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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From music charts to executive boards, feminism is certainly in fashion. Yet some argue that once radical feminist ideas for the future have been harnessed for commercial gain. Are Beyonce and Simone de Beauvoir feminists really on the same side? How much do the second, third and fourth wave feminists share? Do successful women who make it to the top like Margaret Thatcher or Sheryl Sandberg risk reinforcing a man's world while doing little about...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From the fiery intellectual provocateur, a brilliant essay collection that both celebrates and challenges modern feminism--from motherhood to Madonna, football to Friedan, stilettos to Steinem. When Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her best-selling Sexual Personae, she established herself as a smart, fearless, and often dissenting voice among feminists. Now, for the first time, her best essays on the subject are gathered together in...
Language
English
Description
Once paganism was seen as an antiquated belief system that modern frameworks had made redundant. Now it is claimed paganism is one of the fastest growing religions in the UK and US. Have the pagan gods of nature given us a new haven for spirituality? Or is it a superficial entertainment for lost westerners? The Panel Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics Eileen Barker, philosopher at the University of London Stephen Law, science...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Laura Kipnis sits down with Reason's Matt Welch to talk about campus feminism, Title IX, why Hustler's Larry Flynt and anti-porn activist Andrea Dworkin have a lot in common, and her recent book, Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation. A Reason TV production.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, [the author] offers a ... new framewo rk for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism"--Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
[2005], c2003
Language
English
Description
How damaging to society, and women in particular, is the proliferation of pornography? And how is the tension resolved between community standards and First Amendment rights? In this program, Bill Moyers talks to Katie Roiphe, feminist critic and author of The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism. Expanding on many of the ideas in her book, Roiphe discusses how restrictions on pornography could lead to more general censorship, while widespread access...
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The political and economic turmoil of Europe drove millions to leave their countries of origin and emigrate to the U.S. where a lady held a welcoming lamp "beside the Golden Door." This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tells the dramatic story of the transformation of America into a truly multicultural nation, from the teeming ethnic neighborhoods of New York to the black migration to northern cities during the Great Depression. Also discussed...
11) The wonders
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Through the rich inner lives of two ordinary, unforgettable women, award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel brings a half-century of the feminist movement to life, revealing the simmering truth that money is ultimately the limiting factor in most women's lives"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Entertainment journalist and former senior editor at NYLON Sesali Bowen's NOTES FROM A TRAP FEMINIST: a text for the hot girl era, combining rule-breaking feminist theory, a gendered analysis of contemporary hip-hop, and the author's humorous personal narrative"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The founder of Girls Who Code and ... author of Brave, Not Perfect confronts the 'big lie' of corporate feminism and presents a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America's working women today ... Through powerful data and personal narrative, Saujani shows that the cost of inaction--for families, for our nation's economy, and for women themselves--is too great to ignore. She lays out four key steps for creating lasting change:...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In these ... essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of Black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles--from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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AAPI YA Books
Academic Rivals to Lovers - Adult/YA
Romantic Comedies - Young Adults
Womens History Month - YA
Academic Rivals to Lovers - Adult/YA
Romantic Comedies - Young Adults
Womens History Month - YA
Description
After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len.
19) Furies
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, featuring new and original stories.
20) Gloria Naylor
Pub. Date
[2009], c1992
Language
English
Description
In this program, one of the most astute observers of contemporary African American life discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites, urging viewers "to celebrate voraciously that which is yours. The breadth of her vision-from rural South to urban ghetto to the black middle class-is revealed as she reads from The Women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, and Mama Day, in the last of these...
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