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1) Why I am not a feminist: a feminist manifesto

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Melville House Publishing

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2017

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English

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"Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist . . . or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed meaning for acceptance, and left us with a banal, polite, ineffectual pose that barely challenges the status quo. In this bracing,...

2) Female chauvinist pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture

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Levy, Ariel, 1974-

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Free Press

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[2005]

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English

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3) The future is feminist: radical, funny, and inspiring writing by women

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Chronicle Books

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[2019]

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English

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A star-studded roster of iconic women write powerfully about what it means to be a feminist yesterday, today, and tomorrow. These poets, essayists, activists, actors, and professors address topics ranging from workplace harassment to resting bitch face. The results are by turns refreshing, provocative, moving, and hilarious. A diverse chorus of intersectional voices and a forward-looking stance set this book apart, and its vibrant, textured package...

4) The feminist utopia project: fifty-seven visions of a wildly better future

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Brodsky, Alexandra (EDT)/ Nalebuff, Rachel Kauder (EDT)

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The Feminist Press, at the City University of New York

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2015

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English

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In this groundbreaking collection, more than fifty cutting-edge voices, including Melissa Harris-Perry, Janet Mock, Sheila Heti, and Mia McKenzie, invite us to imagine a truly feminist world. An abortion provider reinvents birth control, Sheila Bapat envisions an economy that values domestic work, a teenage rock band dreams up a new way to make music, Katherine Cross rewrites the Constitution, and Maya Dusenbery resets the standard for good sex. Combining...

5) The feminism book: [big ideas simply explained]

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Big ideas simply explained

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DK Publishing

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2019

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English

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352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

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Combines authoritative text with graphics and quotes from leading contributors in an introduction to more than eighty-five of the most important ideas, movements, and events that have defined feminism and feminist thought throughout history.

6) You don't have to like me: essays on growing up, speaking out, and finding feminism

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Plume

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[2015]

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English

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xx, 218 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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"The author of Don't Worry It Gets Worse takes on the F-word Alida Nugent's first book, Don't Worry, It Gets Worse, received terrific reviews, and her self-deprecating 'everygirl' approach continues to win the Internet-savvy writer and blogger new fans. Now, she takes on one of today's hottest cultural topics: feminism. Nugent is a proud feminist--and she's not afraid to say it. From the 'scarlet F' thrust upon you if you declare yourself a feminist...

7) Another history of art

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Kunz, Anita, 1956-

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Fantagraphics Books, Inc

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2021

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English

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700.103 KUN

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Have you ever awakened from a sleepy delirium one morning and imagined that you lived in a different and glorious world where all the recognized masterpieces in the Western pantheon of art history were painted by women? If not, no problem: The renowned and award-winning painter and illustrator Anita Kunz has imagined it for you in her hilariously inventive and masterfully executed Another History of Art. Kunz depicts the most iconic paintings in the...

8) Think like a feminist: the philosophy behind the revolution

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Hay, Carol, 1977-

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W.W. Norton & Company

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[2020]

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English

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W.W. Norton & Company

xvi, 222 pages ; 22 cm

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An accessible guide to the origins, key ideas, and newest directions of feminist philosophy, this is an irreverent yet rigorous primer that unpacks two hundred years of feminist ideas. Carol Hay takes the long view on our current moment, framing it within the philosophical thinking that underlies the organization and activism that has transformed women's roles and lives. She delves into topics such as the role of oppression, gender roles, sexual...

9) The Parenthood Dilemma: Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty

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Dreamscape Media

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2023

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English

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Should we become parents? This timeless question forces us to reckon with who we are and what we love and fear most in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world as it is now and as it will be. When Gina Rushton admitted she had little time left to make the decision for herself, the magnitude of the choice overwhelmed her. Her search for her own "yes" or "no" only uncovered more questions to be answered. How do we clearly consider creating...

10) Free women, free men: sex, gender, feminism

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Paglia, Camille, 1947-

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Pantheon

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2017

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English

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"From the fiery intellectual provocateur: a brilliant essay collection that both celebrates and challenges modern feminism--from motherhood to Madonna, football to Friedan, stilettos to Steinem. When Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her best-selling Sexual Personae, she established herself as a smart, fearless, and often dissenting voice among feminists. Now, for the first time, her best essays on the subject are gathered together in...

11) Feminasty: the complicated woman's guide to surviving the patriarchy without drinking herself to death

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281 pages ; 22 cm

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"Since women earned the right to vote a little under one hundred years ago, our progress hasn't been the Olympic sprint toward gender equality first wave feminists hoped for, but more of a slow, elderly mall walk (with frequent stops to Cinnabon) over the four hundred million hurdles we still face. Some of these obstacles are obvious-unequal pay, under-representation in government, reproductive restrictions, lack of floor-length mirrors in hotel rooms....

12) Feminist writings from ancient times to the modern world: a global sourcebook and history

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Greenwood

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[2011]

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English

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2 v. (xlvi, 718 p.) ; 26 cm.

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13) We should all be feminists

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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

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A Vintage Short

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English

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In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what...

14) Whipping girl: a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity

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Seal Press

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[2016]

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English

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xxvi, 392 pages ; 21 cm

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In this updated second edition, Julia Serano, a transsexual woman with a diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist, shares her powerful experiences and observations, both pre- and post-transition, to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole. Serano's well-honed arguments stem from her...

15) Sisters gonna stitch: a feminist embroidery guide

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HarperCollinsPublishers

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2022

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English

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124 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 20 cm

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A fabulous collection of funny, sassy, uplifting embroidery patterns for the modern-day stitcher. Be inspired to kickstart your crafting journey with 50 gorgeous designs, as well as hints and tips from the experts at Cotton Clara. Each pattern features an empowering, inspirational message that will speak to a new wave of embroiderers looking to add a fun, feminist slant to their artwork.

16) Trickster feminism

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Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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Penguin Books

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[2018]

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English

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A witty, visionary collection that meditates on gender, existence, passion, and protest. In her new collection, Anne Waldman looks to the imagination of mercurial possibility, to the spirits of the doorway and of crossroads, and to language that jolts the status quo of how one troubles gender and outwits and topples patriarchy. Waldman summons Tarot's Force Arcana, the Bible's Miriam, the passion of the suffragettes, and various messengers and heroines...

17) The seven necessary sins for women and girls

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Eltahawy, Mona, 1967-

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Beacon Press

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[2019]

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English

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A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid. Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the "seven necessary sins" that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to...

18) The art of feminism: images that shaped the fight for equality, 1857-2017

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Gosling, Lucinda

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Chronicle Books

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2018

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English

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272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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Since its inception, the women's movement has harnessed the power of the image to transmit its message. From the posters of the Suffrage Atelier, to the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, this comprehensive survey traces the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Featuring more than 350 works of art, illustration, photography, performance, graphic design, and publlic protest,...

19) Crazy salad: some things about women

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Knopf: distributed by Random House

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1975

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English

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301.412 EPH

20) History vs women: the defiant lives that they don't want you to know

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Sarkeesian, Anita

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Feiwel and Friends

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[2018]

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English

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TEEN 305.42 SAR

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134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Looking through the ages and across the globe, the authors have reclaimed the stories of twenty-five remarkable women who dared to defy history and change the world around them. From Mongolian wrestlers to Chinese pirates, Native American ballerinas to Egyptian scientists, Japanese novelists to British Prime Ministers, this book will reframe the history that you thought you knew. Featuring beautiful full-color illustrations of each woman and a bold...

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