Gender studies: women and girls Books

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A comprehensive biography of . . . one of the most acclaimed poets of her generation and a face of American feminism."-New York TimesA major American writer, thinker, and activist, Adrienne Rich (19292012)...

An expansive, darkly funny, and deeply personal reflection on the reality of living with and dying from metastatic breast cancer.Deena stepped out of the shower and opened her towel in the steam. 'Does my breast look weird?'These words irrevocably change...

A fascinating collection of questions and answers about courtship, marriage, love, and sex from a seventeenth-century periodicalThe Athenian Mercury a one-page, two-sided periodical published in 1690s London included the world's first personal advice...

Azaadi, or ‘freedom’, represents a woman’s right to choose, and to live by the choices she makes. So what happens when you aren’t allowed to choose? When your childhood, education, worklife and self-determined future are forbidden due to your gender?In...

The globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth.For millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. Women were prevented from joining them, either through physical control or powerful...

An illuminating look at the world of cleanfluencers that asks why the burden of housework still falls on women.Housework is good for you. Housework sparks joy. Housework is beautiful. Housework is glamorous. Housework is key to a happy family. Housework...

Fans of Dr. Jen Gunter and Emily Nagoski will love this science-based and empowering guide to your uterus "This book will embolden readers to shake stigma and speak out loud about this marvelous organ, the uterus, and its complex role in everything from...

This Is Going to Hurt meets Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) - a rollicking, smart and self-aware memoir about the extremes of the human experience, the limits to compassion, and what trying to save the world actually entails.In her early...

Wild and strange stories have circulated about the female body since antiquity. While legends of poisoned hymens and fanged vaginas circulated, the first female figure Mother Earth was recreated as a crooked rib. Ranging from the absurd to the...

'Open Play challenges the patriarchal system that has dictated women's participation in sport around the world...This book is not just a must-read it should become foundational in the future of women's sport from the grassroots to professional levels.'...

Speak The F*ck Up is a soul-searching excavation, an incredibly uncomfortable reckoning, and the start of a journey. It's an intensely vulnerable and all-too-personal account of all the times the author failed to speak the f*ck up and what you can learn...

The fourth book is more personal because emotion drives the desire for change. We have all had the experience of patterns in our life that repeat. If that pattern is bringing more positive influences into your view then that's good but if you are...

My fight with Covid 19 isn't any more important then anyone elses.  It doesn't matter what side of the Polical Fence your on, if your pro vaccination or not we have all been affected in some way or another.  The question is Why, How, and...

Agnes Smedley's (1894-1950) career as an activist journalist began in the 1910s and 1920s, with a commitment to the Indian Independence movement. Her anti-imperialism was based on the Jeffersonian tradition of the American Revolution. In New York, she...