‘This verdict is for all the victims’ -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * The Independent *
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The Indigo Press Chauvo-Feminism: On Sex, Power and #MeToo
Book SynopsisEverybody knows a Chauvo-Feminist… The 2017 #MeToo movement was a flagship moment, a time which empowered women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse in a spirit of solidarity and in demand of change. But have some men simply changed tactics? Acclaimed author Sam Mills investigates the phenomenon of the chauvo-feminist, the man whose public feminism works to advance his career, whilst his private self exhibits age-old chauvinistic tactics. Through testimonies and her own experience, Mills examines the psychological underpinnings of the chauvo-feminist, exploring questions of modern relationships, consent, and emotional abuse and asks how we might move beyond ‘trial by Twitter’ to encourage an honest and productive dialogue between men and women. Sam Mills is the author of numerous books, including The Quiddity of Will Self (Corsair, 2013), and recent memoir of love, madness and caring The Fragments of My Father (Fourth Estate, 2020).Trade Review‘A crucial addition to the canon of contemporary feminist writing.’ https://twitter.com/PressIndigoThe/status/1490641481035657217?s=20&t=QX9RwJ7OQmiV7UZPigpBwA -- Robert Greer * The Idler *Featured in ‘New Year’s Read-olutions: What we’re looking forward to in 2021’ -- Bumper Christmas Issue * The Indie Insider Newsletter *Books of the month: From Daisy Buchanan’s Insatiable to Nikesh Shukla’s Brown Baby ‘Sam Mills explores the phenomenon of the sneaky modern males who claim feminist credientials to advance their interests while, in reality, being “abusive men hiding in plain sight”’ https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/culture/book-releases-february-daisy-buchanan-insatiable-patricia-lockwood-maxwell-b1793470.html -- Martin Chilton * The Independent *‘The style is elegant, learning worn lightly & I’m grateful, too, for its articulation & summation of familiar but devastating experience.’ https://twitter.com/BookwormVaught/status/1356890983577878529 -- Anna Vaught * Twitter *‘Review: Chauvo-Feminism' ‘I finished this book feeling a little bit stronger for being both heard and seen. I shall not be the only one.’ https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/chauvo-feminism/ -- Anna Vaught * 3:AM Magazine *‘Have you met a chauvo-feminist? That’s a man who acts like a feminist but is a chauvinist at heart’ https://www.stylist.co.uk/relationships/chauvo-feminist/483325 -- Sam Mills * Stylist *‘Book Review: Chauvo-Feminism' ‘This book is writing with the potential to provoke discussion, lifting the lid on questions around interactions between men and women – on blame and impact... A compelling and worthwhile read.’ https://neverimitate.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/book-review-chauvo-feminism/ -- Jackie Law * neverintimate *‘Chauvo-Feminism: men, women, and feminism in the aftermath of #MeToo’ Chauvo-Feminism is an important book that provides a vocabulary which is long overdue. Through the term ‘chauvo-feminist’ Mills introduces a man many of us have known, faced, and dealt with, but have been unable to discuss and understand until now.’ http://lucywritersplatform.com/2021/02/15/chauvo-feminism-men-women-and-feminism-in-the-aftermath-of-metoo/ -- Rebecca Savage * Lucy Writier's Platform *‘NS Recommends: New books from Eliot Higgins, Matthew Kneale, Jane Smiley and Sam Mills’ ‘“Chauvo-feminism” is a neat term describing a careful kind of misogyny; the man who publicly champions women – in a tweet, on a T-shirt – only to treat them differently behind closed doors.’ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/fiction/2021/02/ns-recommends-new-books-eliot-higgins-matthew-kneale-jane-smiley-and-sam * New Statesman *‘Review: Chauvo-Feminism: On Sex, Power and #MeToo by Sam Mills’ ‘Chauvo-Feminism brings out phenomena that are too easily overlooked or not recognized at all, but it also shows, with concrete examples, that there is hope for a less sexist future.’ https://shinynewbooks.co.uk/chauvo-feminism-on-sex-power-and-metoo-by-sam-mills -- Anna Hollingsworth * Shiny New Books *‘Books in brief: From drone music to fig leaves for misogyny’ ‘a coruscating disquisition on the mind games of Jekylls who Hyde in plain sight. Mills corrals a vast array of material, blending poignant memoir and meticulous research to great effect.’ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/books-in-brief-from-drone-music-to-fig-leaves-for-misogyny-1.4472369 -- Andrew Gallix * The Irish Times *‘this entire piece may simply be yet another attempt by a man to portray himself as an ally of women while secretly abusing those he gets close to. And those, Mills rightly says, are the ones we need to watch out for.’ -- Fran Mulhern‘What I’ve Been Reading Recently’ ‘Sam Mills’s Chavo-Feminism is an absolute triumph and a perfect place to start for those who are feeling a little rusty on, or looking for an introductory text to 4th wave feminism.’ https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/book-lists/what-ive-been-reading-recently-kate-2/ -- Kate Brown * Mr B's Emporium *‘theartsdesk Q&A: Author Sam Mills on the phenomenon of the 'chauvo-feminist'’ ‘Avoiding the neat resolution that follows from putting a celebrity name at the helm of the story, Mills discusses the consequences of her relationship with a chauvo-feminist with detailed honesty. I spoke to Mills about the paradox of power, being furiously passionate, and the Court of Twitter.’ https://theartsdesk.com/books/theartsdesk-qa-author-sam-mills-phenomenon-chauvo-feminist -- CP Hunter * The Arts Desk *Review: Chauvo-Feminism by Sam Mills (2021) ‘Sam Mills...weaves anecdote and research with aplomb, creating a highly engaging, readable account that gave me so much food for thought.’ https://elspells.home.blog/2021/04/22/review-chauvo-feminism-by-sam-mills-2021/ * Ellspells *Beware the woke misogynist: Sam Mills warns against men who publicly champion feminism in order to lure women into abusive relationships ‘an intriguing blend of feminist theory, memoir, psychological sleuthing and self-help' https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/beware-the-woke-misogynist -- Mika Ross-Southall * The Spectator *Review | Chauvo-Feminism: On Sex, Power and #MeToo, Sam Mills | Indigo Press ‘Chauvo-Feminism: On Sex, Power and #MeToo is a terrific read – richly human and intellectually lucid, even-handed and unexpectedly entertaining.’ https://bookblast.com/blog/review-chauvo-feminism-on-sex-power-and-metoo-sam-mills-indigo-press/ -- Georgia DC * Bookblast Diary *
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The Indigo Press Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender
Book SynopsisA powerful and provocative collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicized, and intractably polar spaces—between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat. Savala Nolan knows what it means to live in the in-between. Descended from a Black and Mexican father and a white mother, Nolan’s mixed-race identity is obvious, for better and worse. At her mother’s encouragement, she began her first diet at the age of three and has been both fat and painfully thin throughout her life. She has experienced both the discomfort of generational poverty and the ease of wealth and privilege. It is these liminal spaces—of race, class, and body type—that the essays in Don’t Let It Get You Down excavate, presenting a clear and nuanced understanding of our society’s most intractable points of tension. The twelve essays that comprise this collection are rich with unforgettable anecdotes and are as humorous and as full of Nolan’s appetites as they are of anxieties. Over and over again, Nolan reminds us that our true identities are often most authentically lived not in the black and white, but in the grey of the in-between.Trade ReviewReview: Don’t Let It Get You Down ‘This fierce and intelligent book is important not just for how it celebrates hard-won pride in one’s identity, but also for how Nolan articulates the complicated—and too often overlooked—nature of personal and cultural in-betweenness.’ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/savala-nolan/dont-let-it-get-you-down/ * Kirkus *‘Nolan’s writing on identity and self-worth is captivating from start to finish; her words will resonate long after the last page.’ https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/dont-let-it-get-you-down-essays-on-race-gender-and-the-body-2116601 -- Emily Bowles * Library Journal *‘Like the 12 essays in Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body, Savala Nolan is powerful and complex.’ https://issuu.com/book_page/docs/0721_bookpage -- Priscilla Kipp * Book Page *Review: Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body ‘…the mix of cultural criticism and thoughtful personal writing will be just right for fans of Roxane Gay.’ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-982137-26-7 * Publisher's Weekly *Review: Don’t Let it Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body by Savala Nolan ‘Personal and lyrical, this essay collection is full of anecdotes that echo and sentences that stop you in your tracks.’ https://utopia-state-of-mind.com/review-dont-let-it-get-you-down-essays-on-race-gender-and-the-body-by-savala-nolan/ * Utopia State of Mind *Savala Nolan Is Finally Being Heard Loud and Clear ‘Not only is it an important read, but also a delightful one that shows just how multitalented and impressive the author is when taking on subjects that resonate inside of her but also in the bodies and minds of her readers as well.’ https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a37028643/savala-nolan-is-finally-being-heard-loud-and-clear/ -- Scott Neumver * Shondaland.com *Twelve revelatory essays probe with unflinching honesty what it means to be black https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-12-revelatory-essays-probe-with-unflinching-honesty-what-it-means-to-be-black -- Dolen Perkins-Valdez * San Francisco Chronicle *Savala Nolan Takes a Hard Look at the White Gaze and Its Blind Spots ‘Vulnerable, but rarely veering into self-indulgence . . . it is a brutal, beautifully rendered narrative. A standout collection.