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The Age of Choice tells the long history of the invention of choice as the defining feature of modern freedom. Taking listeners from the seventeenth century to today, Sophia Rosenfeld describes how the early modern world witnessed the simultaneous rise of shopping as an activity and religious freedom as a matter of being able to pick one's convictions. Similarly, she traces the history of choice in romantic life, politics, and the ideals of human rights. Throughout, she pays particular attention to the lives of women, who have frequently been the drivers of this change. 

Uma denúncia contundente da armadilha ideológica que responsabiliza as mulheres pelo cuidado com as próximas gerações. Notória especialista no tema da parentalidade, a psicanalista Vera Iaconelli apresenta sua contribuição mais radical para a crítica da ideologia que considera as mulheres insubstituíveis no cuidado com as crianças. Com clareza e concisão, a autora sublinha a dimensão política do trabalho reprodutivo, já que cuidar das novas gerações é uma tarefa imprescindível para a manutenção da sociedade.

Parcourant l'ensemble des temps préhistoriques, de l'origine de l'humanité il y a 7 millions d'années jusqu'aux peuples de la protohistoire qui inventèrent l'écriture aux âges du Bronze il y a 5 000 ans, Claudine Cohen retrace le processus qui a conduit, en plusieurs étapes cumulatives, de l'apparition des premières traces de domination exercée par les hommes sur les femmes à l'institutionnalisation du patriarcat.

This acclaimed, accessible, and thoroughly researched biography documents the life of Ann Lee, a controversial, religious leader and early feminist figure. Lee established the Shaker movement in 1770 in Manchester, England. The core principles of the Shakers were radical: in an era when wives were the possession of their husband, Lee proclaimed the equality of men and women. The Shakers were dedicated to beliefs in absolute pacifism, equality of the sexes, absolute celibacy, and the cleansing of sin through dancing and chanting to shake away the past.

One of ancient Rome's most significant legacies is a legal framework for hereditary slavery. Under the Roman principle that would come to be known as partus sequitur ventrem (the offspring follows the womb), enslaved women bore enslaved children regardless of the identity of the child's father. For centuries, across the globe, this legal doctrine was invoked to justify control over enslaved women's reproductive labor.

Stop chasing gold stars and start chasing the life you really want. We’ve spent years being the good girl: saying yes when we mean no, shrinking ourselves to make others comfortable and prioritising everyone else’s needs. Our conditioning to be ‘good’ runs deep. As children, we’re...

When most people hear the word "witch," they immediately think of crones conspiring over a cauldron, a force of dark and vindictive power. But to hundreds of thousands across the world, being a witch is a living, everyday reality, much more varied than the fairytale image. Witch Power follows Emma Quilty—herself a witch and an anthropologist—on an immersive journey into contemporary witchcraft, from Witchcamp retreats to "red tent" menstrual events, Voodoo priestesses running ghost tours from their vans to TikTokers casting hexes on a viral scale.

In 2018, artist and activist Erin Darcy launched In Her Shoes – Women of the Eighth, an online project where Irish women anonymously shared the realities of abortion under the Eighth Amendment. Within months, hundreds of stories poured in, breaking decades of taboo and helping shift public opinion before Ireland's historic vote to repeal the Amendment that May. Garnering over 100,000 followers and global media attention, the project became both a national reckoning and a personal act of healing for Darcy, who transformed grief into activism.

'The feminist manifesto we should all read - even men' Telegraph 'Honest, brave, and hilariously funny, this is the book on women I've been waiting for' Celia Walden 'Strimpel's challenge to the culture of victimhood and pessimism around young women is well made and worth serious thought' Rt Hon...

From wartime nutrition science to modern food activism, Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat examines the pivotal roles six women played in rewriting the rules of American cuisine. Michelle Mart offers a rich and accessible narrative that connects dietary trends, food marketing, and public health movements to the voices of the women who helped drive them.

