Feminism and feminist theory Books

Book SynopsisTrade Review“Melding blistering humor with razor-sharp insight, The Teller of Secrets heralds a marvel of a writer, one capable of deftly balancing questions of sexuality, politics, and feminism in a novel that is a pure joy to read. This book is impossible to put down. What an exciting, masterful novel by an uncommonly gifted writer.” — Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize “Bisi Adjapon writes with incredible vividness and clarity. Her similes and attention to all of the senses are really extraordinary.” — Dave Eggers, publisher of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius “Bisi Adjapon’s The Teller of Secrets unfolds with grace, and a quiet spellbinding beauty to reveal the fascinating journey of Esi to self-discovery through family drama, betrayal and passion. A poignant, witty and delightful read delivered by a storyteller of note. — Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, author of Season of Crimson Blossoms, Winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature “Sharp, observant, and often bitingly funny, Adjapon’s novel captures a country divided by class, ethnicity, and political loyalty and a character who might have a chance to soar on the winds of social change. This is a winner.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Bisi Adjapon has written a deeply compelling, humorous coming-of-age story. Esi Agyekum is brave, perceptive, and precocious; traits she needs to survive the oftentimes perilous journey that most African girls must take on their way to full womanhood. It is a testament to Adjapon’s skill as a writer that the story is told with such vulnerability and sensitivity. An utterly captivating and entertaining read!” — Ama Ata Aidoo, author of Our Sister Killjoy and Changes, Winner of the Commonwealth Prize Award for Best Book "Breathtaking...Esi ultimately takes control of her body, her mind, and her whole being in ways that will merit a fist pump among feminists everywhere." — Booklist (starred review) "Adjapon is a masterful storyteller who has created the best friend I wish I had when I was growing up. In Esi, she gives readers a hero who will 'ignite their fires.' This is a feminist manifesto in the form of a novel. Watch Esi as she navigates secrets and sexism, and thank Adjapon for her skill at unpacking patriarchal hypocrisy with clear-eyed gusto" — Mona Eltahawy, author of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls "There's nothing like a coming-of-age story to reminds us of how connected we all are. You'll both cry and cheer as Esi learns the hard lesson that not all secrets are worth keeping." — Essence

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Book SynopsisIn this new edition of her accessible autoethnography of fat feminist activism in the West, Charlotte Cooper revisits and discusses her activism in the context of recent shifts in the movement. The new preface explores the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on fat people and fat activism and how Black Lives Matter is inspiring new forms of activism. Cooper issues a call to action in Fat Studies and offers alternatives to current public health approaches to Diabetes. What is fat activism and why is it important? To answer this question, Charlotte Cooper presents an expansive grassroots study that traces the forty-year history of international fat activism and grounds its actions in their proper historical and geographical contexts. She details fat activist methods, analyses existing literature in the field, challenges long-held assumptions that uphold systemic fatphobia, and makes clear how crucial feminism, queer theory and anti-racism are to the lifeblood of the movement. She also considers fat activism’s proxy concerns, including body image, body positivity, the obesity epidemic and fat stigma. Combining rigorous scholarship with personal, accessible writing, Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is a rare insider’s view of fat people speaking about their lives and politics on their own terms. This is the book you have been waiting for.Trade Review'Cooper's writing style is refreshingly accessible, in a conversational tone that will ensure this book manages to appeal to activist readerships well beyond the narrow scope of academia. [...] It will be of particular interest to feminist scholars how Cooper manages to develop sharp critical analysis of what she identifies as problematic elements of the movement, including cultural imperialism, white supremacy, homogeneity and moralism, whilst still championing its value and necessity. The nuance with which Cooper navigates this thorny terrain is valuable for thinking about ongoing conflict within feminist debates on how we can reconcile the varied and often contradictory strands of past and present feminist thinking. [...] [The book's] contributions go well beyond the specificity of fat, making it a useful resource for anyone, inside or outside of academia, who is interested in activism, social movements, feminism and intersectionality.' -- Vikki Chalklin, Feminist Review'Explores a long-standing social movement, revealing complex relationships with feminism, class and capitalism. [...] Cooper provides both an account of a radical social movement and a consideration of how we might come to a broad but useful understanding of the nature of activism, through an examination of one of the less-prominent struggles of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.' -- Elaine Graham-Leigh, Counterfire'Cooper guides the reader into a fertile place of growth a million miles from timebombs and epidemics, and gives a human face to a large segment of the population who are too often dehumanised.' -- Tania Glyde, The Lancet'Cooper creates an arena for a more dynamic, comprehensive discourse that makes space for all types of experiences and voices in fat activist communities. [...] She is making space for fat activists to re-occupy the fat discourse.' -- Cassandra Kuyvenhoven, Canadian Food Studies'Charlotte Cooper’s Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement may not be the final volume on fat history, but it is, without doubt, an essential one, and should be required reading for all generations of fat activists, both in the academy and beyond it.' -- Elliot Director, Fat Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society'Not only offers a thorough history of the fat acceptance movement, which seeks to change societal attitudes towards fat people, but also provides insight into activist practices more broadly. [...] This accessible book [is] an important read for those working in the field of critical weight studies and fat studies and [...] show[s] how academic research can be mobilised to reach audiences beyond the academy.... Invaluable.' -- Rose Deller, LSE Review of Books'Charlotte Cooper’s fierce new book Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement should be required reading for scholars and activists. Cooper draws on extensive interviews with fat activists to render a trenchant analysis of our field of motion. She takes a penetrating look at activist efforts and self-understandings, eschewing easy praise in favor of discernment that ultimately promises to invigorate the movement.' -- Kathleen LeBesco, Marymount Manhattan College (Associate Dean)'Charlotte Cooper is once again in the vanguard of radical social change with this book about fat activism. She has captured the history of the fat rights movements, interviewed fat activists, and demonstrated the extensive and exciting breadth of fat activism in a global setting. Fat activism is often portrayed as ineffective when in fact its lack of conformity and interdisciplinarity can serve as a model for other social movements.' -- Esther Rothblum, Editor / Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society'For any civil rights movement to succeed, it must know its history; to build on its strengths and learn from its mistakes. With the ubiquity of the Internet, the historical knowledge and record of activism can be rewritten with 140 characters. That is one of the many reasons that Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is important. Anyone interested in the epistemology, ontology, and methodology, (not to mention history) of fat activism should make this a central text of their library.' -- Cat Pausé, Massey University / Co-Editor of Queering Fat Embodiment'It is in the interest of the ethically and intellectually dubious field of “Obesity Research” to flatten fat subjects; rendering our voices narrowly defined by punchy rhetoric, our activist interventions reduced to child-like flailing against the big bad thin-dominated world. Charlotte Cooper’s book resists this myopic view of resistance to fat oppression in form and content. Fat Activists need more researchers and writers examining and reflecting on our work from within, and this book stands as an offering and opening in that vein.' -- Naima Lowe, Artist and Member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State CollegeTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Undoing 2. Doing 3. Locating 4. Travelling 5. Accessing 6. Queering Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy foregrounding the ways that human existence is bound together with the lives of other entities, contemporary cultural theorists have sought to move beyond an anthropocentric worldview. Yet as Eva Haifa Giraud contends in What Comes after Entanglement?, for all their conceptual power in implicating humans in ecologically damaging practices, these theories can undermine scope for political action. Drawing inspiration from activist projects between the 1980s and the present that range from anticapitalist media experiments and vegan food activism to social media campaigns against animal research, Giraud explores possibilities for action while fleshing out the tensions between theory and practice. Rather than an activist ethics based solely on relationality and entanglement, Giraud calls for what she describes as an ethics of exclusion, which would attend to the entities, practices, and ways of being that are foreclosed when other entangled realities are realized. Such an ethics oTrade Review“What Comes after Entanglement? is an exciting and novel book. It is unique in its combination of innovative theoretical explorations of activism and social change with suggestions for practical political interventions. Crucially, Eva Haifa Giraud explores the messy practicalities of activism. The findings and significance of her book go far beyond the case study focus on a broad variety of animal activism since the 1980s, which weaves together different times and places in really interesting ways.” -- Jenny Pickerill, author of * Cyberprotest: Environmental Activism Online *“Eva Haifa Giraud does not accept relationality theory without question. The force of her work is her seeing theory as in need of a thinking-through that does not simply apply it to situations, but instead sees the situated work of activism as rendering our notion of theory and relationality in a more nuanced fashion. I don't know of any other text that follows through on the activist potentials in the theories Giraud draws from as much as this one does. An impressive work.” -- Claire Colebrook, author of * Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction *“When reading this stimulating text, I wished that I could have joined Giraud in kitchen table discussions as she wrestled with this wealth of material. Overall, this is a really well-structured text which builds its argument iteratively and holds in tension the productive ambivalence that Giraud illuminates.” -- Joan Haran * BioSocieties *“Eva Haifa Giraud’s book, What Comes after Entanglement?, offers what she calls a ‘sympathetic critique’ of ‘more than human, relational ethics.’ This critique is aimed at the new materialisms and the broader turn to relational ontology…. Giraud’s emphasis on the ethics of exclusion is something to which scholars of many kinds might well attend.” -- Samuel Diener * Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *“Eva Haifa Giraud’s book is an important contribution to recent moves within environmental political theory to expand environmental politics to the more-than-human. In particular, it addresses relevant questions of politics in non-anthropocentric environmental theory…. The book will be valuable to scholars of science and technology studies, ecofeminism, new materialism, media and communication studies, and related fields. Scholars focusing on environmental activism and campaigning will find Giraud’s attention to the conceptual significance of everyday practical problems inspiring, specifically the way she teases out some of the barriers to translating theory into practice and the context-specific tactics for negotiating these barriers.” -- Magdalena S. Rodekirchen * Environmental Politics *“What Comes After Entanglement? offers media scholars an insightful analysis of what materialist theory is doing on the ground and helps to clarify the stakes of posthumanism, for human and nonhuman animals alike.... Giraud is a well-balanced critic who pays attention to representation and infrastructure, theory and practice.” -- Cynthia Rosenfeld * Critical Studies in Media Communication *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Articulations 21 2. Uneven Burdens of Risk 46 3. Performing Responsibility 69 4. Hierarchies of Care 98 5. Charismatic Suffering 118 6. Ambivalent Popularity 142 Conclusion: An Ethics of Exclusion 171 Notes 183 Bibliography 225 Index 241