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/books/review/savala-nolan-dont-let-it-get-you-down.html -- Tressie Mc Millan Cottom * New York Times Book Review *24 of the best new book releases in June https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/g15922606/new-good-books-to-read/?slide=24 * Cosmopolitan *‘Please don’t call me strong’: notes on race, gender and the body – an extract https://gal-dem.com/dont-let-it-get-you-down-extract/ * Galdem *Savala Nolan: Don't Let It Get You Down review - finding voice in the liminal ‘Finding her voice, her faith, her self in the liminal, Nolan reclaims a mighty tradition and way of telling for us all.’ https://theartsdesk.com/books/savala-nolan-dont-let-it-get-you-down-review-finding-voice-liminal -- Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou * The Arts Desk *
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Myriad Editions The Women's Atlas
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Little Island Rocking the System: Fearless and Amazing Irish
Book SynopsisThe stories of twenty Irish feminists who rocked the system and changed history, told by one of Ireland's leading writers for young people. Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O’Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and rebels of all kinds. Written by multi award-winning author and first Laureate na nÓg (Irish Children’s Laureate), Siobhán Parkinson. Perfect for use in schools as well as for leisure reading, this collection celebrates the role of women in Ireland’s changing society. With a foreword from political activist and first lady of Ireland, Sabina Higgins. 'This book will inspire all its readers to play their part in creating a world that is fair, harmonious and equal.' — Sabina HigginsTrade ReviewEssential reading for young history buffs. -- Sara Keating * Irish Times *
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Scribe Publications An Unconventional Wife: the life of Julia Sorell
Book SynopsisThe page-turning biography of an Australian woman who refused to bend to the expectations of her husband and her time. Julia Sorell was an original. A colonial belle from Tasmania, vivacious and warm-hearted, Julia’s marriage to Tom Arnold in 1850 propelled her into one of the most renowned families in England and into a circle that included Lewis Carroll and George Eliot. Her eldest daughter became a bestselling novelist, while her grandchildren included the writer Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, and the evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley. With these family connections, Julia is a presence in many documented and famous lives, but she is a mostly silent presence. When extracted from her background of colonial life, extracted from the covers of marriage and family life, her story reveals an extraordinary woman, a paradox who defied convention as much as she embraced it. What began as a marriage born of desire soon turned into a relationship riven by discord. Tom’s sudden decision to become a Catholic and Julia’s refusal to convert with him plunged their lives into a crisis wherein their great love for each other would be pitted against their profoundly different understandings of marriage and religion. It was a conflict that would play out over three decades in a time when science challenged religion, when industrialisation challenged agrarian forms, when democracy challenged aristocracy, when women began to challenge men. It was a conflict that would shape not only their own lives and that of their children, but also touch the lives of all those who came into contact with them. Told with the pace, depth, and psychological richness of a great novel, An Unconventional Wife is a riveting biography that shines a shaft of light on a hidden but captivating life.Trade Review‘In An Unconventional Wife, Mary Hoban has given us an inconvenient heroine: a woman hobbled by her times, champing at the bit, going nowhere but telling us everything. Pieced together through impeccable research and told with all the urgency and intrigue of a soap opera, the story of Julia Sorell demands recognition of — and respect for — a woman who would otherwise be lost to history. Utterly charming.’ -- Clare Wright‘An Unconventional Wife is superbly written, and skilfully draws on a number of diverse sources, compensating for a lamented lack – an intimate diary kept by Julia herself. Mary Hoban has got to the kernel of this story, since she has correctly conceived it as an exercise in the recuperation of women’s history.’ -- Jim Davidson * Australian Book Review *‘Mary Hoban has bypassed poets and thinkers, churchmen and colonial administrators to create a spirited biography of the ‘‘unknown woman’’, as she calls Julia Sorell Arnold.’ -- Brenda Niall * Sydney Morning Herald *‘An exceptional exercise in factual delving and a feat of imaginative sympathy.’ -- Gideon Haigh‘A magisterial work of biography, utterly assured in research and style. This compelling and moving book reanimates the lost life of Julia Sorell Arnold, a spirited, independent woman in an age when women were expected to be quiet. With deep insight and empathy Hoban brings to life Julia and Tom’s troublesome marriage. Their passionate but fractious relationship speaks directly to the irascible relations between women and men in our own divisive times. This book is a remarkable achievement by an expert and gifted biographer.’ -- Rod Jones‘Hoban has uncovered the story of a woman, admired by many friends and family, who refused to bow to the customs of the day, spoke her mind when others would have kept quiet and stayed true to her faith ... a remarkable life that needed to be told.’ -- Barry Reynolds * Herald Sun *‘An Unconventional Wife, Mary Hoban’s elegant biography of Julia Sorrell Arnold, who was born in Tasmania in 1826 and died in England 61 years later, challenges traditional notions of biography, examining a woman other writers might have ignored ... An Unconventional Wife performs a worthy act of recovery in lucid prose, revealing an intelligent woman caught up in the struggles and limitations of her time.’ -- David Mason * Weekend Australian *‘Hoban portrays her as an independently-minded woman at a time when women were expected to conform to their husband’s views.’ -- Andrea Ripper * Courier Mail *‘An illuminating portrait of a Victorian wife and mother who was rescued from silence ... A sparkling biography and cultural history.’ STARRED REVIEW * Kirkus Reviews *‘This is a wonderful story, told with great clarity. There is compassion too, and you can only imagine that the author is taking great pains to suppress her own anger at the way Victorian society was expected to behave, whether in distant Tasmania or academic Oxford or backwater Dublin. The reader is caught between sympathy for Julia and admiration for her insistence on her dignity.’ -- Frank O’Shea * Tinteán *‘This is an absorbing book, one I could not put down ... She writes well and fluently, and her prose is a pleasure to read.’ -- Alison Alexander * Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Papers and Proceedings *‘Expertly told … well-researched … Hoban’s writing is engaging. She expertly draws the reader in to Julia’s story and, rather than a dry catalogue of facts, the reader is presented with a page-turning account of an incredible woman.’ -- Hannah Viney * Eras Journal, Monash University *
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Scribe Publications A Little Give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of
Book SynopsisFeatured in Stylist’s ‘Can’t Miss’ Books of 2023 Sometimes I think that carrying — other people, the continuity of history, generational identity, the emotional load of the everyday — is the main thing that women do. In Marina Benjamin’s new set of interlinked essays, she turns her astute eye to the tasks once termed ‘women’s work’. From cooking and cleaning to caring for an ageing relative, A Little Give depicts domestic life anew: as a site of paradox and conflict, but also of solace and profound meaning. Here, productivity sits alongside self-erasure, resentment with tenderness, and the animal self is never far away, perpetually threatening to break through. Drawing on the work of figures such as Natalia Ginzburg, Paula Rego, and Virginia Woolf, Benjamin writes with fierce candour of the struggle to overwrite the gender conditioning that pulls her back into ‘the mud-world of pre-feminism’ even as she attempts to haul herself out. From her upbringing as the child of immigrants with fixed traditional values, to looking after her mother and seeing her teenager move out of home, she examines her relationships with family, community, her body, even language itself. Ultimately, she shows that a woman’s true work may lie at the heart of her humanity, in the pursuit both of transformation and of deep acceptance.Trade Review‘Marina Benjamin can take the everyday … and transform it into deeply affecting prose.’ -- Francesca Brown * Stylist *‘Marina Benjamin writes with a frankness, depth and wisdom…In A Little Give, she turns her exacting philosopher’s mind, and opens her capacious heart to, her own life … [an] erudite and thought-provoking book … A Little Give is a memoir, but it can also be read as a manifesto for living in greater ease with change and decay, which is metamorphosis, which is life itself.’ -- Margie Oxford * The Spectator *‘Acerbic and tender all at once, A Little Give voices the unspeakable tangle of feelings that assail women in middle age. I can think of few writers so astute and exact as Marina Benjamin.’ -- Katherine May, author of Wintering‘With its unfailing attentiveness to the sensory and emotional textures of everyday life, Marina Benjamin’s beautiful writing feels like a model of good care. A wry, absorbing, and very moving book.’ -- Josh Cohen, author of How to Live. What to do.‘A small book with a big heart, A Little Give re-humanises those household chores that fall to women — cleaning, cooking, picking up after others, caring for elders, the constant emotional labour involved — and lights up the meaning of dailiness.’ -- Beth Macy, author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus‘Bold and tender, fierce and true — I loved it.’ -- Rachel Seiffert, author of A Boy In Winter‘Marina Benjamin’s powerful, poetic essays reaffirm the vital role of women’s work in building homes, lives, and worlds. Essential reading in these culturally fractious times.’ -- Silvia FedericiSilvia Federici, scholar, teacher, and feminist activist‘A wonderful, insightful, absorbing account of the work women do and the roles they inhabit (or which inhabit them). How do the competing claims of care for others and personal freedom shape us? Benjamin is brilliant at evoking the everyday and the unspoken, those most intimate moments that are often left out of the public idea of a life — the time spent cleaning a floor, grooming a dog, lingering in the empty bedroom of a child who has departed for college. No one writes more movingly, or with more intellectual breadth and incisiveness, about the lived experiences of women.’ -- Sandra Newman, author of The Heavens‘A Little Give is one of those books that reorients our sense of how society is ordered. Its interlinked pieces take another look at those human tasks traditionally designated as “women’s work” and recasts them as profound and essential acts of labour and love.’ -- Geordie Williamson * The Australian *‘Brave and curious, an examination of what it means to live and care.’ -- Emilie Pine, author of Notes to Self‘We all know the existential funk that housework can incite, women more so than men as they have traditionally carried the load. Not to mention the mixed emotions that go with caring for others. Marina Benjamin ruminates on the historical and societal pressures, constraints and value of this work through the lens of her own Iraqi-Jewish family — her dynamic, frustrated mother who drummed into her that “women were put on this planet to please” and her creative father who didn’t question that being looked after was his due. No simple solutions are offered. Instead, she rewardingly riffs on the visceral push and pull of this work.’ -- Cameron Woodhead * The Sydney Morning Herald *‘[An] exquisite book … Benjamin’s essays investigate the social and philosophical dimensions of housework, tracing the fine filaments that bind women to a system of gender inequality … It zigzags between memory, discovery and reflection, taking the reader to the heart of the essay form. It is a journeying style of writing that constantly drives at its ideas without needing to be sure of their endpoints; it expects a question, not an answer.’ -- Camilla Nelson * The Conversation *‘Energetic and thought-provoking.’ -- Vicki Renner * ArtsHub *‘It’s a book you can sink into and return to, for the wisdom of its reflection and the beauty of its sentences.’ -- Jo Case * InDaily *‘A wonderful memoir by one of my favourite contemporary writers and thinkers.’ -- Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance and Signal Fires‘Benjamin's overriding mission … is to render the invisible visible … As I read A Little Give, my thoughts kept returning to the performance art projects carried out by Mierle Laderman Ukeles throughout the 1970s. In one, she shook hands with 8,500 sanitation workers, thanking them for “keeping New York City alive”. In another, she washed the steps at the entrance to the Wadsworth Atheneum museum in Hartford, Connecticut, rendering visible the work of low-paid custodial staff. Her point was that maintenance is undervalued. Benjamin's thoughtful book demonstrates the many ways in which it still is.’ -- Amy Walters * The Canberra Times *‘Stunning … I inhaled this book.’ -- Sam Baker * The Shift podcast *‘[A] warm, engaging work, no matter the reader's gender.’ * Red Tape *‘Elegant and elegiac.’ -- Shyamantha Asokan * workingmum.co.uk *‘Personal and lyrical.’ * The Irish Times *‘Editor, journalist, and memoirist Benjamin meditates on feminism, family, and women’s work in a series of linked essays that cohere into a thoughtful reflection on the trajectory of her life … An intimate and powerfully written look at women’s lives.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘This book separates itself from the others in its specific concentration on the domestic work of women … Especially well-suited for women seeking validation regarding the daily labours of love, or those seeking another source of political writing about the division of labour following Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play. Ideal for libraries that house Benjamin’s first two installments, as well as those where titles regarding women’s rights and injustices are needed.’ * Library Journal *Praise for Insomnia: ‘A darkly thrilling beauty of a book … Benjamin’s talent is Arachne-like. The materials she integrates are eclectic, and the resulting constructed web of her thoughts is architecturally robust and resplendent with dazzling prose.’ -- Tali Lavi * Australian Book Review *Praise for Insomnia: ‘A short, ludic book about long white nights ... [Benjamin] writes feelingly about the frustrations of being awake when you don’t want to be ... Her moans about her futile thought-loops alternate with flattering descriptions of her radiant nocturnal consciousness.’ -- Zoë Heller * The New Yorker *Praise for The Middlepause: ‘Lucid and sophisticated … A restrained but wonderful guide to the convulsive changes of 50 and over … This is a book that yields valuable insights on almost every page.’ -- Melissa Benn * The Guardian *
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