Feminism & Feminist Theory

A FRANK, FUNNY AND EMPOWERING CELEBRATION OF FEMALE PLEASUREAn orgasm will help you sleep and keep you looking younger, it doesn't cost money and isn't a scarce resource. So why is it that, like the pay gap, there is an 'orgasm gap' between women and...

A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting“Gaslighting” is suddenly in everyone’s vocabulary. It’s written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung about (in “Gaslighting” by The Chicks). It’s become shorthand for being...

Focusing on the cultural and philosophic conflation between the "oriental" and the "ornamental," Ornamentalism offers an original and sustained theory about Asiatic femininity in western culture. This study pushes our vocabulary about the woman of color...

How can researchers produce work with relevance to theoretical and formal traditions and requirements of public academic knowledge while still remaining faithful to the experiences and accounts of research participants based in private settings? Feminist...

From the brilliantly funny (and rightfully furious) creator of the viral Men Write Women Twitter account, A Tale of Two Titties is a satirical guide to writing women like a bestselling male author.Let's face it, women's representation in literature...

Margery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen. Warned not to write - and certainly not to bite - these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. 'Smart, funny and highly readable... a tour de force.' A.L...

A self-empowerment gift book for woman of every age, these quotes and slogans are guaranteed to bring out your inner badass. Celebrating female power and potential, the sayings will inspire and motivate you to fight your corner, speak your mind, stand up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645036708Author Chloe AngyalFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 498gDimensions(mm) 238mm * 156mm *...

'One the foremost writers and participants in the Kurdish women's movement' - Harsha Walia The Kurdish women's movement is at the heart of one of the most exciting revolutionary experiments in the world today: Rojava. Forged over decades of struggle,...

'"Unbearable Weight" is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising,...

Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female...

Unmastered is groundbreaking, incisive and moving. Exploring desire and pleasure, grief and pain, it underlines the importance and difficulties of speaking desire as a woman. How do we explore sexuality on our own terms, and find language for our...

Chantal Mouffe is one of the most influential political theorists at work today. Her work has influenced political parties across Europe and continues to inform the direction of left politics. In this work, Mouffe argues that liberal democracy...

In this book, Phyllis Trible examines four Old Testament narratives of suffering in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine and the daughter of Jephthah. These stories are for Trible the "substance of life", which may imspire new beginnings...

The fourth edition of this seminal work introduces students to social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday experience and from existing research in areas such as personality, sexuality and health, it clearly explains the basic...

A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, CLASH BOOK OF THE YEARThe dramatic story of Solange: a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. 'Why Solange Matters is a significant and sober...

'Sexuality delivers the goods, making the history and theory of sexuality downright sexy ... I learned more in one session with this book than I've figured out in a lifetime.' Christine Burns MBE, author of Trans BritainThey're back! Writer Meg-John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Fawcett Society Book Prize 1990.Book InformationISBN 9781854891112Author Jill LiddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Rivers Oram PressPublisher Rivers...

Haraway's 'A Cyborg Manifesto' is a key postmodern text and is widely taught in many disciplines as one of the first texts to embrace technology from a leftist and feminist perspective using the metaphor of the cyborg to champion socialist, postmodern,...

Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of the field of criminology. His theory of the "born" criminal dominated discussions of criminology in Europe and the Americas from the 1880s into the early twentieth century. His book, La donna...

A practical and uplifting vision of better ways to live together, own property, have families and raise children, from the author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism.'Kristen Ghodsee is back with another splendid insight: utopia can and ought to...

'This rallying cry will persuade you to battle for true equality' Stylist An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be. Online sensation and fearless feminist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391047733Author Nilanjana BhowmickFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher Aleph Book CompanyDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 13mm

Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England.Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent...

This volume explores in depth femicide and feminicide, bringing together our current knowledge on this phenomenon and its prevention.No country is free from femicide/feminicide, which represents the tip of the iceberg in male violence against women and...

With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account in the midst of sensationalism and international political turmoil. Nasty Women is a collection of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143136439Author Regina JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Science, like most fields, is set up for men to succeed, and is rife with racism, sexism, and shortsightedness as a result. But as Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear, we all have a right to know the night sky. One of the leading...

This volume examines how Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths, or SOLHOT, a radical youth intervention, provides a space for the creative performance and expression of Black girlhood and how this creativity informs other realizations about Black girlhood and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062444035Author Rosalind MilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 272g

Now in its updated second edition, Full Frontal Feminism is a book that continues to embody the forward-looking messages that author Jessica Valenti propagated as founder of the popular website, Feministing.com. Full Frontal Feminism is a smart and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060669676Format PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint HarperSanFranciscoPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm * 19mm

A stimulating and accessible introduction to feminist philosophy. The chapters are organised around key issues of practical significance, such as pornography, abortion and sexual harassment. Clear arguments are provided for a variety of feminist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353854Author carla joy bergmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 213Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553379716Author Barbara TedlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

This is the dream journal for every feminist babe and created by Sunday Times number one bestselling author of WHAT A TIME TO BE ALONE Chidera Eggerue.One of VOGUE's 6 Female Writers to Read in 2018'Categorically one of the coolest women in Britain'...

Electrifying, provocative, and controversial when first published thirty years ago, Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" is even more relevant today, when the divisions that she so eloquently challenges-of human and machine but also of gender, class, race,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438484341Author Corey Lee WrennFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORKER AND KIRKUS 'Devorah Baum is a visionary writer. Her intellectual depth, her emotional precision and her searing insight can only be gathered under an old fashioned word: wisdom' Zadie SmithA shining...

'A brilliant testament to those reclaiming their sexual power' - RUBY RARE'Searingly honest ... A beautiful and important work' - VANITY FAIR'This is a book that really should be pressed into the hands of a generation of young men who have learnt...