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Book Synopsis''She is alive and active - we hear her voice and trace her influence even now'' Virginia WoolfWriting in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft''s work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - one critic called her ''a hyena in petticoats'' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

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Book Synopsis'Fascinating . . . the most incredible argument for why a female model of leadership might actually be the more powerful and sustainable one' Scarlett Curtis'A bold, rigorous and lyrical work which feels both timely and essential' Musa Okwonga, author of One of ThemWomen have been told to 'lean in' and act like men to get ahead. But as our systems crumble, isn't it time we had a different plan? While some at the top are telling us 'it is what it is' as we face financial collapse, a global pandemic, the devastation of our environment and the disintegration of democracies, a new generation of leaders are showing the world how to be better. They're building trust, investing wisely and actively decisively - and they've got one thing in common.In Strong Female Lead, Arwa Mahdawi investigates the qualities of female leaders who show us how it's done, drawing on original research and interviews with Madeleine Albright, Mary Robinson, Audrey Tang and many others and answering a vital question: what can women in power teach all of us about leadership?Trade ReviewA fascinating, important read and the most incredible argument for why a female model of leadership might actually be the more powerful and sustainable one. I'm giving each of my brothers a copy for Christmas. I'm OBSESSED * Scarlett Curtis *This is a bold, rigorous and lyrical work which feels both timely and essential. Please read it. Engage with it. Then pass it on. -- Musa OkwongaThis timely book explores the potential of women to transform the world * Woman's Own *As razor sharp as it is compelling -- Chimene Suleyman

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Book SynopsisFor many years the victim of smear campaigns by notable male writers, and dismissed as being merely ‘the mother of Mary Shelley’, Mary Wollstonecraft has claimed her rightful title as one of the founders of feminist thought, a movement anchored in her Vindications. Outraged by Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, its use of gendered language and defence of monarchy and hereditary privilege, A Vindication of the Rights of Men turned the tables on philosophy. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman swiftly followed, taking the conversation further, and arguing the case for women’s education. Together, these two seminal works went on to change the course of history, and her arguments continue to hold water today. This edition contains explanatory notes and an introduction by Bee Rowlatt, Chair of the Wollstonecraft Society.Trade Review'Wollstonecraft's words ring as true today... as when she wrote them.' (Guardian), 'Changed the world for generations of women to come.' (Sunday Times)

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Book SynopsisA vital anthology exploring the intersections between caregiving and abolitionAbolition has never been a proposal to simply tear things down. As Alexis Pauline Gumbs asks, What if abolition is something that grows? As we struggle to build a liberatory, caring, loving, abundant future, we have much to learn from the work of birthing, raising, caring for, and loving future generations.In We Grow the World Together, abolitionists and organizers Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson bring together a remarkable collection of voices revealing the complex tapestry of ways people are living abolition in their daily lives through parenting and caregiving. Ranging from personal narratives to policy-focused analysis to activist chronicles, these writers highlight how abolition is essential to any kind of parenting justice.Contributors include:Beth RichieHarsha WaliaEJ, 6 years oldDorothy RobertsRuth Wilson GilmoreDylan RodríguezBill Ayers and Bernardine DohrnShira HassanVictoria LawMariame KabaThe PDX Childcare Collectiveadrienne maree brown and Autumn Brownand more

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Book SynopsisA new work by the author of In Defense of Witches that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice.As feminist principles have taken wider hold in society, and basic ideas about equality for women can seem a given, many women still struggle in one of the most important areas of life: love. Whether it's finding a partner, seeking a commitment from one, or struggling in a relationship that is unfulfilling or even potentially abusive, women still find that deeply-engrained notions of gender and behavior can be obstacles to a healthy, loving relationship. In her new book, acclaimed French feminist Mona Chollet tackles some of these long-held and pervasive ideas that remain stumbling blocks for many women in heterosexual relationships.Drawing from popular culture, politics, and literature, Reinventing Love provides a provocative, accessible look at how heterosexual relationships can improve and evolve under a feminist lens.

