Social Science - Feminism & Feminist Theory

A provocative, elegantly written analysis of female desire, consent, and sexuality in the age of MeToo Women are in a bind. In the name of consent and empowerment, they must proclaim their desires clearly and confidently. Yet sex researchers suggest that women's desire is...

'A brilliant, useful, and immensely moving book that deals a critical blow to the epistemic austerity of our times'--Jordy Rosenberg, author of Confessions of the Fox'Astute and hopeful ... Offering up an abolitionist "transfeminist love-politics" as a practical antidote to the suffocating neoliberal world...

A bold and provocative book centering the voices of trans women and femmes in the pursuit of pleasure and gender liberation. What are the possibilities of pleasure when we stop labeling our desires? In Trans Pleasure, Brandon Andrew Robinson answers this seductive question by...

"... I wish that I could send this book back in time to my younger self - and to all the trans women longing for a clearer reflection of our lives. This [book] stands powerfully alongside the work of thinkers such as Vivian Namaste,...

Can a synthesis of trans liberation and feminism be easily arrived at? This collection asserts that, as a matter of fact, we possessed the answer to that question decades ago.Second-Wave feminism is, today, nearly synonymous with 'transphobia'. Any mention of this era or the...

Trust Kids! weaves together essays, interviews, poems, and artwork from scholars, activists, and artists about our relationships with children in all areas of our lives.The contributors of Trust Kids! write from different backgrounds, genders, ages, and sexualities and combine past lineages with more recent...

Merging waves of feminist thought from established and emerging Mexican women writers, Tsunami arrives with seismic, groundbreaking force.Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami gathers the multiplicity of voices being raised in Mexico today against patriarchy and its buried structures. Tackling gender...

A tender, moving, and insightful account of queer motherhood and an interrogation of life on the margins of American culture as a self-described "ugly" woman "A rigorous ladyballs-out polemic that also tells the most raw, tender, against-all-odds story of parenthood that I've ever read."...

Building on the success of her popular Emergent Strategy, adrienne maree brown has launched a new series of the same name, bringing readers books that explore experimental, expansive, and innovative ways to meet the challenges that face our world today. Books that find the...

She's too angry. Too weird. Too messy. And now, she's the main character.Unlikeable Female Characters is a fierce, funny, and razor-sharp takedown of the cultural obsession with "likeable" women--and a celebration of the flawed female icons who broke the rules.From Amy Dunne in Gone...

The fiercest battles over gender today aren't just about identity or womanhood--but about punishment, fear, and control. The twenty-first century "gender wars" have been driven by a powerful and seductive narrative: that safety can be secured through exclusion, surveillance, and the policing of difference....

A powerful and personal examination of our most persistent and dangerous misunderstandings, myths and stereotypes about sexual harassment and assault In 2017, Brooke Nevils made a confidential HR complaint about one of the most powerful and familiar faces in media. Twenty-four hours later, the...

A powerful and personal examination of our most persistent and dangerous misunderstandings, myths and stereotypes about sexual harassment and assault In 2017, Brooke Nevils made a confidential HR complaint about one of the most powerful and familiar faces in media. Twenty-four hours later, the...

No partner? No problem! From economic independence to personal passions and everything in between, this beautifully illustrated guide profiles women who have had different reasons why they have chosen to remain single all throughout history that have nothing to do with the tragic trope...

WINNER OF THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE ASALH BOOK PRIZE From an award-winning historian, an alternative model of feminism driven by the legacy of Black women who took justice into their own hands So often failed by the state, demeaned by...

The "illuminating, honest, nuanced"​ (Robin D. G. Kelley) story of a radical campaign to change the way we value work Women do more than three-quarters of all the world's unpaid care work, contributing over $9 trillion to the global economy each year. Dishes don't...

From the podcast host of The Witch Wave and practicing witch Pam Grossman--who Vulture has dubbed the "Terry Gross of witches"--comes an exploration of the world's fascination with witches, why they have intrigued us for centuries and why they're more relevant now than ever....

A major anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarities between Black and Asian feminists. A collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, We Are Each Other's Liberation envisions a cross-racial and internationalist politics that explicitly addresses solidarity between Black...

A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.Author: Mariame KabaPublisher: Haymarket BooksPublished: 02/23/2021Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9781642595253Review Citation(s): Choice 09/01/2021About the AuthorMariame Kaba is an organizer, educator...

A vital anthology exploring the intersections between caregiving and abolition Abolition has never been a proposal to simply tear things down. As Alexis Pauline Gumbs asks, "What if abolition is something that grows?" As we struggle to build a liberatory, caring, loving, abundant future,...