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A bold argument that “equality” is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women’s systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism—with a plan to transform the movement For more than a century, women have fought for equality. Yet, time and again, their battles have...

Although there are more women in higher education than ever before—and increasingly in leadership positions—their paths to success are more difficult than those paved for men. Nine Guiding Principles for Women in Higher Education is a concise and accessible resource aimed at helping women faculty succeed in their academic careers. Karyn Z. Sproles offers guidance, humor, and courage to women in higher education, paying particular attention to those with children and women of color.

Je stärker die Frauen, desto größer der Hass auf sie. Der US Supreme Court verbietet das Recht auf Abtreibung, die Polizei verzeichnet einen starken Anstieg häuslicher Gewalt, auf TikTok werden Tötungsfantasien an Frauen zum Trend. Die These: Dieser Backlash ist eine Reaktion auf die zunehmende Gleichberechtigung. Wie kann der Teufelskreis durchbrochen werden? Die Journalistin Susanne Kaiser erzählt die ganze Geschichte und entwirft mögliche Lösungen.

A brutal vida das mulheres tratadas como homens nas prisões brasileiras. Grande reportagem sobre o cotidiano das prisões femininas no Brasil, um tabu neste país, Nana Queiroz alcança o que é esperado do futuro do jornalismo: ao ouvir e dar voz às presas (e às famílias delas), desde os episódios que as levaram à cadeia até o cotidiano no cárcere, a autora costura e ilumina o mais completo e ambicioso panorama da vida de uma presidiária brasileira.

La familia, la cultura y las tradiciones nos marcan, pero no nos definen. Quizás por eso es tan acertada la frase que, en el espíritu de Simone de Beauvoir, asegura que no se nace feminista, sino que se llega a serlo. El caso de Salomé Gómez-Upegui es el fiel retrato de esa máxima.

Es ist das erste Hörbuch, das explizit die Finanzen von Müttern in den Blick nimmt: Die Soziologin Birgit Happel zeigt, wie hoch die Kosten sind, die für Frauen mit Mutterschaft einhergehen. Fehlende Betreuungsangebote, Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz, falsche wirtschaftliche Anreize sowie stereotype Erwartungen wirken sich gravierend auf ihr Erwerbseinkommen aus. Unsere Arbeitswelt und die vorherrschende Vollzeitnorm baut auf die Care-Arbeit von Müttern – räumt ihr jedoch keinen angemessenen wirtschaftlichen Stellenwert ein.

In the late 1960s, Patsy Channing, a stunningly beautiful young woman, was suspended from the venerable Mississippi State College for Women for breach of conduct. The resulting scandal reached all the way to the Columbus courthouse, and the press ate it up. But Patsy's story starts long before that, living with a preoccupied and troubled mother in Memphis, Tennessee. Music becomes her ticket out and a vehicle for the one thing she covets most—a chance to be crowned Miss America. In Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen, Julie Hines Mabus provides a peek into that world.

Edited by Shelly Oria—author and editor of Indelible in the Hippocampus—this explosive, intersectional collection of essays, fiction, poems, plays, and more, explores the universality of human reproductive experiences, as well as their distinct individuality.

Tsitsi Dangarembga zählt zu den wichtigsten Stimmen des afrikanischen Kontinents. Ihr Werk ist unbequem, erhellend und hochpolitisch - kein Wunder, hat sie selbst doch von klein auf erfahren, wie weit die Schatten des Kolonialzeitalters noch heute reichen. Die internationale Bestsellerautorin, Filmemacherin, Friedenspreisträgerin und Aktivistin widmet ihr Sachbuchdebüt dem Kampf für soziale Gerechtigkeit.

In this national bestseller, journalist Sarah Stankorb outlines how access to the internet—its networks, freedom of expression, and resources for deeply researching and reporting on powerful church figures—allowed women to begin dismantling the false authority of evangelical communities that...

Perché mai un uomo può “essere brutto” – magari calvo, con un naso prominente, occhi sporgenti... – mentre alle donne è richiesto di rispettare precisi canoni estetici e di apparire sempre giovani e attraenti? È una domanda per la quale non abbiamo una risposta soddisfacente. Una donna nasce, cresce e passa tutta la vita a tenersi alla larga dall'essere identificata come “brutta”: è la storia raccontata da Giulia Blasi in questo libro, una raccolta di saggi brevi che hanno l'esplosività di una serie di monologhi lucidi e affilati, a metà tra ferocia e risata.

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world’s foremost advocate for women’s health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and “one of the most powerful women in the world” (London Times).

Women of the American Revolution explores the trials of war and daily life for women in the United States during the War of Independence. What challenges were caused by the division within communities as some stayed loyal to the king and others became patriots? How much choice did women have as their loyalties were assumed to be that of their husbands or fathers? The lives of women of the American Revolution will be examined through an intimate look at some significant women of the era.

In this brave and thoughtful book, Max Robinson goes beyond the ‘before' and ‘after' of the transition she underwent and takes us through the processes that led her, first, to transition in an attempt to get relief from her distress, and then to detransition as she discovered feminist thought and community.

De las muchas criaturas fabulosas que han poblado la literatura y el cine, la mujer fatal es una de las más recurrentes y proteicas de los dos últimos siglos, si bien forma parte de una antigua estirpe que se remonta hasta la inconstante Helena clásica que motivó la guerra de Troya o la temeraria Eva bíblica que condenó a la humanidad entera.

« Où passe l'argent des femmes, celui qu'elles ont et celui qu'elles n'auront jamais ? À force d'écrire sur la vie des femmes, leur travail, leurs enfants, leur corps, leur vie affective, leur argent depuis des années, j'ai réalisé tout ce que l'idéal du couple hétéronormé leur coûtait. Et me suis demandé : le couple est-il une arnaque ?

Perché ci piace guardare una donna crollare? Cosa ci attrae della sua vulnerabilità? È uno spettacolo a cui siamo abituati e da cui con difficoltà distogliamo lo sguardo. Questo saggio potente e appassionato ci apre le porte di una galleria degli orrori in cui celebrità di ogni epoca, da Charlotte Brontë a Miley Cyrus, da Britney Spears a Hillary Clinton, hanno scontato la colpa di non aver rispettato i limiti che la cultura patriarcale aveva imposto alle loro vite.

An essential guide to lifelong health and greater well-being from one of today’s highly regarded women’s health experts “I offer this book as a Black female to be your one-stop reference on your personal quest to achieve total wellness, health, and happiness in every important aspect of...

Through candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis De Veaux, Nikki Giovanni, Kristin Hunter, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Margret Walker, and Sherley Anne Williams, the book highlights the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work laid the foundation for many who have come after.

Fat Off, Fat On: A Big B---h Manifesto is a humorous, at times tragic, memoir that follows Kent on her journey to realizing that her body is a gift to be grown into, that sometimes family doesn’t always mean home, and how even ill-fated bisexual romances could free her from gender essentialism.