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Book Synopsis This book is a celebration of... Your best friend Your cheerleader Your soulmate YOU

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Book Synopsis''Essential reading'' Roger Robinson''Hateful and hilarious, heartbroke and hellbent'' Mary Karr''Sure, wise and devastating . . . a joy'' Caleb Azumah Nelson''Wanda Coleman is not just wickedly wise, she is transcendent'' Washington PostNobody wrote about police hassle like she did. Nobody wrote about making ends meet, about the history of the slave trade or the comedy of the daily grind, with the same breathtaking originality and brio; and few writers, before or since, have had the courage to write with such honesty about their everyday experience of life - and love - in an unjust world.This is the first ever UK publication of the poetry of Wanda Coleman: a beat-up, broke and Black woman who wrote with defiance, humour and clarity about her life on the margins, and who went overlooked by the establishment for decades - even as she was known colloquially as ''the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles''.Trade ReviewIn this sure, wise and devastating collection, Coleman pushes against the limitations of language ... I cried many times while reading but also laughed enormously. What a joy of a book -- Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of OPEN WATERWanda Coleman is not just wickedly wise, she is transcendent * Washington Post *Wanda Coleman's peerless Wicked Enchantment has words to crack you open and heal you where it counts - hateful and hilarious, heartbroke and hellbent. All honor to her name -- Mary Karr, author of THE LIARS' CLUBWanda Coleman gives literary voice to thoughts on survival, as a Black woman who suffers economic, racist and misogynistic attack. Essential reading for all -- Roger Robinson, author of A PORTABLE PARADISEOne of the greatest poets ever to come out of LA * New Yorker *Coleman is master of telling unvarnished truths - about self, about the world, about personal past and our collective future * Los Angeles Times *Her work pushes us to confront injustice with as much candor as she did * Poetry *Her works crackle with life ... aching and meditative * Booklist *Sassy, funny, and wickedly sharp ... there are more than a dozen poems in Hayes's astute gathering that should be widely anthologized, certainly as much as any poem by Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, or [Frank] O'Hara ... Wicked Enchantment should help set the record straight: Coleman is a great American poet -- John Yau * Hyperallergic *

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Book SynopsisDebates over pornography tend to be heated and deeply polarized--as with other topics that have to do with sex, pornography cuts to the core of our values and convictions. Philosophical debates concerning pornography are fraught with difficult questions: What is pornography? What does pornography do (if anything at all)? Is the consumption of pornography a harmless private matter, or does pornography violate women''s civil rights? What, if anything, should legally be done about pornography? Can there be a genuinely feminist pro-pornography stance? Answering these questions is complicated by widespread confusion over the conceptual and political commitments of different anti- and pro-pornography positions, and whether these positions are even in tension with one another. For a start, different people understand pornography differently and can easily end up talking past one another. In order to clarify the debate and make genuine philosophical headway in discussing the topic of pornography, Mari Mikkola here provides an accessible introduction to contemporary philosophical debates conducted from a feminist philosophical perspective. The starting point of the book''s examination is morally neutral, and the book provides a comprehensive discussion of various philosophical positions on pornography that are found in ethics, aesthetics, feminist philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and social ontology. The book clarifies different stances in the debate, thus clarifying and helping readers to understand what exactly is as stake. In addition, although the book does not argue for a single outlook, it puts forward substantive philosophical views on different aspects of philosophical debates about pornography. Mikkola ultimately offers readers important methodological insights about doing philosophical work on something as ubiquitous as pornography.Trade ReviewThis book provides an excellent and needed overview of the literature on pornography in the English-speaking world (and some beyond) from philosophical perspectives, but also from historical, legal, and gender studies perspectives. Mari Mikkola is an exceptionally clear and compelling writer. * A.W. Eaton, Associate Professor of Philosophy, The University of Illinois at Chicago *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: What is Pornography? Chapter 2. Subordination: Causal and Constitutive Chapter 3. Does Pornography Silence Women? Chapter 4. Free, Regulated or Prohibited Speech? Chapter 5. Pornographic Knowledge and Sexual Objectification Chapter 6. The Aesthetics of Pornography Chapter 7. Pornography as Liberation Chapter 8. What is Pornography Revisited Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWhen precisely did the ideas, symbols and metaphors of patriarchy take hold of Western civilization? When were women, so central to the creation of society, moved on to the sidelines? Where is the evidence to support the notion that male dominance over women is a natural state of things? Gerda Lerner''s radical review of Western civilization shows that male dominance over women has nothing to do with biology, and everything to do with cultural and historical habits. Dr Lerner draws her evidence from a host of archaeological, literary, and artistic sources, using them to pinpoint the critical turning points in the allocation of women''s roles in society. She draws especially on archaeological evidence of the cultures of ancient Hebrew and Mesopotamian societies, cultures from which modern Western civilization has largely derived. This approach enables her to trace the ways in which men and women have been classified as essentially separate creatures - from ancient Greek philosophy onwards - and also to examine ways in which their experience of society differs, through the structures and symbols of class and religion. Most of all, by showing patriarchy as the result of an historical process, Lerner produces an irresistable argument that it can be altered, and ended, by similar means.Trade Review`A valuable contribution to history and women's studies.' BooklistTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Origins 2. A Working Hypothesis 3. The Stand-in Wife and the Pawn 4. The Woman Slave 5. The Wife and the Concubine 6. Veiling the Woman 7. The Goddesses 8. THe Patriarchs 9. Teh Covenant 10. Symbols 11. The Creation of Patriarchy Appendix: Definitions Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThirty leading women philosophers draw on and advance the rich heritage of the philosophical tradition to explore topics of pressing interest for today.Women of Ideas is edited by Suki Finn, based upon interviews by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton, from Philosophy Bites, the world''s foremost philosophy podcast. These conversations illuminate diverse aspects of being human: personal, social, ethical, and political. The contributors discuss the relations between humans and animals, between genders, between tastes, between cultures, and between nations. They look at some of the things that are wrong with our world, such as injustice, deprivation, and bias; they consider the role of civility, trust, and consent in our interactions. There are reflections on the history of philosophy from Plato to Beauvoir, comparisons between Western philosophy and Buddhist philosophy, and discussion of philosophy in Africa. The volume concludes by investigating how philosophy works, how it makes progresTrade ReviewThe interviews are expertly edited to make them clear and accessible, while remaining rigorous and intellectually rich. Both the seasoned philosopher and someone who has never picked up a philosophy book before will learn a great deal. * Rebecca Buxton, Times Higher Education *A highly informative volume. * David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer *Enlightening work... the interviewees do an admirable job of communicating their ideas with clarity and conveying why these issues should matter to a layperson. Those interested in dipping their toes into philosophical waters would do well to peruse these bite-size takes. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsAnecdotes Interviews Amia Srinivasan: What is a Woman? Janet Radcliffe Richards: Men's and Women's Natures Patricia Smith Churchland: What neuroscience can teach us about morality Christine M. Korsgaard: The Status of Animals Ashwini Vasanthakumar: Do victims have obligations too? Miranda Fricker: Blame and Historic Injustice Kimberley Brownlee: Social Deprivation Sarah Fine: The Right to Exclude Anne Phillips: Multiculturalism and Liberalism Jennifer Saul: Implicit Bias Martha C. Nussbaum: Disgust Elisabeth Schellekens: Disagreement about Taste Emma Borg: Language and Context Rebecca Roache: Swearing Teresa M. Bejan: Civility Katherine Hawley: Trustworthiness Onora O'Neill: Medical Consent Katalin Farkas: Knowing a Person Jennifer Nagel: Intuitions about Knowledge Susan James: Michel Foucault and Knowledge Kate Kirkpatrick: The Life and Work of Simone de Beauvoir Katherine J. Morris: Merleau-Ponty on the Body Alison Gopnik: Hume and Buddhism Katrin Flikschuh: Philosophy in Africa Angie Hobbs: Plato on War Helen Beebee: Possible Worlds Tamar Szabó Gendler: Why Philosophers use Examples Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: Progress in Philosophy Mary Warnock: Philosophy and Public Life Biographies

