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One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past 50 years, Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, "essential" notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category "woman" and continues in this vein with examinations of "the masculine" and "the feminine." Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler's concept of gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality.

In The Problem with Rich Women, Gloria Steinem explores how and why feminism failed to reach women in powerful families, and provides an urgent and persuasive argument for rebellion among upper-class women.

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfigure our relations to the earth and all its inhabitants. She eschews referring to our current epoch as the Anthropocene, preferring to conceptualize it as what she calls the Chthulucene, as it more aptly and fully describes our epoch as one in which the human and nonhuman are inextricably linked in tentacular practices.

An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times–bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America, from “one of our country’s greatest historians” (Clint Smith, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of How the...

The finest voices talking on everything from politics to fiction. They all happen to be women.

Meet the mystical women and nonbinary people from US history who found strength through the supernatural—and those who are still forging the way today. From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to contemporary activist witches hexing the patriarchy, women have long used magic and mysticism to seize the power they’re so often denied. Organized around different approaches women have taken to the occult over the decades, this book shines a light on underappreciated magical pioneers.

Babies crying on airplanes, your packages getting stolen and not being able to find parking: petty grievances ruin our days all. the. time. Sure these moments don’t change much for us in the long run, but thinking about them still makes our blood boil. Hosted by Dacia Garcia, Elisabeth Jimenez and Amarís Ovalle, join us as we ask strangers to share the petty grievances that stick with them to this day!

Meet the 3 sisters who share a passion for storytelling and discussing the ups and downs of life. They started their podcast, "Triple Trouble," to connect with each other and with their audience. Together, they bring a unique blend of humor, insight, and compassion to their podcast.  Their listeners look forward to tuning in every week to hear the latest installment of the sisters' adventures.

Black women are beautiful, intelligent and capable —but mostly they embrace strong. Esteemed clinical psychologist, Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler, praises the strength of women, while exploring how trauma and adversity have led to deep emotional pain and shaped how they walk through the world...

An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied them Women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As...

When 80-year-old Alfred Douglas invites a near stranger to stay, his family thinks nothing of it. Alfred is a world-renowned expert in tarot and his students often visit his extensive library at his home in Rye. This is how he learned from his teacher and why now he runs a magic school - the Order of the Morning Star. When the pandemic hits, Alfred and his guest, Maura, provide each other with much-needed companionship. But when it’s all over, things change. To Alfred’s family, it seems Maura’s interest in magic is becoming less about knowledge, and more about power. As Alfred is ...

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For many of us, race will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Educators, who should be committed to helping young people realize their intellectual potential as they make their way toward adulthood, have a responsibility to help them find ways to expand identities related to race, so that they can experience the fullest possibility of all that they may become.

"Un-Trouble" is a bold exploration of how the hardest, most uncomfortable truths and experiences in life are encoded with the seeds of your transformation. Each episode serves as a guide to navigate discomfort, dismantle limiting beliefs, and extract the hidden opportunities within your greatest struggles. Through The Trouble, Un-Trouble Framework, we show you how every "trouble" (pain, failure, fear, loss, etc.) is a raw resource that, when worked through with clarity and choice, leads to a powerful "un-trouble" (freedom, growth, resilience, clarity).

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Michael Hall's "The Trouble with Innocence" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. In 1978, a Texas jury found Kerry Max Cook guilty of the state's...

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At TROUBLEMAKERS, we explore how to rebel in an age when a few elite have so much control. We speak with inspiring people from all walks of life across the planet on the tools they use to subvert and seize power for the transformation of our world. TROUBLEMAKERS is a place to learn from each other about how to make change. This podcast is a transcontinental operation brought to you by Beautiful Trouble, MOVE the Global Social Movement Centre, MS TCDC, and Global Platforms.

Welcome to See Me See Trouble—the podcast unveiling real-life adventures, struggles, and triumphs of African students in America! Each episode will bring you a plate of hot gist, interviews, and heartfelt stories on all things culture shock, academics, and searching for belonging. Perfect for students, friends, or anyone who’s seen their own wahala, SMST offers a glimpse into the world of African students abroad. And when it comes to trouble, there’s nothing the SMST team hasn’t seen in this life, so get ready for real talk and real laughs!

Welcome to See Me See Trouble—the podcast unveiling real-life adventures, struggles, and triumphs of African students in America! Each episode will bring you a plate of hot gist, interviews, and heartfelt stories on all things culture shock, academics, and searching for belonging. Perfect for students, friends, or anyone who’s seen their own wahala, SMST offers a glimpse into the world of African students abroad. And when it comes to trouble, there’s nothing the SMST team hasn’t seen in this life, so get ready for real talk and real laughs!

Your (in)accessible travel experiences’ podcast. Join us on this ride and enjoy the suspense of our accessibility horror stories. Get useful tips, so that planning your next accessible trip may be easier, and discover how’s accessibility in cities and tourist attractions around the world. All of it sprinkled with cool accessibility tidbits and, of course, some necessary dark humor. An initiative by TabiFolk, your accessible travel community, and hosted by Joan Pahisa. Also available on YouTube with subtitles. www.troublewithme.com