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Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection
Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection
by Debora L. Spar
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Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, why are women still living in a mans world? Debora L. Spar spent most of her life avoiding feminism. Raised after the tumult of the 60s, she presumed that the gender war was over; she swore to young women that yes... (read more)

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Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era
by Beatriz Preciado
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What constitutes a "real" man or woman in the twenty-first century? Since birth control pills, erectile dysfunction remedies, and factory-made testosterone and estrogen were developed, biology is definitely no longer destiny. In this penetrating... (read more)

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The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
by Lynn Povich
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It was the 1960s––a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with sexual... (read more)

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The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan
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Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the... (read more)

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Che on My Mind
Che on My Mind
by Margaret Randall
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Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevara by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. Recalling an era and this figure, she writes, "I am old enough to remember the world in which [Che... (read more)

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Prude: Lessons I Learned When My Fiance Filmed Porn
Prude: Lessons I Learned When My Fiance Filmed Porn
by Emily Southwood
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In a culture obsessed with sex, the era of Dads Playboy is long gone. Today, endless free porn is a click away and full-frontal photos appear on sites as accessible as Twitter, yet many couples struggle with the underlying issues of pornography. Emily... (read more)

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Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation
Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation
by Estelle B. Freedman
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Rape has never had a universally accepted definition, and the uproar over "legitimate rape" during the 2012 U.S. elections confirms that it remains a word in flux. Redefining Rape tells the story of the forces that have shaped the meaning of sexual... (read more)

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D-Passage: The Digital Way
D-Passage: The Digital Way
by Trinh T. Minh-ha
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D-Passage is a unique book by the world-renowned filmmaker, artist, and critical theorist Trinh T. Minh-ha. Taking as grounding forces her feature film Night Passage and installation L'Autre marche (The Other Walk), both co-created with Jean-Paul... (read more)

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Che on My Mind
Che on My Mind
by Margaret Randall
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Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevara by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. Recalling an era and this figure, she writes, "I am old enough to remember the world in which [Che... (read more)

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D-Passage: The Digital Way
D-Passage: The Digital Way
by Trinh T. Minh-ha
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D-Passage is a unique book by the world-renowned filmmaker, artist, and critical theorist Trinh T. Minh-ha. Taking as grounding forces her feature film Night Passage and installation L'Autre marche (The Other Walk), both co-created with Jean-Paul... (read more)

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Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India
Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India
by Amana Fontanella-Khan
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In Uttar Pradesh — known as the "badlands" of India — a woman’s life is not entirely her own. This is one explanation for how Sheelu, a seventeen-year-old girl, ended up in jail after fleeing her service in the home of a powerful local... (read more)

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Difficult Diasporas: The Transnational Feminist Aesthetic of the Black Atlantic
Difficult Diasporas: The Transnational Feminist Aesthetic of the Black Atlantic
by Samantha Pinto
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Samantha Pinto is Associate Professor of Feminist Literary and Cultural Studies in the English Department at Georgetown University.... (read more)

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Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls (Re-Reading the Canon)
Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls (Re-Reading the Canon)
by Ruth Abbey
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In Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls, Ruth Abbey collects eight essays responding to the work of John Rawls from a feminist perspective. An impressive introduction by the editor provides a chronological overview of English-language feminist... (read more)

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Radical Chicana Poetics
Radical Chicana Poetics
by Vivancos P
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In This Bridge Called My Back, Gloria Anzaldúa wrote: “A woman who writes has power. A woman who writes is feared. In the eyes of the world this makes us dangerous beasts.” Her statement marked a moment of collective self... (read more)

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Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction Into Prostitution
Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction Into Prostitution
by Sophie Hayes
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"At age 18, British national Hayes was lured from her family by a 19-year-old Albanian illegal immigrant named Kas, abducted into Italy, and forced into prostitution at gunpoint to pay off his enormous debts. Her harrowing story reads like a real life... (read more)

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Mobilizing Piety: Islam and Feminism in Indonesia
Mobilizing Piety: Islam and Feminism in Indonesia
by Rachel Rinaldo
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Islam and feminism are often thought of as incompatible. Through a vivid ethnography of Muslim and secular women activists in Jakarta, Indonesia, Rachel Rinaldo shows that this is not always the case. Examining a feminist NGO, Muslim women's... (read more)

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Love Dog (Success and Failure)
Love Dog (Success and Failure)
by Masha Tupitsyn
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Feminist Theory, Crime, and Social Justice
Feminist Theory, Crime, and Social Justice
by Alana Van Gundy
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