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Book SynopsisLost feminist classic from one of Renaissance Italy's most accomplished female writers

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Book SynopsisThis is the dream journal for every feminist babe and created by Sunday Times number one bestselling author of WHAT A TIME TO BE ALONE Chidera Eggerue.One of VOGUE''s 6 Female Writers to Read in 2018''Categorically one of the coolest women in Britain'' Cosmopolitan''The Millennial Mastermind'' ELLEThis book is dedicated to the woman who wants a better world. The woman who''s a lover, a learner but most importantly, a leader.------Scribble yourself feminist with this inspiring journal, designed to empower, inspire and entertain. From Chidera Eggerue, the woman behind The Slumflower and #saggyboobsmatter, and illustrated by Manjit Thapp, it''s BEAUTIFUL, FUNNY, and FEMINIST. What''s included??ALL THIS:*Colouring pages featuring Manjit''s beautiful illustrations of inspirational quotes and feminist heroines from around the world.<Trade ReviewAs a black woman, finding young authors who tell stories that you can connect with can be difficult . . . that changed when I found Eggerue. Eggerue's message transcends race and gender and is received by thousands of her fans who visit her page daily to get their dose of inspiration. -- Amarachi Nwosui * Okay Africa Magazine *

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Book SynopsisFeel empowered with your finances and discover the route to economic equality in this astonishing dissection of the gender wealth gap''Uncovers the realities of money in the modern world'' Stylist''This book will open your eyes'' 5***** Reader Review''Goes beyond talks of glass ceilings and gender pay gaps'' Dazed''Shocking and brilliant'' 5***** Reader Review________Did you know?Nearly 70% of Britain''s homeless are women.There are more men called Dave running the UK''s top 100 companies than there are women altogether.Women outperform men educationally at every level from high school to PhD - but still get paid less.In this astonishing dissection of the gender wealth gap, financial journalist Annabelle Williams explains why so few women rank among the super-rich and why women are the majority of those in poverty.From the personal - feeling <Trade ReviewAnnabelle Williams uncovers the realities of money in the modern world, and what exactly we can do about the fact that women are poorer than men * Stylist *Williams' book goes beyond talks of glass ceilings and gender pay gaps to a more nuanced look at the institutional oppression faced by women on a daily basis * Dazed *It is refreshing to see Williams challenge well-worn sexist myths . . . These debates are now greatly enriched thanks to Williams' contribution, democratic style and energetic lightness of touch * i *Tells us how to fight to be a financial feminist * Daily Mail *Essential reading for all serious feminists and 'femanists' and an important reminder that a lack of female leadership and representation at the top leads to an economic gender equality that affects all women, whatever their income level or role in society * Gill Whitty-Collins, author of Why Men Win At Work *Williams is passionate in her mission to educate women about finance... the great strength of this book comes from her generosity of spirit and desire to share her considerable financial expertise, providing a practical, democratic, user-friendly guide to the world of finance * i *Annabelle Williams demolishes the idea that women are just worse at negotiating pay, or choose low-wage industries * The Times *Sets out to get to the bottom of why the modern world is rigged unfairly in men's favour. * Stylist *

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Book Synopsis''It''s high time we expose and remedy the pseudo-feminist marketing malarkey holding women back under the guise of empowerment'' Amanda Montell, author of Wordslut________________Brands profit by telling women who they are and how to be. Now they''ve discovered feminism and are hell bent on selling ''fempowerment'' back to us. But behind the go-girl slogans and the viral hash-tags has anything really changed?In Brandsplaining, Jane Cunningham and Philippa Roberts expose the monumental gap that exists between the women that appear in the media around us and the women we really are. Their research reveals how our experiences, wants and needs - in all forms - are ignored and misrepresented by an industry that fails to understand us.They propose a radical solution to resolve this once and for all: an innovative framework for marketing that is fresh, exciting, and - at last - sexism-free.________________Trade ReviewA brilliant book -- witty and wise. A fast-track primer to gender bilingual marketing: the skill of being able to connect with 100% of your potential market and avoid the lazy, systemic default of outdated and ineffective brandsplaining -- Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-firstAn outrageously important book. Erudite, funny, and deeply engaging -- with no condescension or bullshit -- Brandsplaining sets out why the male monologue continues to monopolize, and what to do about it -- Dr Aarathi Prasad, author of Like A Virgin: how science is redesigning the rules of sexFilled with fascinating and funny insights, Brandsplaining is not just about marketing but also about how gender identities can be (and are) shaped and mis-shaped, branded and rebranded. If you think we've moved on from 'Good Girl' to 'Go Girl', think again! This is great food for thought in any debates about the path to gender irrelevance - or even gender neutrality -- Professor Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered BrainWhat an important piece of research, and what an interesting read! This book has the power to change the way that people see everything -- Sophie Devonshire, CEO of The Marketing SocietyOn our way to dethroning patriarchy's hold on capitalism, books like this are critical. It's high time we expose and remedy the pseudo-feminist marketing malarkey holding women back under the guise of empowerment - and Brandsplaining is here to help us do just that -- Amanda Montell, author of WordslutWith the male-dominated marketing monologue in the dock, this is a compelling and forensically constructed case for the prosecution. The accused's guilt practically drips off the pages. But like all good crime stories, there's a route to reform and redemption at the end -- Paul Kemp-Robertson, co-founder, Contagious

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Book Synopsis'A warm-hearted yet fierce fairy tale.'―H. G. Parry In the early 1900s, two sisters must navigate the magic and the dangers of the Fae in this enchanting and cozy historical fantasy about sisterhood and self-discovery. There is no magic on Prospect Hill—or anywhere else, for that matter. But just on the other side of the veil is the world of the Fae. Generations ago, the first farmers on Prospect Hill learned to bargain small trades to make their lives a little easier—a bit of glass to find something lost, a cup of milk for better layers in the chicken coop. Much of that old wisdom was lost as the riverboats gave way to the rail lines and the farmers took work at mills and factories. Alaine Fairborn’s family, however, was always superstitious, and she still hums the rhymes to find a lost shoe and to ensure dry weather on her sister’s wedding day. Whe

