Women's Studies

Bloomsbury presents This is What Happens When Women Read, written and read by Julianna Glasse. The incredible story of how forbidden books sparked a woman’s journey from Christian stardom to self-liberation. 'Julianna Glasse blazes a trail for every woman who has ever felt oppressed' CHELSEA...

Why motherhood makes us angry and what to do about it.Why are so many women overcome with rage - at their partners, their children, even themselves - when they become mothers? Is it hormonal, a loss of control, lack of sleep? And why aren't we talking about it? Lauren Novak takes readers on a candid journey through her own instances of mum rage and explores the raw and often unspoken emotions that many other mothers go through. In delving into the physical, psychological and societal pressures that contribute to these intense feelings, she reveals just how common maternal anger is.

From Ada Lovelace to Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin to Tu Youyou—discover the women who changed science forever Imagine a scientist. White lab coat and goggles . . . check! A passing resemblance to Albert Einstein . . . yes, that too. So, most likely it's a man. However, from...

A bold look at the unexpected ways porn shapes our lives, with a feminist defense, drawn from Erika Lust’s decades in adult filmmaking, that argues for a more ethical porn that can transform sexual politics This program includes an audio-exclusive bonus conversation between the author and Emma...

Entertainment was never just entertainment… It was instruction. From the sleek hallways of Constance Billard to the rainy corridors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Doménica Feraud—like so many of us—was raised by TV. It was her greatest comfort, her most passionate obsession, her...

Women, Walking explores the broad spectrum of women’s experiences and perspectives on walking, from everyday strolls that let the mind breathe to ambitious journeys that test courage and resolve. Co-edited by Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow, this anthology features thirty vignettes, essays, poems, and interviews, with contributors discussing identity, love, social connection, grief, and wonder. They each take us on a different path, but share common ground in highlighting the deep significance to be found in an ordinary walk.

When I think of my hell days, I think of crime scenes. Familiar sites, made uncanny with violence. In the fluorescent tedium of a call centre in 2018, acclaimed novelist Laura Elizabeth Woollett finds herself meticulously plotting her own death. Until her period arrives, and equilibrium with it...

The best-selling author of Fed Up deconstructs her Evangelical upbringing and shows how women’s anger can lead us towards change “A seething read that burns to the bone.” —Tia Levings, New York Times best-selling author of A Well-Trained Wife Gemma Hartley grew up in an Evangelical...

THE MUST-READ MEMOIR FROM THE BELOVED FEMINIST ICON The definitive final memoir from the late feminist icon Gloria Steinem - a candid, powerful and inspiring account of her path to becoming one of the world’s most influential voices. Before she was an iconic feminist leader, Gloria Steinem was...

From the award-winning author of A Ghost in the Throat comes a time-traversing, form-defying, genre-morphing story of a reader unraveling the legacies of a fabled asylum and the women who haunt its halls. This program is read by the author. In Cork, Ireland, a derelict Victorian mental hospital...

How do we raise resilient, confident daughters in today's complex world? Something unprecedented is unfolding in the inner lives of our girls today. On the surface, they are excelling and achieving in ways that would seem unimaginable to previous generations. Yet beneath this success lies an...

Bloomsbury presents The Perfect Birth Myth by Avital Norman Nathman with Deborah Wage, read by Julie Rogers. In a nation where more than 3.5 million births occur each year, the experience of giving birth reveals who is valued, who is heard, and who is left behind. The Perfect Birth Myth offers a...

The daring follow-up to the #1 national bestseller Want, presenting an extraordinary new collection of letters that reveal the unfiltered desires and sexual fantasies of anonymous women across the globe. "Am I a bad person? Or am I allowed to wonder 'what if'?" "Is this kind of desire simply...

A powerful, patriarchy-defying manifesto that will transform your relationship to saying “no”—from the award-winning writer, founder of Jezebel, and former New York Times "Work Friend" advice columnist When was the last time you said “no”? Not, I don’t think so, or maybe, or let me...

A rousing, inspiring call-to-action that encourages us to embrace the economic potential of refugee women and break the invisible barriers that constrain their power Every day, thousands of women are forced from their homes by armed conflict, persecution, and violence. Jina Krause-Vilmar has...