Jusqu'à récemment, les scientifiques se sont contentés d'étudier la norme mâle et nous ont livré ainsi moins de la moitié de l'histoire de l'évolution. Cette immense zone d'ombre ne relève pas seulement du sexisme ou d'un problème intellectuel : c'est un sujet de société et de santé publique, puisque, du fait de notre méconnaissance des corps biologiquement femelles, nous savons moins bien soigner les femmes que les hommes. On ne pouvait pas en rester là.

كتاب للعقاد يتناول فيه بالتحليل المرأة، صفاتها وطبائعها التي فرضتها عليها طبيعة التكوين وغير ذلك مما يراه البعض خلافيًا.

In Zeiten eines globalen antifeministischen Backlash erzählt die Journalistin Andrea Böhm die vergessenen Geschichten jener Frauen, die sich gegen Unterdrückung und Geschlechtergrenzen physisch auflehnen. Ob im Ring, zu Hause oder auf dem Schlachtfeld: Frauen haben zu allen Zeiten das Dogma ihrer physischen Unterlegenheit gegenüber Männern infrage gestellt. Andrea Böhm fragt, ob der weibliche Körper tatsächlich so wehrlos ist, wie es uns von Kindesbeinen an gelehrt wird.

Caroline Darian erzählt in diesem tagebuchartigen Bericht, wie die Familie den Pelicot-Prozess erlebt hat. In ihrem zweiten Buch beleuchtet Caroline Darian, Tochter des Opfers Gisèle und des Täters Dominique Pelicot, klar und mutig die erheblichen Lücken im Ermittlungsverfahren. Caroline setzt ihren Kampf gegen die sogenannte chemische Unterwerfung fort, damit all die Opfer ohne Beweise oder Erinnerungen nicht vergessen werden.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé aren't just pop megastars. They are working women whose astounding accomplishments defy patriarchal norms. And while not all women can be Rihanna or Dolly Parton or Reese Witherspoon, their successes help us understand the central role of everyday women in today's economy. Swiftynomics assesses the complex economic lives of American women. Drawing insights from pathbreakers like Taylor Swift, Misty Heggeness digs into the data, revealing women's hidden contributions and aspirations—the unexamined value they create by following their own ambitions.

Wayward Women is a unique, searingly honest, devastatingly raw two-person memoir about the friendship, travels and sex lives of two fiftysomething women finding their way again after divorce.

For readers of Kink and What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, an anthology from a bestselling author that redefines the way we think about menopause—"leaves you feeling informed, empowered, and more connected to yourself and others on the journey" (Nedra Glover Tawwab, New York Times...

Die Welt befindet sich im Umbruch. Die Unzufriedenheit der Menschen, das kollektive Gefühl von „wir brauchen mehr Gerechtigkeit, Anerkennung, Wertschätzung“ war noch nie so hoch, wie heute. Fast alle Nationen sind ideologisch tief gespalten. Ein Teil der Menschheit will zurück in die Vergangenheit, die andere Hälfte in die Zukunft. Immer öfter wird die Frage gestellt: Diktatur oder Demokratie? Patriarchat oder Matriarchat? Hierarchie oder Heterarchie? Was ist besser? Was ist zukunftsfähiger? Wohin führt uns das eine und wohin das andere?

No eres ningún fraude y no has tenido un golpe de suerte. Empieza a creer en ti y en tu talento. Si tú también sientes que eres un fraude, tranquila, no eres la única. ¿Por qué en el colegio las chicas creen que no han estudiado lo suficiente y en cambio los chicos piensan que «el examen...

Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin, Frauenrechtlerin und eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen. Die Großmutter von Katia Mann, der Gattin Thomas Manns, war sie obendrein. Im Jahr 1874 veröffentlichte sie ihr Essay "Der Frauen Natur und Recht", das unter anderem die den Frauen zugeschriebenen "weiblichen" Eigenschaften behandelt, sowie das Frauenwahlrecht. Cover-Illustration von Lea Pfeiffer.