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Book Synopsis''A map for how feminism can move forward inclusively'' (GRAZIA), featuring essays by writers including Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, and Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of Brit(ish)Black Lives Matter * Trans Rights * Sex Workers'' Rights * Body Positivity * Disability Rights * Immigration * British Muslims * Intersectionality * Latinx Identity * ColourismHow can we make feminism more inclusive? In Can We All Be Feminists? seventeen writers from diverse backgrounds wrestle with this question, exploring what feminism means to them in the context of their other identities. Edited by the inspiring activist and writer June Eric-Udorie, this impassioned, thought-provoking collection offers a vision for a new feminism that is truly for all.Including essays by: Soofiya Andry, Gabrielle Bellot, Caitlin Cruz, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Brit Bennett, Evette Dionne, Aisha Gani, Afua Hirsch, Juliet JacqTrade ReviewEdited by the amazing activist June Eric-Udorie, this is a call to arms for all feminists to take a good hard look at ourselves and think are we doing enough? Are we creating a feminism that embraces women marginalized by racism, ableism, homophobia, trans rights and beyond? With 17 writers including Emer O'Toole, Soofiya Andry and Afua Hirsch, this is not just a key read but a mandatory one * Stylist September Top Ten Books *The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read . . . When June Eric-Udorie speaks up - it's time to listen * Bustle *If you aren't already familiar with the writing of June Eric-Udorie, prepare to be blown away * Independent *June is a passionate feminist activist [and] a powerful new voice in the blogosphere * Guardian *An incredible young female activist * Elle (UK) 'Meet ELLE's Female Activist of the Year: June Eric-Udorie' *Amid debates about the direction of the modern feminist movement, Can We All Be Feminists?, edited by June Eric-Udorie , presents new writing from 17 women on finding the right way forward, taking into account the intersections between different forms of prejudice * Laura Bates, Guardian, Five Books on How to Achieve Gender Equality *Seventeen established and upcoming authors from diverse backgrounds tackle the big question the book poses and others like: why do so many women find it difficult to fully identify with feminism and why is intersectionality so important? From a hijab-wearing Muslim to a disability rights activist, the women (including Afua Hirsch and Aisha Gani) explore what feminism means to them in the context of their identity. Edited by 20-year-old feminist activist and writer June Eric-Udorie, the collection aims to provide a map for how feminism can move forward inclusively * Grazia *In 20-year-old activist June Eric-Udorie's anthology, 17 women discuss feminism and the importance of intersectionality. This collection spans race, religion, disability and other domains of marginalisation. It also tackles the difficulty that some women have with identifying with feminism as a movement, utilising intersectionality as the tool to combat this * Huffington Post (10 Books To Make Your Feminism More Intersectional) *June Eric-Udorie is a powerhouse . . . who has assembled a stellar lineup of writers, putting a bold challenge to the idea of a unified feminism * Book Riot *A must-have for every feminist bookshelf * HelloGiggles *Can We All Be Feminists? reminds us just how often feminists have failed to listen. . . . [and] how feminism has not been listened to * New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisA moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan''s youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights, as seen in Netflix''s In Her Hands documentary.''Zarifa will break your heart'' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am Malala''Incredible'' Stylist''In this earnest and fiery memoir, an activist and politician from Afghanistan recounts how her country''s instability marked her life'' New York TimesZarifa Ghafari was two years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools. She was seven when the American airstrikes began. She was twenty-four when she became the youngest and one of the first female mayors in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan. An extremist mob barred her from her office and assassins tried to kill her six times. Through it all, Zarifa promoted peace and tried to lift up women, despite constant fear for herself and her family.Written with honesty, Trade ReviewAnyone wanting to know the grim reality of being a woman in Afghanistan and trying to make a difference, could not find a more illuminating book. Zarifa will break your heart. * Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields *Incredible -- Francesca Brown * Stylist *In this earnest and fiery memoir, an activist and politician from Afghanistan recounts how her country's instability marked her life * New York Times *Frank and impassioned, Ghafari's narrative spotlights the power of activism... a remarkable story of perseverance and resilience * Publishers Weekly *Candid, poignant and powerful ... This gripping book can be read at one go and surely is a must buy * Telegraph (India) *This is a simply written and inspiring work that zips along with the pace of an adventure story. You can only be left in awestruck admiration at everything Zarifa has already achieved in her short life. Despite the current situation, you at least feel some hope that Afghanistan's trajectory will have been nudged towards a better tomorrow by her unceasing vision for a just and corruption-free homeland' -- Olivia Edward * Geographical Magazine *[Ghafari] tells her inspiring life story with sincerity and passion, providing a nuanced and, at times, horrifying glimpse into Afghanistan's devastating history ... A searingly honest, profoundly courageous memoir of one fearless woman's fight for her homeland * Kirkus *Zarifa's words, like her life, are an act of courage, weaving heartache with hope. They illuminate all the things we take for granted, especially the ordinary moments, the daily freedoms and most intimate of relationships. They illuminate the threads that connect our rights, freedoms, and happiness into an interconnected whole. * Shubhangi Swarup, Tata Prize winning author of Latitudes of Longing *Zarifa Ghafari's story is one of strength in the face of adversity. She perfectly captures the tragic reversal of fortune over the past year in Afghanistan as the Taliban have once again risen to power. Everyone should read this inspirational and heart-wrenching account of life in Afghanistan for women. * Layla Moran, MP *

