Gender Issues

A fearlessly feminist philosophical approach to defying diet culture, cultivating radical self-care, and rediscovering empowered embodiment Informed by personal narrative, cultural studies, and the work of luminaries from Simone de Beauvoir and Mary Wollstonecraft to Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay...

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.

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...

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...

A sweeping and empathetic portrait of the new gender divide, from a top pollster and cultural commentator, with key insights into what the gap means for the future of romantic relationships, family life, and America’s civic project “Regardless of your politics, if you’re concerned about...

This premium deluxe edition of Charles Stanley’s foundational teachings on biblical manhood is designed for year-round inspiration, reflection, and spiritual growth. Many Christian men long to lead well at home and work, but they aren’t sure what that looks like. How can they be both strong and compassionate, both confident and humble, in a culture that questions whether they should be leaders at all?

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Hair is always and everywhere freighted with meaning. In nineteenth-century America, however, hair took on decisive new significance as the young nation wrestled with its identity. During the colonial period, hair was usually seen as bodily discharge, even...

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...