Women’s Studies

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One might expect the 14-page Introduction to provide the author's raison d'être for the book but that doesn't happen.

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The eye-catching, and perhaps misleading to many, title of Susanna Rustin’s book is brought to earth by its sober subtitle.

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"Historically women are taught that it is unladylike to call attention to themselves and one should always defer to men, and this book offers evidence-based rebuttals to th

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We Refuse goes a long way to helping us understand an important part of our national past, slavery, racism and resistance.” 

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Here is a book for anyone hoping to learn more about the emergence of female liberation; for any historian anxious to take in another facet of life in one of Europe’s most dazzling cities; and for

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Kara Loewentheil hosts a very successful podcast UNF*CK YOUR BRAIN: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone, and in her new book draws on cognitive psychology, feminist theory, and years of experience as “

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“This is a very important book and should be required reading for everyone interested in civil rights and gender equality in the health sector and beyond.”

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"Some women aspired to become a housewife from an early age and are delighted with the role; others were relegated to it . . ."

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this all-too-human woman kept looking to a better future not just for Jews, but for all humanity.

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“a quick read, an often sarcastic and easily relatable tome for anyone who appreciates a woman with cojones.”

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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity is a collection of essays by Julia Serano originally released in 2007.

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“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”

—Rudyard Kipling, from the poem “The Female of the Species.”

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“An interesting aspect raised in the book is the role that adoption agencies . . . play in placing children.

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“Dr. Gunter provides girls and women with a sound, well-researched discourse on what they need to know about their bodies as well as what to demand of doctors.”

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“Southon tells the story of the Roman Republic and Empire from beginning to end ‘as told through women.’ The author’s history is that of a ‘bigger, richer—a more realistic empire.’”

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“If she had not chased those bright Medusas, 20th century American literature would have not had one of its most beautiful voices.”

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“it is the vividness and frankness of her personal recollections that helps to lift this book above the usual run of self-help books on women’s empowerment.”

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"Winnington has done an impressive amount of research and uses Lily's own writing to vivid effect."

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"Ashes and Stones is an adventure in the form of a tour of the places and people the author encountered in a search for the stories of Scotland’s people condemned as witches.”

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“for all its limitations NOW has transformed thinking on feminism and sexism in America.”

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“Farley translates medical case studies, interviews, and other records into dynamic prose, weaving a fluid and immersive story of the sisters' lives and experiences.”

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“Faderman’s engaging style defies the fear of this being a dense, obtuse, textbook. It isn’t.

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“The book runs the gamut from amusing to sad, with a bit of frustration and eye-rolling thrown in for good measure. . . .

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If the place of art is to ask difficult questions, not to provide easy answers, then Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma is art, as much as it is about art.

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