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Anthology of Women''s Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers. Reproducing key primary documents contextualized by short essays, the collection situates women's writing within, and also reframes the field's male-defined and male-dominated traditions. Its collection of documents demonstrates women's consistent and wide-ranging engagement with writing about theatre and performance and offers a more expansive understanding of the forms and locations of such theoretical and critical writing, dealing with materials that often lie outside established production and publication venues. This alternative tradition of theatre writing that emerges allows contemporary readers to form new ways of conceptualizing the field, bringing to the fore a long-neglected, vibrant, intelligent, deeply informed, and expanded canon that generates a new era of scholarship, learning, and artTable of Contents1. FIVE MEDIEVAL WOMEN: St. Perpetua (c. 185–203), Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Hadewijch (c. 1200–1250), Katherine Sutton (d. 1376), Margery Kempe (c. 1373–1438)Andrew Galloway2. HROTSVIT OF GANDERSHEIM (c. 935–1002)Andrew Galloway3. MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH (c.1623–1673)Sujata Iyengar and Mikaela Warner4. APHRA BEHN (1640–1689)Joseph Roach5. ANNE FINCH (1661–1720)Christina Black6. SUSANNA CENTLIVRE (c. 1669–1723)Gillian Skinner7. CHARLOTTE LENNOX (1729–1804)Elizabeth Kraft8. CHARLOTTE CHARKE (1713–1760)Molly Marotta9. FRANCES BURNEY (1752–1840)Serena Baiesi10. HANNAH COWLEY (1743–1809)Melinda C. Finberg and Angela Escott11. LADY EGLANTINE WALLACE (c. 1754–1803)Lilla Maria Crisafulli12. SALLY SIDDONS (1775–1803)Laura Engel13. ELIZABETH INCHBALD (1753–1821)Lisa A. Freeman14. JOANNA BAILLIE (1762–1851)Thomas C. Crochunis15. FELICIA HEMANS (1793–1835)Diego Saglia16. ADELAIDE O’KEEFFE (1776–1865)Donelle Ruwe17. SARAH SIDDONS (1755–1831)Daniel O’Quinn18. “ANONYMOUS”Marjean D. Purinton19. MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1787–1855)Serena Baiesi20. AMELIA CHESSON (1833–1902)Tracy C. Davis21. FRANCES A. KEMBLE (1809–1893)Catherine Burroughs22. OLIVE LOGAN (1839–1909)Merritt Denman Popp23. MICHAEL FIELD [KATHARINE HARRIS BRADLEY (1846–1914) AND EDITH EMMA COOPER (1861–1913)]Jill R. Ehnenn24. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935)Andrew Tolle25. PHYLLIS ROBBINS (1883–1972)Kim Marra26. LADY AUGUSTA GREGORY (1852–1932)Marjorie Howes27. EDITH CRAIG (1869–1947)Katharine Cockin28. CHRISTOPHER ST. JOHN (1871–1960)Lesley Ferris29. BINODINI DASI (1862–1941)Aparna Dharwadker30. FLORENCE KIPER (1886–1976)Sharon Friedman31. MAY ISABEL FISK (1872–1955)Jennifer Schmidt32. DJUNA BARNES (1892–1982)Nick Salvato33. SOPHIE TREADWELL (1885–1970)Jerry Dickey34. VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941)Shilo McGiff 35. ELIZABETH ROBINS (1862–1952)Joanne Gates36. LENA ASHWELL (1872–1957)Maggie Gale37. CONSTANCE ROURKE (1885–1941)Charlotte M. Canning38. CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER (1899–1979)Jennifer Schmidt39. GERTRUDE STEIN (1874–1946)Scott W. Klein 40. SUSAN GLASPELL (1876–1948)J. Ellen Gainor and Elizabeth A. Osborne41. HALLIE FLANAGAN (1889–1969)Elizabeth A. Osborne42. JOAN LITTLEWOOD (1914–2002)Fatine Bahar Karlidağ 43. ALICE CHILDRESS (1916–1994)Meenakashi Ponnuswami44. ANN JELLICOE (1927–2017)Kate Pierson45. BARBARA ANN TEER (1937–2008)La Donna L. Forsgren46. JUDITH MALINA (1926–2015)Kate Bredeson47. ROSE YUEN OW (1895–?)Krystyn Moon48. MARGUERITE DURAS (1914–1996)Shelley Orr49. MEGAN TERRY (1932–2023)Maya Roth50. DOROTHY HEWETT (1923–2002)Aoise Stratford51. MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS (1930–2018)Linda Ben-Zvi52. JANE CHAMBERS (1937–1983)Sara Warner53. ELFRIEDE JELINEK (b.1946)Anke Charton54. SUE-ELLEN CASE (b.1942)Penny Farfan55. ADRIENNE KENNEDY (b.1931)Maya E. Roth56. LIZ LOCHHEAD (b.1947)Aoise Stratford57. CONSTANCE CONGDON (b.1944)Ryan Platt58. ELIZABETH MACLENNAN (1938–2015)Gioia Angeletti59. MONSTROUS REGIMENT (1975–1993)Elaine Aston60. JILL DOLAN (b.1957)Jessica Del Vecchio61. THE DIVINA PROJECT (1989–1998)Juliet Guzzetta62. NEHAD SELAIHA (1945–2017)Marvin Carlson 63. PEGGY PHELAN (b.1959)Daniel Sack64. SUZAN-LORI PARKS (b.1963)Kristen Wright65. KATE BORNSTEIN (b.1948)Kara Raphaeli66. ELIN DIAMOND (b. 1948)Jen-Scott Mobley67. HÉLÈNE CIXOUS (b.1937)Rachel Morris Watson68. MĨCERE GĨTHAE MŨGO (1942–2023)Kellen Hoxworth69. DIANE GLANCY (b.1941)Birgit Däwes70. LOIS WEAVER (b.1949)Benjamin Gillespie71. JUDITH THOMPSON (b.1954)Erica Stevens Abbitt72. CHERRÍE MORAGA (b.1952)Lindsay Cummings73. AMAL ALLANA (b.1947)Aparna Dharwadker74. NAOMI WALLACE (b.1960)Lindsay B. Cummings75. MOJISOLA ADEBAYO (b.1971)Kellen Hoxworth76. LAUREN GUNDERSON (b.1982)Noelia Hernando-Real77. SARAH RUHL (b.1974)Amy Muse78. ELAINE ASTON (b.1958)Geraldine Harris79. DAME HARRIET WALTER (b.1950)Rosemary Malague80. CATHERINE KODICEK (b.1972)Katherine Gurnos-Davies81. SPIDERWOMAN THEATER (1976–) AND MURIEL MIGUEL (b.1937)Lilian Mengesha82. EMMA RICE (b.1967)Siouxsie Easter83. PAULA VOGEL (b.1951)Meghan Brodie84. ELAINE ROMEROJimmy A. Noriega85. VELINA HASU HOUSTON (b.1957)Eunha Na86. QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES (b.1977) and GABRIELA SERENA SANCHEZJ. Ellen Gainor87. WINSOME PINNOCK (b.1961)Gabriele Griffin88. TAKEMOTO KOSHIKÔ (b.1953)Maki Isaka89. ÉMILIE MONNET (b.1979)Lindsay LaChance

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Book SynopsisFocusing on reproductive and sexual justice, this important book explores in detail both the challenges that trans people face when negotiating reproductive and sexual health in restrictive social contexts, and their agency in advocating for change. Chapters cover a breadth of topics such as intimacy, sexual violence, reproductive intentions, sexuality education, oncology, and pregnancy, introducing readers to the latest research in the field as well as key emerging concepts. The authors identify core principles for trans reproductive and sexual justice, providing a broad overview of what is currently succeeding and what can be built on going into the future.Trans Reproductive and Sexual Health offers a comprehensive exploration that is essential reading for academics and students in psychology, sociology, gender studies, and related areas, as well as clinicians and policy makers, offering direct implications for professional audiences working in health and sociTrade Review'Positioned under the banner of trans reproductive and sexual justice, this book extends scholarship in this area beyond the "simple and unreflexive" binary view of gender. It presents an array of contributions by leading voices in the field on issues pertinent to trans people's reproductive and sexual health, from sexual pleasure to reproduction. Theoretical rigour stands out as a strength of this book, which promises to make an important theoretical and empirical contribution to scholarship.'Dr Tracy Morison, Massey University, New Zealand'This vital collection moves the study of trans people’s sexual and reproductive lives beyond transnormative logics, calls for inclusive language, and damage-centred research. We are reminded that even in light of the myriad of barriers to reproductive and sexual health and justice, trans people can and do experience joy, pleasure, happiness and euphoria.'Dr A.J. Lowik, Gender Equity Advisor, Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, US'This book demands we confront the gendered and sexual hegemony that have limited the life chances, self-determination, and agency of not only trans people, but all of us. The authors reveal new pathways to justice, and indeed liberation, through an explicit focus on the experiences of trans and gender diverse people in the arena of reproductive and sexual health and rights. The exacting prose, rigorous engagement with extant literature, and skillful argumentation make this volume essential reading for anyone interested in reproductive and sexual justice, contemporary feminism, human rights, or queer and transgender studies.'Dr. Avery Everhart, incoming Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Information and School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Why pleasure? 3. Violating bodily boundaries: Sexual violence experiences of trans women 4. Transgender men and pregnancy 5. “We need to be heard, respected and supported”: The impact of sexual health care interactions and discrimination on the mental health of trans and gender diverse people 6. Holistic sexuality education and fertility counselling for trans children and young people 7. Erasure of identity or gender euphoria: The impact on cancer on trans embodiment 8. Views on fertility preservation amongst trans young people and their parents 9. Men, trans/masculine and non-binary people’s views about pregnancy 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisExamining the relationship between strangers, embodiment and community, Strange Encounters challenges the assumptions that the stranger is simply anybody we do not recognize and instead proposes that he or she is socially constructued as somebody we already know. Using feminist and postcolonial theory this book examines the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community whilst considering the ethical and political implication of its critique for post-colonial feminism.A diverse range of texts are analyzed which produce the figure of 'the stranger', showing that it has alternatively been expelled as the origin of danger - such as in neighbourhood watch, or celebrated as the origin of difference - as in multiculturalism. The author argues that both of these standpoints are problematic as they involve 'stranger fetishism'; they assume that the stranger 'has a life of its own'.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Stranger Fetishism and Post-Coloniality 2. Recognising Strangers 3. Knowing Strangers 4. Embodying Strangers 5. Home and Away: Narratives of Migration and Estrangement 6. Multiculturalism and the Proximity of Strangers 7. Going Strange, Going Native 8. Ethical Encounters: The Other, Others and Strangers 9. Close Encounters: Feminism and/in 'The Globe' 10. References

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Book SynopsisSubverting assumptions that American musical theatre is steeped in nostalgia, cheap sentiment, misogyny, and homophobia, this book shows how musicals of the 1950s and early 1960s celebrated strong women characters who defied the era's gender expectations.

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Book SynopsisA blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic. 'To read Rose is to understand that there is no border between us and the world; it is an invitation to a radical kind of responsibility.'NEW YORK TIMES'It's really hard for me to overestimate how important [Rose's] work has been for me . . . I don't feel like that about very many writers.'MAGGIE NELSON, GRAND JOURNAL'An immense achievement.' JUDE KELLY CBE'Timeless.' HELEN PANKHURST CBEWhy has violence - particularly against women - become exponentially more prominent and visible across the world?Tracking multiple forms of today's violence - ranging through trans rights and #MeToo; the suffragette movement and the sexual harassment faced by migrant women; and the sharp increase in domestic violence over the course of the pandemic - this blazing explor

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Book SynopsisWhat can a cuddle tell us about intimacy, violence and racism?Trade Review'A necessary book about holding, being held and the hold(s) of the past. Playful, vulnerable, ever acute - Antwi gets down with the funk of language, history, and bodies to make fugitive sense of modernity as anti-Black grammar and embrace.' -- Nadine Attewell, scholar of intimacy, empire, and diasporic life'Antwi invites us to look more closely at the associations between the cuddle, the choke, the hold and the coffle for Black people. But, beyond the violence of the racial embrace, he also finds a place for fugitive cuddling, the comfort that arcs back and forth between those who flee, those who escape and even those who remain held back. This book will take its place among others by Christina Sharpe, Saidiya Hartman and Hazel Carby that have investigated the violence of intimacy and the intimacy of violence.' -- Jack Halberstam, author of 'Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire''An urgent and elegant text ... excavating the many meanings of cuddling under racial capitalism. Antwi's writing is lyrical and powerful; the way he harnesses epistemology and polysemy to build both dancing prose and crucial political analysis, is revelatory.' -- Sophie K Rosa, author of 'Radical Intimacy'Table of ContentsBe Held A Scroll Scene of Subjection, Choreography of Care Racial Embrace Hold. Womb. Tomb. Spoon. The Dead Can Love Us Too Grammars of the Black Atlantic Bearing Attraction and Abjection Continuous Present State Cuddling Loved to Death Theater, Hustling, Embrace It’s Almost Time Fugitive (Solidarity (Betrayals)) Acknowledgments Notes

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Book SynopsisA sweeping, magisterial work of abolitionist feminist political theoryTrade Review'In Become Ungovernable, H.L.T. Quan offers us possibilities for rescuing the concept of democracy from its fatal entanglement with racial, heteropatriarchal capitalism. This phenomenal text urges us to seek radical democratic futures, not in more equitable modes of governance, but rather in revolutionary community-making practices - especially those emanating from anti-racist and abolition feminist traditions.' -- Angela Y. Davis'Quite simply a brilliant, original, and capacious work of political theory anchored in an erudite analysis of core concepts like representative democracy, democratic elitism, authoritarianism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, justice, and governance. A compelling and inspiring book that belongs in our movements and our classrooms.' -- Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author of 'Feminism Without Borders, Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity''An elegantly written masterpiece that covers a breathtaking amount of intellectual, political, and geographic territory: from the pre-Civil War American South to rebellions in northern China to the Zapatista experiment in Chiapas, Mexico. Building on a vast body of feminist, Black radical, and abolitionist literature, H.L.T. Quan calls for a feminist ethic of care as a guiding principle for the future, rejecting state-centered solutions as non-solutions to our collective longing for freedom and free spaces.' -- Barbara Ransby, historian, writer, longtime activist, author of 'Making All Black Lives Matter''A masterpiece expression of H.L.T. Quan's lifework. Reflecting analytical, theoretical, and creative insights cultivated through 25+ years as a documentary filmmaker and several decades as one of the most careful, uncompromising, thoughtful critical caretakers of the living Black radical archive conceptualized by the late, great Cedric Robinson, this book is a gift to all who are serious about the conjoined tasks of abolition and liberation.' -- Dylan Rodrguez, University of California at Riverside, founding member of Critical Resistance and Cops Off Campus'An unruly book. Leaping across broad swaths of time and space, H.L.T. Quan exposes the prison house of liberal antidemocracy and the accumulation of rebellions inside in order to construct a theory of democracy as radical praxis. "Democratic living," as she calls it, refuses the tyranny of order, embraces the unruliness of collective struggle, and recognizes freedom not as a destination but practicean abolitionist, feminist, anticapitalist, antiracist, radically inclusive practice. In other words, to preserve life and break liberalism's hold, we have to make a living. Quan shows us a way.' -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of 'Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination'Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Antidemocracy in America 1. Against Tyranny: An Introduction 2. The Myth of White Autarky 3. Democratic Thought and the Unthinkable 4. Love of Freedom: Jeffersonian Antidemocracy and the Politics of Governing 5. The Empty Sounds of Liberty Part II: Life Beyond Governing 6. From Home Politicus to Robo Sapiens: An Interlude 7. iLife and Death: The New/Old Capitalist Algorithm 8. Governments Reform, People Revolt 9. Speculative Justice and the Politics of Mutuality 10. Toward a Democratic Ethic of Living

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Book SynopsisCarole Pateman is one of the foremost political theorists writing in English today. In this outstanding new work, she presents a major reinterpretation of modern political theory. She shows how standard discussions of social contract theory tell only half the story.Table of Contents1. Contracting In. 2. Patriarchal Confusions. 3. Contract, the Individual and Slavery. 4. Genesis, Fathers and the Political Liberty of Sons. 5. Wives, Slaves and Wage-Slaves. 6. Feminism and the Marriage Contract. 7. What's Wrong with Prostitution?

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Book SynopsisCovers the experience of a range of forms of sexual violence over women's lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, developing a critique of male research and quoting extensively from the women interviewed, the book develops feminist thought in several key areas.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Guide to transcription of interviews vii Introduction ix 1 ‘Sharing a particular pain’: researching sexual violence 1 2 A central issue: sexual violence and feminist theory 20 3 The knowledge explosion: an overview of previous research 43 4 ‘It’s happened to so many women’: sexual violence as a continuum (1) 74 5 ‘It’s everywhere’: sexual violence as a continuum (2) 97 6 ‘I’m not sure what to call it but . . .’: defining sexual violence 138 7 Victims or survivors?: resistance, coping and survival 159 8 ‘It leaves a mark’: coping with the consequences of sexual violence 186 9 ‘I’ll challenge it now wherever I see it’: from individual survival to collective resistance 217 Notes 239 Select bibliography 266 Index 268

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Book SynopsisGoing from the jungles of the wartime Philippines to the schoolyards of northwestern Oklahoma is no easy transition. For one twelve-year-old girl, it meant distance not only across the globe but also within her own family.Trade Review“An extraordinary story of an interracial family and of unsung victims of war. Rich in metaphor and description, the book is a building block in constructing the true identity of Oklahoma and the nation as a profoundly multiethnic society.”—Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie “Narrated by a gifted storyteller, this memoir shows that what has been lost cannot be regained, but it can be understood and illuminated. Reflecting an unusual mixture of cultures, A Letter to My Father is an archetypal American story.”—Pat Harrison, editor of Radcliffe Quarterly

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Book SynopsisJournalist, activist, and adventurer, Jane Wood Reno (1913-1992) was one of the most groundbreaking and colourful American women of the twentieth century. Told by her grandson, George Hurchalla, this is an intimate biography of a free thinker who shattered barriers during the explosive early years of Miami.Trade Review“Brilliant, adventurous, and defiantly determined, Reno is a pioneering woman who should not be overlooked. Readers will be thrilled, and book groups will relish discussions of this amazing life.”—Booklist

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Book SynopsisProminent participants in the development of queer theory explore the field in relation to their own intellectual itineraries, reflecting on its accomplishments, limitations, and critical potential.Trade Review“At a moment when many had begun to worry that queer theory was becoming little more than a widespread litany of dogmas and slogans, this volume arrives as a wonderful surprise: not only because it reminds us what a contribution the varied intellectual currents grouped together under that rubric have been making—and for nearly twenty years now—to the renewal of our intellectual life; but also, and more importantly, because it shows to what a degree this theoretical effervescence lives on, and how powerfully productive it still is in all its characteristically marvelous variety.”—Didier Eribon, author of Insult and the Making of the Gay Self“[A] a kaleidoscopic collection that rotates around the personal-is-political-is-personal axis of denormativization. . . . Queer theory, in short, is alive and kicking. Having proliferated, branched out, and, so far, resisted ossification, it provides space for diversity and disagreement. Testifying to this, the contributions to After Sex? make an illuminating and, yes, entertaining read.” -- Sylvia Mieszkowski * GLQ *“[T]he value of After Sex? resides in its unwavering commitment to show how the nuances of queer theory aid in making it a powerful form of scholarship and politics. And this motley crew of interdisciplinary scholars reflects the exact kind of bricolage that Cultural Studies argues is productive. More importantly, this book insists that troubling the lenses through which we see the world is imperative if scholars ever want to make sense of a conjuncture that is so complexly intersectional.” -- Raechel Tiffe * Cultural Studies *“Together, the essays that make up this collection offer an engaging insight into the origins, development, expansiveness and potential problems of queer theory. After Sex? does not provide a straightforward, conclusive answer to its own ambiguous question, but then it would be somewhat queer – or, rather, unqueer – if it did.” * Forum for Modern Language Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Janet Halley and Andrew Parker 1 Genealogies of After Queer Times / Carla Freccero 17 Still After / Elizabeth Freeman 27 After Thoughts / Jonathan Goldberg 34 Glad to Be Unhappy / Joseph Litvak 45 Do You Smoke? Or, Is There Life? After Sex? / Michael Moon 55 Post Sex: On Being Too Slow, Too Stupid, Too Soon / Kate Thomas 66 Affects and the (Anti-)Social Starved / Lauren Berlant 79 Shame on You / Leo Bersani 91 Ever After: History, Negativity, and the Social / Lee Edelman 110 Queering Identities What's Queer about Race? / Richard Thompson Ford 121 Queer Theory Addiction / Neville Hoad 130 The Sense of Watching Tony Sleep / José Esteban Muñoz 142 Oklahobo: Following Craig Womack‘s American Indian and Queer Studies / Bethany Schneider 151 Lesbian and Gay after Queer Public Feelings / Ann Cvetkovich 169 Queers ________ This / Heather Love 180 After Male Sex / Richard Rambuss 192 Neither Freud nor Foucault? Lonely / Michael Cobb 207 When? Where? What? / Michael Lucey 221 Queer Theory: Postmortem / Jeff Nunokawa 245 Disturbing Sexuality / Elizabeth A. Povinelli 257 After Sex?! / Erica Rand 270 After After Sex? Melanie Klein and the Difference Affect Makes / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 283 Contibutors 303 Index 307

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Book SynopsisA generation ago, they wrote Beyond the Fragments. Inspired by the activism of the 1970s and facing the imminent triumph of the Right under Margaret Thatcher, they sought to apply our experiences as feminists to creating stronger bonds of solidarity in a new kind of Left movement. Since then the obstacles facing them have grown formidably deepening recession, environmental pollution, falling real wages, and savage welfare cuts. New forms of resistance have appeared, but how are they to coalesce? In three new essays to this third edition of Beyond the Fragments, Shelia Rowbotham, Lynne Segal, and Hilary Wainwright return to the fraught question of how to consolidate diverse upsurges of rebellion into effective, open, democratic Left coalitions.'Table of ContentsNew Introduction(2012) - Beyond the Fragments, Sheila Rowbotham; Reporting back(2012), Hilary Wainwright; Today, Yesterday & Tomorrow: Between Rebellion and Coalition Building(2012), Lynne Segal. Original Introduction(1979), Hilary Wainwright; The Women's Movement and Organizing for Socialism(1979), Sheila Rowbotham; A Local Experience(1979), Lynne Segal; Moving Beyond the Fragments(1979), Hilary Wainwright.

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Book SynopsisHarriet Taylor Mill is an overlooked figure in the history of political philosophy, ethics, economics and politics, over-shadowed by the fame of her writing partner, and eventual husband, John Stuart Mill. This Element explores her contribution to political theory; ethics; political economy; and political reform.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Liberty, Individuality and Toleration; 3. Marriage, Sexual Relationships and Divorce; 4. Gender and Patriarchy; 5. Women's Rights; 6. Socialism; 7. Morality and Religion; 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis Element shows how two social movements, lesbian separatism and Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), reflect the changing and complex (anti-)feminist ideologies of their time. The authors outline the historical and political background of those discourses and how they are influencing contemporary gender relations.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Background to Forms of Gender-Based Separatism; 3. Social Movements and Manifestos; 4. Data and Methods; 5. Analysis: Lesbian Separatist Manifestos; .6 Analysis: Mgtow Manifestos; 7. Comparison and Discussion; 8. Conclusion; References.

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Book SynopsisWomenâs Lives integrates the most current research and social issues to explore the psychological diversity of girls and women varying in age, ethnicity, social class, nationality, immigrant experience, sexual orientation, gender identity, ableness and body size and shape. The text embeds a lifespan perspective within each topical chapter and has an intersectional approach that integrates womenâs diverse identities. It includes rich coverage of women with disabilities and on middle-aged and older women throughout. Taking a deeper transnational focus, it also examines the impact of social, cultural, and economic factors in shaping womenâs lives around the world.This edition explores the latest areas of research and tackles important contemporary topics such as: feminization of immigration media portrayals of LGBTQ individuals and immigrants regulating testosterone levels in womenâs sports; disorders of sexual development; nonbinary identiTable of Contents1. Introduction to the Psychology of Women. 2. Cultural Representation of Gender. 3. Gender Self-Concept and Gender Attitudes. 4. Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. 5. Gender Comparisons. 6. Sexuality. 7. Reproductive System and Childbearing. 8. Relationships. 9. Education and Achievement. 10. Employment. 11. Balancing Family and Work. 12. Physical Health. 13. Mental Health. 14. Violence Against Girls and Women. 15. A Feminist Future: Goals, Actions, and Beliefs. 16. References.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, leading law academics along with lawyers, activists and others demonstrate what legislation could look like if its concern was to create justice for women.Each chapter contains a short piece of legislation proposed in order to address a contemporary legal problem from a feminist perspective. These range across criminal law (sexual offences, Indigenous women's experiences of criminal law, laws in relation to forced marriage, modern slavery, childcare and sentencing), civil law (aged care and housing rights, regulating the gig economy; surrogacy, gender equity in the construction industry) and constitutional law (human rights legislation, reimagining parliaments where laws are made for the benefit of women). The proposed laws are, moreover, drafted with feedback from a senior parliamentary draftsperson (providing guidance to contributors in a personal capacity), to ensure conformity with legislative rigour, as well as accompanied by an explanation of their reason

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